Articles for August 2008

What has happened to network security innovation?

August 27th, 2008

Does anyone out there share my feeling that innovation in network security has become quite scarce? I mean, look at it – the core of network security, the almighty firewall, hasn’t changed in almost 15 years. Not only is it still using the same good old Stateful Inspection to inspect traffic and control it (which [...]

Will the Olympics Be Any Fun for Network and Security Admins?

August 8th, 2008

ANALYSIS – Today marks the official start of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and will no doubt be watched by millions and millions of people both in the traditional manner (TV) as well as the online manner as outlined in this Wired article. Geographic time gaps, too many events simultaneously and scheduling issues will no [...]

Got any hot stock tips?

August 7th, 2008

ALERT – If you don’t, your employees probably do. There is a lot of stock discussion that goes on in the financial message boards and there are many examples of well-intentioned employees responding to comments on these boards with “clarifications” to claims made.
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