There is an interesting analogy between between debugging software and debugging the security of your systems. As Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike wrote in “The Practice of Programming“ As personal choice, we tend not to use debuggers beyond getting a stack trace or the value of a variable or two. One reason is that it is …
Read more »Encryption, buzzword, not a silver bullet for protecting data on your servers. In order to determine how encryption fits into server data protection, consider 4 encryption components on the server side: passwords, tables, partitions and inter-tier socket communications. In these 4 components of a application / database server encryption policy, note that some countermeasures are …
Read more »How much personal technology do you carry around when you travel? Do you use one of those carry-on bags with your notebook computer on top of the carry-on? A friend who is a commercial pilot had his bag swiped literally behind his back while waiting on line to check-in to a 4 star Paris hotel. …
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