Microsoft OneCareAs reported by John Leydon, Microsoft is going to offer a home PC health care service called OneCare. It will include anti-virus, anti-spyware, disk de-fragmentation, and a back up and restore utility.May 13, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Welcome Back Techknow TimesOne of my favorite authors has come back to the web. Techknow Times used to be published in email format and went out to over 3,000 subscribers.May 12, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
Targeted MarketingMarketing has always been about "targeting" or as the latest craze would call it "context". The basic precept is: The closer you can get to a buyer before their buying decision the more effective your message.May 11, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
Fussing Over FireFoxSecunia has discovered critical vulnerabilities in FireFox! This is the end for FireFox!May 9, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Microsoft
Back againSigh, only another haiku can tell it like it is:DNS issuesSaturday and Sunday pastlaid my blog to...May 9, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
iSCSI the new Security Scourge?Sorry, I could not resist the alliteration.But seriously folks, with security snafus around data back-up in the news lately it is disturbing to read about the latest and greatest in storage: iSCSI.May 9, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Networking
Where is Stiennon?Just a quick snapshot of where you can find me over the next several weeks.May 10th.May 5, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
N+I : Where Companies Go To Die.Wandering the expo hall at the Mandalay conference center here in Las Vegas I cannot help thinking about the last Network World + Interop show I attended. I was speaking in Cosine Communications’ booth at N+I Atlanta, 2001.May 5, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
Workshops or Peace Summits?There seems to be a belief on the part of organizers of Spyware workshops that if both sides got together they could figure out these issues over what is and is not spyware. This past Tuesday CNet hosted an event in San Francisco that was exciting mainly for the high levels of tension that existed in the room.May 4, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Harping on BackupsThis is quickly becoming the topic I write on the most. My message: if you have valuable data that you do not want to see fall into the wrong hands, encrypt it!May 2, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Big Data
Spitzer on the MoveIn the first ever action taken by the NY State Attorney General against a purveyor of adware Elliot Spitzer filed suit yesterday against Intermix Media, Inc.April 29, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Tech Industry
End of an era for viruses?This article on the InfoSec show in London this week could be considered inflammatory. Claims of the end of viruses as a major threat are premature.April 28, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
InfoSec UK. Selected notes.Another day, another security conference. This one in the Olympia conference center in the Southwest of London.April 27, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Pasta and Bank ThievesIf you happen to be in London attending the InfoSecurity conference and you happen to be staying in the Paddington area you can walk down Craven Road, turn on Craven Terrace and find yourself in front of the Taormina Ristorante Italiano. (named for a town in Sicily)I found myself here this evening and ducked in to sample their dish called penne pasta al dolcelatte which I always thought of as pasta gorganzola.April 25, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Security
Hospital Surveilance on the Rise?The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking into incidents in which people masquerading as unannounced inspectors were found poking around three hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.The article in the Washington Post is worth reading if you are involved in hospital administration or security.April 24, 2005 by Richard Stiennon in Enterprise Software