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By Calum Macleod February 09, 2012
Trustwave’s revelation that it has issued a digital certificate that allowed a private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within a data loss prevention (DLP)...
By Calum Macleod February 07, 2012
Probably the most disturbing data breaches of 2011 saw security companies themselves come under determined and sustained attacks. RSA and DigiNotar all fell victim to...
By Calum Macleod November 02, 2011
It seems like we’re infested, or at least so my wife tells me. Apparently the mice are everywhere, although I haven’t seen any myself. While...
By Calum Macleod July 06, 2011
What do Chet Sherer and George Best have in common? Most of us have heard of George, one of the greatest football (soccer) players to...
By Calum Macleod May 24, 2011
I’ve just discovered this morning that I’m an illegal alien. My identity card (ID) expired two months ago, so I suppose technically I could be...
By Calum Macleod April 12, 2011
Every so many weeks around dinner time, the phone rings and it’s somebody asking me if I’m interested in changing some insurance policy or other....
By Calum Macleod March 22, 2011
In a recent discussion with a large organisation’s security team they announced that the company had implemented a new approach to launching security technologies. In...
By Calum Macleod February 02, 2011
For most of us the words “I told you so” are just so annoying because every time you hear them you realise they’re true. Sometimes...
By Calum Macleod July 14, 2010
It’s always when you least expect it and when you least need it. That accident waiting to happen. Friday evening after a long week, and...
By Calum Macleod November 26, 2009
It happens in a moment―playing with my mobile before going into a meeting. I put it down for a moment and suddenly my host is...
By Calum Macleod October 02, 2009
I’ve just come back from a seminar organised by an IT security integrator which was held right next door to a lingerie exhibition. Ours was...