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  • Google Apps receives #ISO27001 security certification – ComputerworldUK.com

    Read more, read everything at Google Apps receives ISO 27001 security certification – ComputerworldUK.com. UPDATE: The Google Announcement arrives! My commentary for the above, in full: ISO27001 is good to see stamped upon a vendor’s product and business processes – however it is emphatically not a “seal of security approval” – not at all. The…

  • When Security Geeks Get Snarky

    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4030746: My father would be saying stuff about knocking your heads together, sort of thing. jsprinkles 16 hours ago | link I’m respectful of your qualifications, but annoyed when you use your credentials without qualification. A paranoid man might assume your comments are strategically placed to benefit parties you’re aligned with, based on how little…

  • The importance of making and testing backups. And the equal importance of quality product.

    How Toy Story 2 Got Deleted Twice, Once on Accident, Again on purpose.

  • Thermite would be better and more assured:

    Smoke-belching flash drive self-destructs on command • The Register.

  • “To Profile or Not to Profile?” # Critical reading as the UK Government enables data-trawling apparatus

    Sam Harris: I recently wrote two articles in defense of “profiling” in the context of airline security (1 & 2), arguing that the TSA should stop doing secondary screenings of people who stand no reasonable chance of being Muslim jihadists. I knew this proposal would be controversial, but I seriously underestimated how inflamed the response…

  • #PennyArcade: Gay muslims plant a dirty bomb inside the Internet

    . And yes, I can read acronyms.

  • If you want to follow the #Cambridge #FPGAbackdoor story hype the most effective search is …

    https://twitter.com/#!/search/sps32 Sergei Skorobogatov’s username makes a decent search term since it’s embedded in the URL. Also MeFi suggests that the FPGA referenced in the associated AES-key-sniffing article may be the “Actel/Microsemi ProASIC3 (P60)” – cited as “A****/M******** P******* (P**)” in that paper. This may or may not be the backdoored chip.

  • “Chinese Cyberwarriors in your Chips?” (http://goo.gl/XK2WI at Computerworld) #FPGAbackdoor

    Chinese Cyberwarriors in your Chips? Perhaps, but the Cambridge ones are more interesting The security interwebs this morning are alive with reference to Sergei Skorobogatov’s webpage at Cambridge, the key quote from which is: We developed breakthrough silicon chip scanning technology to investigate these claims. We chose an American military chip that is highly secure…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-05-28

    Tip for life: Please ignore Keen. # : Kosmograd: Olympics Brand Exclusion Zone http://t.co/QUVtTGls # : The Naive Optimist • Hitting 40 employees and going vanilla http://t.co/etakKVdf #

  • The Naive Optimist • Hitting 40 employees and going vanilla

    We’re just about to hit 40 full-time employees at Treehouse and I’ve noticed that the urge to go “vanilla” is pretty strong. As companies grow they seem to have a natural tendency to move from creative, fun and adventurous cultures to safe, systemitized “vanilla” cultures. They’re safe and repeatable but very boring.  I think there are…

  • Kosmograd: Olympics Brand Exclusion Zone

    In graphic design, an ‘exclusion zone’ is an area around a logo which must be left clear. Corporate brand and logo usage guidelines demonstrate the proportion of vertical and horizontal space around a logo into which no other element can intrude. In urban design, exclusion zones are becoming commonplace in relation to sponsorship of sporting…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-05-27

    : My Dr Who question, answered… #goshilovetheinterwebs #varos http://t.co/8KreMPQk # http://t.co/DRoDiwb3 # RT @dracos 1. Make flippant remark about piping absent friend's tweets to speaker for Eurovision. 2. Pause. 3. https://t.co/LcCzueIz # : Theories of Bicycle Pornography – YouTube http://t.co/WdQmwxqT #