Tag Archives: security

The Security Payoff

Posted on July 30, 2015 by way0utwest

I wrote a few months ago about United offering rewards for people that discovered security issues in the United Airlines software. Not the plane software, thankfully, but in their customer facing IT systems. Apparently a few people discovered flaws and were recently awarded … Continue reading →

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More Regulation Coming?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Jun 22, 2011. It is being re-run as Steve is out of town. Recently Citibank had hackers access a large number of credit card numbers and account details for their customers. It was all … Continue reading →

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Architecture for Auditing

Posted on June 4, 2015 by way0utwest

In the analog world, when we need to provide an auditing system for checking on physical activity, we usually separate out the roles of people that might record or track activity from those that perform activities. The better separation we … Continue reading →

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Security Through Chaos

Posted on April 22, 2015 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on June 16, 2005. It is being re-run as Steve is away at training. I can’t really disclose who told me this, or at which company, but I found it very interesting. Recently there was … Continue reading →

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