Copyright © 2009 What The Hell? Security Here’s a perspective on security that always nets the biggest win: Don’t objectify it. If you’re looking for five digits, odds are you really want a hand. Security, forever the opposable thumb, is indeed separable from the hand of reliability. (It’s also what distinguishes our software from that [...]
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Copyright © 2009 What The Hell? Security There’s a really good reason that Web security is such a pain. It’s not supposed to be secure. Sorry to break it to you, but hypertext was thirty years old before we decided to use the Web as a platform for commerce. That’s, what, three years longer than [...]
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Copyright © 2009 What The Hell? Security CISOs, let’s face it, are a dry breed. But some really know how to raise hell. In a good way. Here are eight skills to, ahem, emulate. 1. Abate – The bad rep security has among people who like to deliver projects on time. 2. Automate – In-house. [...]
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