by Andrew Plato | Aug 18, 2013 | Business of Security, Penetration Testing, Security Management, Uncategorized
The curriculum of business schools are filled with case studies of companies that took short cuts to become competitive and accomplished the exact opposite. For the information security world, there is a similar “penny-wise, pound-foolish” behavior in the notorious...
by Andrew Plato | Mar 19, 2013 | Business of Security, RSAC 2013, Uncategorized
Reflecting upon RSA2013, there is a lingering wanting. Like a meal that fills you up, but leaves you unsatisfied. There is a quiet battle being waged at the big security conferences like RSA, BlackHat, Defcon and such. This is not a battle of exploits or force, but...
by Andrew Plato | Dec 5, 2012 | Business of Security, Human Factors, Mobile Security, Psychology of Security, Uncategorized
Every year, like clockwork, various infosec pundits, gurus, authors, and blowhards release their “top” lists of security threats. And like clockwork, they invariably focus on all manner of sensationalist, headline grabbing issues, which on average, have little to do...
by Andrew Plato | Jul 5, 2012 | Business of Security, Security Management, Uncategorized
They speak of a mythical land. A place where innovation, ingenuity and great ideas turn to dust. Where pale-faced marketing hipsters transform ingenuity into press releases to realign the brand. In this hallowed place, titans fall and giants wither. The name of...
by Andrew Plato | May 21, 2012 | Business of Security, Human Factors, Security Management, Uncategorized
In the ten years Anitian has been working incident response and digital forensic cases, our analysts have observed many ingenious ways to break into systems and applications. However, they rarely encounter an ingenious root cause for the vulnerabilities. After all...
by Andrew Plato | Feb 27, 2012 | Business of Security, RSAC 2012, Uncategorized
And so begins Anitian’s daily blog on RSA 2012. Today was a short day at RSA. None of the big presentations started today. I did not get to the show until 12:30PM. My Alaska Airlines flight was pleasant, although the plane continued on to Cabo San Lucas, and I...
