Like a punch-drunk boxer swinging wildly in the hopes of hitting his opponent, government agencies continue to stumble stupidly ahead in implementing “homeland security” technology that is riddled with known, demonstrated flaws. One of the latest debacles in this...
As dangerous as the Internet may be, as threatening as an insecure network is, and as scary as criminal hackers appear, none can compare to the havoc that can be wreaked on a business by a company insider. Most dangerous of all is the company employee who, either...
Other computer pundits before me have pontificated on the demise of dial-up Internet service, such as that offered by SBC (now, AT&T), Earthlink, AOL and others. Although an estimated 23 million American households still use clunky, slow dial-up Internet service,...
I write this article on the second Tuesday of the month – “PatchTuesday,” as it’s come to be known – the day when Microsoft issues “patches” to fix the latest security and operational flaws that have been found in its products. Most prudent computer users access...
The usual corporate/government modus operandi in responding to situations that expose their own wrongdoing is to deny, distract and cover up. However, in a move rarely seen among global Internet mega-companies caught with their pants down, heads have finally rolled...
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