I am sure most readers of this blog are familiar with the recent Stuxnet story. It reads like a wonderful espionage and spy novel. If you are unfamiliar with the story, you should check out the Wikipedia post.
Today the New York Times had an op-ed piece titled “25 Years of Digital Vandalism”. The piece connects the first virus writers who created the technology and attached it to floppy discs to protect their heart-monitoring software from piracy and the Stuxnet virus.
Two different technologies a quarter of a century apart but both were created not for malicious purposes, but to protect.
I spend a large portion of my time in my Google RSS reader catching up on all the latest blog posts from the CIO and IT worlds.
You see, I read blogs to find out information from industry leaders and every day people who are passionate about specific topics.
Today I finally reached the bottom of my RSS reader and came across the post “Social Security Blogger 2010 Awards” on AShimmy’s blog- a list of bloggers and podcasters in the security field. Some are relevant to me (and to you) and others that are not as relevant.
Amrit was able to put together and impressive list of judges.
Since this is a blog where we like to share resources, I thought I would tell you to head on over to The AShimmy’s Blog to find out the winners, but more importantly, to add new bloggers and resources to your RSS feed.
“Your IT platforms will be the business’ means to being competitive. CIOs must be business-aware. It’s not a case of whether you know business or technology as a CIO; instead, it’s a question of knowing both.”
I came across the Forbes CIO video channel and thought our readers might want to see this video and take a look a the rest of the Forbes CIO video channel.
The internet is a buzzed with the word “Firesheep ” - have you heard of it? It is a Firefox extension that allows pretty much anyone to listen to any open WiFi network and capture user’s cookies.
In essence, anyone (and I mean anyone) can download this extension and just *poof* listen in on private web activities and conversations on Twitter, Facebook and other non secured site known to Firesheep.
What is the risk in an organization you ask? I know, you have firewalls. You have secure internet browsing for your network.
But what happens when your employees, in the office, connect using an external WiFi connection and the internal network at the same time? Dual connectivity is dangerous for organizations and Firesheep is just another risk in a long list of reasons why dual connectivity is dangerous to an organization.
Why wait to find out what I can hear or learn about your organization? It might be too late by that point.
Every company, large and small must include the word Pivot in the company’s core business acumen.
Businesses are created with a vision in mind – an inherent need to solve a problem. Over time markets change, industries evolve and in order to stay relevant your company must learn to pivot. To stay on the tips of your toes so that you can easily move in the right direction.
One of my all time favorite scenes from a tv show was the Friend’s episode where Ross bought a couch and needed to carry it home and get it up the stairs.
Ross shows Rachel and Chandler his drawing on how it is all going to work and as they attempt to follow the carefully drawn plan by Ross, they realize quite soon that they need to “PIVOT”.
Frightening how some of the more popular sites used in an office environment are considered to have an “F” rating.
Users really have no clue how vulnerable they are when using these online services. And most of these users use alternative platforms to access these sites- which cannot bode well for security purposes.
Promisec operates in an industry with a lot of companies competing for the same dollars. Enterprise sales cycles last typically 6-12 months. How do we differentiate our technology and services from another company’s and sell it in less time?
We let our customers speak for us.
Literally.
Today we co-hosted an event at ECI Telecom where we invited existing and potential customers to sit around a large table and talk amongst themselves. ECI led the conversation – we just observed. We invited CISO’s and System Administrators from international companies (Bank Leumi, Teva, Amdocs, ECI Telecom and more) to join us at around the table.
Our existing customers shared their reasons for why Promisec is a “need to have” and not a “nice to have”. Not once did we (Promisec) jump into the conversation. We let the conversation flow naturally and sat in the background. There was no need for us to interject - this was a time for professional peers to share their wisdom with each other. I found it enlightening to how and why CISO’s and System Administrators use our technology from their mouths.
We can sell till we are blue in the face but the best sales tool will always be a satisfied customer.
Ahuvah's Spin | Ahuvah | 
January 27, 2011 12:54 pm | 
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