Sunday Security Maxim
Stewart’s Law: It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Bucy’s Law: Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable person. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
XKCD, Gravitational Waves →
via the inimitable Randall Munroe at XKCD.
San Francisco ISOC Hosts IoT Conference →
The San Francisco Chapter of the Internet Society has slated February 18th, 2015 as the date for the first INET/IoT Conference.
"The Internet of Things (IoT) is an idea that has been around for a long time but is now starting to come to fruition. The idea is that anything and everything can have a sensor and can provide information to a remote collector somewhere else on The Internet. Our cars, our homes, farm animals, farmer’s fields, light bulbs, roads, just about anything can be fitted with a data collection device and the information used to make smarter decisions. The need to collect and analyze the huge amount of data collected is driving advances in Big Data computing. Such data collection also raises serious privacy and security concerns. More event information is on our website here, including speaker bios: http://www.sfbayisoc.org/iot-conference/ ." via the SF Bay ISOC Chapter
Gravitational Waves Detected at LIGO →
Likely, the single most important discovery in this generation. Simply Astonishing.
"Now for the first time, scientists in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration — with a prominent role played by researchers at MIT and Caltech — have directly observed the ripples of gravitational waves in an instrument on Earth. In so doing, they have again dramatically confirmed Einstein’s theory of general relativity and opened up a new way in which to view the universe. But there’s more: The scientists have also decoded the gravitational wave signal and determined its source. According to their calculations, the gravitational wave is the product of a collision between two massive black holes, 1.3 billion light years away — a remarkably extreme event that has not been observed until now." - by Jennifer Chu writing for the MIT News Office, published via the web at MIT News
Sunday Security Maxim
Brien’s First Law: At some time in the life cycle of virtually every organization, its ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
Data Mining and Link Analysis - A Tale of Best Practice →
ISOC President Slated to Speak At UN
Internet Society President and CEO Kathy Brown slated to speak at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, February 11, 2016, between 11:40 and 13:00 US Eastern time (UTC-5) as a component part of the International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
RFID, The Un-Hackable... →
Seattle Security B-Sides 2015 ish... →
Meanwhile, in Better-Late-Than-Never news... Eponymous Security B-Sides , has slated February 20th, 2015 as the date for Seattle Security B-Sides ensconced at Microsoft Commons in glorious Redmond, Washington. Always an educational (and entertaining) event; and deemed a MustAttend venue, purchase tickets at Eventbrite. Contact B-Sides Seattle with any questions.
Norse Non-OPs,
Sunday Security Maxim
Hellrung’s Law: If you wait long enough, it will go away. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
Saturday Security Maxim
First Law of Revision: Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the designers after—and only after—the plans are complete. Compiled by Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP, Argonne National Laboratory.
TAO of Joyce →
Rob Joyce, that is... via Kim Zetter's superlative screed at Wired, comes this stand-up tale of Joyce's Tao, more commonly known as the United States National Security Agency Tailored Access Operations.