Will the user define security policies in the future?
I think, I blogged about this event already earlier: Years ago I was meeting a customer and was talking about the future of IT. I was telling the audience (about 10 people including the Security Officer) that there is a good chance that IT will not define a set of hardware anymore but that the user will buy their own and use it for business. Additionally, different people have different ...
Get off XP or Risk your Business?
One of the highest hit rates I ever had on my blog was one I wrote right before Conficker broke out. I called it Playing Russian Roulette with your Network. The background was, that we released an out of band security update and our customers came back and asked us, whether they really shall deploy it – this situation then led to Conficker.
About 12 months from today, Windows XP will ...
Security in 2013 – the way forward?
Typically January is the month where we are asked to make predictions on the trends for the New Year. I do not like this as I am an engineer and not a fortune tellerJ. But there are things we know and things we definitely need to drive this year. I would actually put it into the context of typical hygiene of any IT environment.
Let's try to understand, where we stand ...
The Directory in the Cloud?
It seems that it is an eternity ago – and it is. Pretty much three years ago, Doug Cavit and me published a paper called the Cloud Computing Security Considerations. Even though it is three years, the paper is still worth reading as the content still applies. What we basically said was, that if you look at the Cloud, there are five areas of Considerations:
Compliance and Risk Management: Organizations shifting ...
By Roger Halbheer, on September 11th, 2012% I think that this is actually a fairly good overview of the privacy settings on Facebook and how you should set them:
How to secure your Facebook account
Roger
By Roger Halbheer, on June 15th, 2011% This is actually a great speech but very, very, very scary:
and the scariest part is that I never looked at it that way but he is right
Roger
By Roger Halbheer, on May 20th, 2011% This is actually a great development to fight Child Porn:
Facebook adopts PhotoDNA and joins Microsoft and The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to disrupt the proliferation of online child exploitation.
You find the information here.
Roger
By Roger Halbheer, on March 24th, 2011% It is kind of strange: I worked with some kids on Tuesday on online safety challenges and mainly we talked about Facebook, Netlog, Twitter etc. We had a lot of very good discussions with them about how to protect your privacy
Tonight we will talk to the parent’s of these kids and do our best . . . → Read More: Should you Accept Your Parent’s Facebook Friend Request?
By Roger Halbheer, on January 31st, 2011% Blocking social media in companies seems to be fairly common; however I personally do not like it for different reasons. I would like you to open a debate and educate me. Tell me, why it is good or bad. Tell me, which risks you are looking at, when/if you do it. . . . → Read More: Blocking Social Media–What is Your View?
By Roger Halbheer, on October 4th, 2010% Sometimes I feel that people think the Internet is a room, where the laws of our society do not apply anymore… I read an article this morning on Swiss news called Drei Monate Haft für Beleidigungen auf Facebook – and here is an English version of it: Jail for French Facebook user.
Sometimes I . . . → Read More: “Freedom of speech” does not mean you can say everything!
By Roger Halbheer, on September 30th, 2010% I am using it since the Beta and it is really cool. I am using Messenger (with the integration to Facebook etc.) as well as the Windows Live Writer to blog.
It rocks: Windows Live Essentials 2011 available for download now
Download and install!
Roger
By Roger Halbheer, on September 27th, 2010% Actually I had a few very interesting discussions lately as a reaction on my post Is There Any Value in Twitter? Yes? Think Again… and I think Thibaud brought it to the point: Mass-follow is the “problem” – in other words me .
I had thought about getting out of Twitter but I will . . . → Read More: The Value of Twitter–Revisited
By Roger Halbheer, on September 18th, 2010% I am tweeting since quite a while but the click-through rate is below 0.1%. Why is this the case? Is there actually any value of Twitter or is it just a system, which is taking care of it itseld? . . . → Read More: Is There Any Value in Twitter? Yes? Think Again…
By Roger Halbheer, on September 17th, 2010% Recently, we had an interesting discussion on Social Media. It actually all started with somebody sending a link around called http://pleaserobme.com/ to see who actually just said that they are not at home – information which can easily be gained through Twitter search. . . . → Read More: Interesting Discussion on Social Media
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