Steve Riley on Security : September 2006

September 2006 - Posts

My blog is not a forum for advertisements: It's bad enough that the blasted spammers pollute the value of blogs and open forums by hijacking them with their nefarious comments for questionable pharmaceuticals claiming to extend particular body parts. I have recently received, only via private Read More...
Posted 30 September 06 10:17 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments
Filed under advertising, blogging, spam, things that make me angry
Mythbusters beat "unbreakable" fingerprint door lock: My good friend Jamie Sharp sent me this link today. It's amazing: watch how Adam and Jamie easily defeat a fingerprint lock the manufacturer claims has never been broken. As if to snub the claims, they break it three times! Supposedly it monitors pulse, Read More...
Posted 20 September 06 10:15 by Steve Riley | 13 Comments
Filed under identity, authentication, security theater, biometrics, things that make me laugh
Did you know that you ALREADY have an e-mail policy?: An email access policy can be expressed in one of two ways: E-mail is mission critical to our business. Therefore, we permit employees to read and compose e-mail from any location in the world where employees can access the Internet, using either company-issued Read More...
Posted 10 September 06 05:34 by Steve Riley | 7 Comments
Filed under email, access technologies, security policies, risk mitigation, protection
Yes, everyone knows you're a dog: Amazing how long the legs are on the AOL search debacle. Of course, we in the online community often beat such storeis to death, if only because they deserve it! Recently Kim Cameron posted the search history of user 16006693, which flits "from politics, Read More...
Posted 07 September 06 08:17 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under the trade press, identity, threats, things that make me laugh, public policy, things that make me worried
Ah, the joys of speaking about pre-release software!: Two weeks ago I delivered my Windows Vista System Integrity presentation at the TechEds in New Zealand (Auckland) and Australia (Sydney). It was largely the same as the presention at TechEds in America and India, but updated to reflect changes made in Read More...
Posted 06 September 06 02:26 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under Windows Vista, the trade press, protection, TechEd
This is a test...this is only a test.: Ah, it's a wonderful Saturday afternoon here in Singapore. I just finished up some customer meetings in Bangkok and Manila this week, and TechEd Asia starts next week in Kuala Lumpur. So I'm hanging out Singapore for the weekend, spending some time with Read More...
Posted 02 September 06 01:12 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under blogging