Recent Posts

On the Internet of Things, Failure is a Virtue

In-brief: Cisco’s Marc Blackmer argues that fail fast, fail often is as relevant to securing the IoT as it is to developing new IoT products. 

The Abject Failure of Federal InfoSec

In-brief: OPM and IRS are just the latest incidents to expose the dire state of federal information security practice. The question is: why? 

LastPass Says Hackers Stole Account Data

In-brief:  LastPass, the keeper of passwords for millions of security conscious Internet users said on Monday that its own systems were breached by hackers.

SCOTUS FISA Ruling A Tool To Disenfranchise Data Theft Victims?

In-brief: a 2013 ruling by the Supreme Court that limited the right of Amnesty International to sue the government for damages caused by the actions of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court is being used by Home Depot to question consumers’ right to sue for damages related to a massive theft of credit cards from that company in 2014. 

Will IoT Spell The End of Freemium?

In-brief: will growing fatigue over data collection by marketing firms and the advent of IoT spell the end of the “freemium” business model? The answer is: maybe, yes.