Ira Winkler
Contributing Columnist
Ira Winkler, CISSP, is president of Secure Mentem, and author of the forthcoming book, Advanced Persistent Security. He can be contacted at securementem.com.
What prevents breaches: process, technology or people? One answer is PC, and one is right.
Many experts say that people are more important than process in the IT security world. That is politically correct, as opposed to actually correct.
At Dulles, a security awareness success story
The detention of Norway’s former prime minister, when stripped of politics, was an example of proper security awareness.
Security pros are their own worst enemy
Just when the world seems ready to listen to us, we give it a display of epic bickering.
Protection is dead. Long live detection.
As critical as it is, protection will fail. You need robust detection as well.
10 things to know if you’re just getting started with Pokémon Go
Not everything is obvious to new playersImage by Niantic / PokémonI wouldn’t have loaded Pokémon Go on my cellphone if I had known more about how it works. My intention was to kill some time while I was traveling and help my children...
Pokémon Go: Into the real world, with real crime
The game is getting its players off the couch, which already wasn’t safe from the bad guys.
Crying ‘Wolf!’ seems to work for security
Breaches that weren’t have gotten a lot of attention — and that’s not such a bad thing.
Charges against Iranian hackers are ignorant, cowardly and dangerous
Iranian and Chinese governments directed and funded attacks, so why are Iranian and Chinese citizens being charged instead of the governments that directed their actions?
Ouch! Apple’s free publicity could backfire
Apple is trying to position itself as a staunch defender of citizens’ privacy. But when you extend its arguments to their logical conclusion, it comes out looking like the company is incapable of protecting its secrets.
5 facts about Apple and the terrorist’s iPhone
The truth behind the hype and misunderstandings surrounding the case.
