Firesheep is a great new plugin that works in the Firefox browser. It is easy for you to install, easy to run, and gives you, and just about anyone else, the power to do pure evil using just your browser and a laptop. With this post I'll explain some of this evil and offer some thoughts on what it means for CTOs. First a bit about the code itself, from the author: When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. … [Read more...]
What you need to know about the evils of Firesheep (a gateway drug to more evil hacking)
October 27, 2010 By
TechAmerica Spending Predictions 2011 and on
October 24, 2010 By
TechAmerica has released federal IT spending predictions. Their five-year forcast of Federal IT growth is 2.8% a year from $79.6B in FY 11 to $91.3 in FY 16. Additionally, they predict that DoD spending will drop 1.1% annually over the next ten years, resulting in a drop from $704B in FY 11 to $663B in FY 21. “Both federal IT and defense spending are likely to run up against the realities of an uncertain economy, the federal debt and other pressures … [Read more...]
Dear Samsung, the Galaxy Tab? I’m not buying it.
October 22, 2010 By
The Samsung Galaxy Tab looked like it could be a really great foil to the tablet of the year, the Apple iPad. Especially considering the success of the Samsung Galaxy line of phones (powerful Android 2.2 devices for every major carrier). However, it is my belief that the Galaxy Tab will both fail to compete with the iPad and may even dissuade others from following in their footsteps. Samsung has learned a few lessons from Apple's iPad, especially … [Read more...]
Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Green IT conference 26-27 Oct, DC.
October 8, 2010 By
The Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Greet IT conference will be held at the Washington DC Grand Hyatt Hotel 26 and 27 October. The following info is condensed from: http://events.1105govinfo.com/events/vcg-summit-2010/home.aspx This conference is exactly about what its title says: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Green IT. Each of those topics are also turned into conference tracks with deeper dives into the topics. Track 1 - Cloud … [Read more...]
SINET Showcase 27 October 2010
October 7, 2010 By
The following information is from: http://www.security-innovation.org/showcase.htm and some additional information from Robert Rodriguez of SINET: The SINET showcase will be held October 26 and 27 at the National Press Club Washington DC. The mission of SINET is to improve collaboration between public and private sectors to defeat cyber threats and increase awareness of innovative early stage and emerging growth Cybersecurity companies. The SINET … [Read more...]
Increasing “Jointness” and Reducing Duplication in DoD Intelligence
October 6, 2010 By
When the Secretary of Defense asks you to do something, you need to heed the call, whether you are in uniform or not or in government or not. He recently asked all DoD military and civilian employees to submit their ideas to save money, avoid cost, reduce cycle time and increase the agility of the department. He asked in a way that should generate many good ideas (for more see: http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0710_invest ). A small team of … [Read more...]
Defending Against Stuxnet Type Threats
October 5, 2010 By
The following article by renowned security capability developer Dr. Anup Ghosh was was originally posted at the Invincea blog and is reposted here with the author's permission. ============= Question: what is the most significant cyber event of 2010? Answer: Stuxnet. While security analysts continue to marvel over Stuxnet’s capabilities, one disturbing aspect to Stuxnet is current defenses would not defend against the next Stuxnet type threat. … [Read more...]