I've previously written about a company I advise called Invincea. They have just been named a finalist for the Most Innovative Company at the RSA 2011 conference. This is a big deal. And it is for good reason. If you are concerned with malicious code please check them out. Invincea has allowed me to contribute some context on key issues with malicious code in the enterprise. Some of that context is in a short video clip pasted … [Read more...]
When do you pick HBase instead of MySQL?
January 24, 2011 By
Facebook works its data magic at scales others only dream of. And they do this for over 600,000,000 people, in real time! (see: Facebook's New Real-Time Messaging System: HBase To Store 135+ Billion Messages A Month). Cade Metz just wrote a piece diving deeper into this at The Register. His article is titled "HBase: Shops swap MySQL for open source Google mimic." This great reporting underscores something we already knew, that Facebook is a pioneer … [Read more...]
Attend FedScoop CyberSecurity Summit
January 24, 2011 By
Friends at FedScoop have a tremendous reputation for helping the community think through today's challenges. One way they are doing that is by bringing together government/industry/academia and citizens to dialog directly and then capturing the results in blogs and video. I expect that model will deliver a great day of cyber security discussion on Thursday 24 February 2011 when their Cybersecurity Summit is held in DC. For more information please … [Read more...]
Privacy, Security, Functionality and Enhanced Benefits of Free Commerce
January 20, 2011 By
If you are a technologist in the IT industry I would like to recommend some reading to you. The US Department of Commerce has unveiled a report which includes a policy framework designed to enhance the protection of consumer privacy online while supporting innovation and continued enhancement of functionality for consumers. The report was developed with a broad range of stakeholders in the innovation and technology community, and is a sound framework … [Read more...]
Federal Cyber Security: Missions, Initiatives, Opportunities and Risks
January 17, 2011 By
Are you striving to know more about federal approaches to cyber security? In what looks to be one of the best conferences on this topic for 2011, the American Institute of Engineers (AIE) and the Technology Training Corporation (TTC) are presenting Cyber Security: Missions, Initiatives, Opportunities and Risks in Washington DC from 16-18 March 2011. The agenda indicates this will be a great session, with a slate of interesting speakers from … [Read more...]