Business in the Panopticon

Anyone who has spoken to me for more than a few minutes knows that I am very much a civil libertarian at heart, and believe that the so called compromise between freedom and security is one of the worst kinds of politically motivated false dichotomy. Having grown up under the threat of IRA bombings and […]

Marcus Povey

Anyone who has spoken to me for more than a few minutes knows that I am very much a civil libertarian at heart, and believe that the so called compromise between freedom and security is one of the worst kinds of politically motivated false dichotomy. Having grown up under the threat of IRA bombings and […]

Most current IT security practices are a waste of time

While I do believe some of the analogies to be somewhat erroneous, I find myself broadly agreeing with the points raised in this article about current security practices. We in the industry often find ourselves focusing on the more technical issues – patches, penetration testing etc. These fall well within the IT department’s sphere of […]

Marcus Povey

While I do believe some of the analogies to be somewhat erroneous, I find myself broadly agreeing with the points raised in this article about current security practices. We in the industry often find ourselves focusing on the more technical issues – patches, penetration testing etc. These fall well within the IT department’s sphere of […]