Nigel Stanley is the IT Security Practice Leader for Bloor Research. In this blog Nigel will be commenting on the world of IT security and other areas of interest from time to time.
After years of being an enforcement also-ran the Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO) is finally going to get some teeth to
deal with those that contravene data protection
principles—see the details here.
With the government...
I was recently sent a link by my friend Steve Gold highlighting
the work of a hacker who goes by the name Jester. Apparently
this hacker has found a way of initiating a DDOS attack without
relying on a distributed network of systems....
I recently had an interview with Lumension chatting about
whitelisting. Is it coming of age?
Application whitelisting, which is the notion of only allowing
pre-determined applications to install and run on a network, is
gaining a lot...
Here in the UK, after the second world war, lots of people were driving cars which were in pretty bad repair - brakes were poor, lights were damaged and steering was often ropey. This lead to accidents and injuries that could have been prevented. In...
Recent European research gives a good idea of the state of secure application coding practices in Europe.When I heard about BSIMM I let out a cheer-at long last a practical guide for those that want to do application security for real. Gary,...
The security practice at Bloor Research has recently seen some changes and we now have two additional analysts working in the team.Peter Cooke joins with over 20 years experience in the IT industry with expertise in the identity and access...
Anyone that has spent more than 3 seconds searching the Web
would have realised that there is a lot of bad stuff out there, and by this I
mean more than crappy websites and dubious information sources.
It appears that a lot of really bad...
According to this report an Australian navel officer attending a defence seminar in Bangkok had his laptop stolen from his hotel room.
Reportedly an expert in maritime communications and information systems the officer, left his five-star...
Infosecurity magazine is holding its very first virtual conference on 24th September 2009. This is a one-day event about the latest information security trends and challenges.
I'll be covering a session called Whoever said any publicity is...
An interesting piece of work here by the folks over at Channel 4, the last remaining outpost of reasonable TV
news reporting in the UK since the demise of BBC news into a dumbed down,
animated celebrity magazine.
Over the past financial...
I am always rattling on about good end user education when
it comes to IT security. Let's face it, with a well educated, aware and on the
ball work force your chances of them introducing malware through social
engineering or phishing attempts...
This weeks Police Review, which is essential reading for
those involved in the depressing work of policing this country, carries an
interesting story on page 4 concerning that font of all knowledge...
Security firm Sophos are reporting that spammers are capitalising on the
recent death of Michael Jackson to
harvest active email accounts. The body of the email appears inert, with no
hidden malware. Instead the spammer is
expecting, no...
Looking for another security problem to worry about? Don't
worry, the IT security industry will find another one to add to your list.
And so it is with the announcement that Windows XP enters
extended support until April 2014. With...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 11th September '08
I blogged about my interest in Bletchley Park, home of the Allied
code breaking effort of WWII a few weeks ago. I was moaning about the money
being spent on the London Olympics for a two week festival of running and
jumping whilst our national...
Bletchley Park, the home of the WW2 code breakers, has been
in the news over the past couple of days as a group of notables have written to
The Times complaining about the state of the historical site.
I for one, with a keen interest in...
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