(re) blog: dialogue with Redemtech

The Back-To-School Green Conspiracy

It’s back-to-school time, so that means we better break out the solar backpacks and the school supplies made out of recycled e-waste.

The DoD Standard: Certifiable Zero Accountability

My level of disgust for the U.S. Department of Defense is at a new high. Being in the data security business where “DoD compliant” is good currency, I recoil at the mention of the DoD standard for anything. One thing I know - their standards are low. 

Study Finds Off-Network Security Off-Track

My company, Ponemon Institute, has been researching the issue of data breaches: the cost, the business impact, organizations’ response and what seem to be the most prevalent causes. Our latest research project was conducted to find out about loss or theft of data when off-network electronic devices are the target.

Doors Locked, Windows Wide Open

It’s easy to steal data—just walk away with it. Despite billions spent on IT security, the Ponemon Institute’s National Survey on the Insecurity of Off-Network Security has found that many corporations are failing to address the root cause of more than half of all data breaches: the loss or theft of data-bearing assets. The good news is that remediation of off-network security gaps, though not easy, can be straightforward.

Tomorrow’s News Today

DATELINE: Dallas Atoll, Aug. 21, 2027 – Security analysts today reported yet another case of stolen data from the identity chips implanted in more than 10 million U.S. citizens. Instead of the more common drive-by mega-hacking that has become common in larger U.S. cities such as New Surfside City, Nev. and the nation’s capital, Indianapolis Island, today’s theft occurred when an employee of MicroGooglezon inadvertently left his nanorobotic armtop computer behind at a McStarDonbuck’s restaurant.

PC Technology No Longer Holds Mystique

Computer hardware technology no longer holds the mystique that it once held for me.

Seismic Shifts in the World of Computers

Some major shifts are occurring in the world of computers that could impact how long businesses and consumers hang onto their equipment.

Absolutely Obsolete – Phone Books vs. IT Equipment

I’ve never known the Maple tree in front of my house to bear fruit, but earlier this week I found two drooping limbs had sprouted heavy, plastic-coated produce. Some clever delivery person had tossed a phone book up into my tree.

Attack of Pavlov’s Squirrels

Each time I fill my back yard bird feeder, clap open the wooden lid and fill the air with the rich sound of sunflower seeds, crushed corn and red millet poured from a 900-pound bag into a plastic container the size of a laptop computer – the trees above me rustle with excitement. The rustling comes not from the birds for which the food is intended. It is the agitated symphony thundered by a pack of fat, pushy squirrels that live in the hollow tree just inside the parameter of my woods.

Old Habits Don’t Have to Die Hard

Old habits die hard.

You would think that after all of the lessons learned, failed implementations and wasted project efforts, things would change, and organizations would begin to understand what it really takes to successfully implement applications.

It has nothing to do with IT not delivering what the business asked for ... it has to do with businesses knowing what to ask for, before they ask for it.