Archive for the 'Security' Category

Okay … so I just got a press release from a company proclaiming that its product has been given a “Gold” award in an independent test.
This is utterly “meh” to begin with.
But then I look up the tests in question and found that this release is actually gold-plated bullshit.
Here’s why.
Firstly, NINE products were given a [...]

Scarcely a day passes on which I am not offered an interview with a supposed expert in their field.
When the alleged expert has a track record of achievement in the field, they are generally interesting interviewees.
But when the expert is a corporate hack visiting executive, I get very sceptical indeed because long experience tells me [...]

What’s the old saying? There are lies, damned lies and statistics?
That’s the way I feel about security statistics at the moment, given that about two or three times a week I receive “news” that research sponsored or conducted by a security vendor finds that things are pretty scary out there.
This research always includes any or [...]