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I stand by Gears!

2009-12-07 08:35:33 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
So, no sooner had I posted the last post on my blog when I saw that Google are seriously considering dropping Google Gears at all Google are dropping support for the most important piece of software in the last 10 years Yes, and no Google introduced the world to the idea of offline applications by creating Gears. But maintaining it in all the...
 
Tags: gears, google gears, google, javascript, runs javascript, implement offline applications, offline applications, faster javascript engine, browsers
 
 
 
 
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The most important piece of software this decade

2009-12-07 04:36:08 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
and most people don't even know what it is I've spoken about this software before, I think, but it deserves its own blog post And what piece of software is the most important for the last 10 years drum roll Google Gears Oh yes of cour- eh, what?!" I hear you say Google Gears is a silly little piece of software that merely allows one to run...
 
Tags: apps, google apps, google, google gears, web applications, microsoft, web, microsoft head-to-head, software
 
 
 
 
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SANS Confirms

2009-09-18 09:40:53 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...Security Risks then it is time to sit up and take notice And especially when their findings pretty much agree with what the rest of the industry is saying The interesting thing is that there are really only two major risks highlighted and one observation The observation is that Companies are being good with patching Operating System level...
 
Tags: system level vulnerabilities, level, applications, applications quicker, major risks, findings pretty, companies, sans, observation
 
 
 
 
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If you only read one article on Information Security...

2009-07-20 04:39:39 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...Information Security to be published My one criticism of the Verizon Business Breach Report is that it shows credit card data to be more at risk than anything else. I was never sure if this is because it is easier to abuse than other data (such as Intellectual Property) or is just easier to detect when it is abused. According to the article,...
 
Tags: information, information security, article, information breach, credit cards, credit card data, credit card information, verizon business, data
 
 
 
 
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[OT] Men are chickens**t.

The Article has images
2009-07-07 09:36:38 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
If you walk into (any) Exclusive Books book store and go to the counter you will be confronted by a whole bunch of gifts There are bookmarks, pens, little torches etc. And there are little gift-books. Some are small, some are sentimental, some are silly but they are all intended to be gifts So, on the counter at the EB in Cresta shopping...
 
Tags: books, hold books, wives, gift books, husbands, pink cover, copy, gift-books, box
 
 
 
 
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[OT] Open Question to Nokia

2009-06-25 11:37:53 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
So, I have a Nokia E71 It is absolutely amazing. There is very little in the way of hardware that I can fault My wife has a Nokia too and its camera is so good that our regular camera is now collecting dust Bottom line - we love our Nokias But, Nokia fail on one aspect which I would hope that they can sort out According to this Vodacom page...
 
Tags: nokia, nokia fail, nokia e71, nokia offer, email service, service, email, blackberry subscription, blackberry
 
 
 
 
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The most important security advice for home users!

2009-06-08 08:34:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...information. Totally erase all devices with storage before you give them away So, because I manage Information Security for a large organization people ask me for advice on how to protect themselves The first thing I tell them (stuck record time) is to do backups The most important thing that home users can do is backup their information....
 
Tags: manage information security, information, files, restore files, lost information, free tool, free, files restorable, precious information
 
 
 
 
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Quick Tought - The Pelzman Effect

2009-06-02 07:33:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
I was reading about Ralph Nader on Wikipedia , and came across something called the Pelzman Effect This is something I see a lot and I spend a lot of time in my induction meetings trying to work against The Pelzman Effect (named after Sam Peltzman, a professor of Economics) is when you are aware of safety controls Knowing that you are fairly...
 
Tags: pelzman effect, safety controls, controls, assume total protection, lot, induction meetings, ralph nader, sam peltzman, risky behavior
 
 
 
 
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ITWeb Security Summit - Reflections (Part 1)

2009-05-29 09:36:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...Security Summit has come to a close and it was amazing Unfortunately, being stuck in South Africa, I really don't have anything to compare it to but I thoroughly enjoyed to conference and look forward already to next years' event I highly recommend it to all business people, security professionals and technical security people I was...
 
Tags: itweb, itweb security summit, main conference, conference, technical security people, management breakaway sessions, management stream, people spread, speakers
 
 
 
 
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ITWeb Security Summit - Day 1 Keynote Reflections

2009-05-29 09:35:59 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...Information Security. His feelings were "not so much" but he would follow this up on air Phil Zimmerman did punt his new product but leading on from that was an interesting talk about privacy. According to one of the delegates, South Africa is about to be flooded with video cameras all with the latest and greatest facial recognition systems....
 
Tags: south africa, greg day, speech, greg, bruce whitfield, bruce, trillion, trillion dollar figure, phil
 
 
 
 
 
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