Firewalls, network perimeter - dead
The Web: Mobsters extinguish Firewalls
"The firewall and the network perimeter are dead," Ted Demopoulos, author of the best-selling book, "Blogging for Business" (Kaplan, 2006), and IT expert based in Durham, N.H., tells The Web. "Firewalls offer less protection than before."
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I always like Gene Koprowski's writing, even when he quotes me :) He archives some of his writings at his blog Digital Visionaries.
I'm also glad to know that Blogging for Business is a best seller (hopefully my publisher, who is happy, agrees) and that I'm an IT expert.
It's interesting - in general you can't call yourself an expert and be credible, at least not to those who don't know you, but the media can call you an expert and it's credible.
Makes sense: reporters get pitched by countless "experts" each day and they're pretty good at sorting through the mess.
"The firewall and the network perimeter are dead," Ted Demopoulos, author of the best-selling book, "Blogging for Business" (Kaplan, 2006), and IT expert based in Durham, N.H., tells The Web. "Firewalls offer less protection than before."
(click to read more)
I always like Gene Koprowski's writing, even when he quotes me :) He archives some of his writings at his blog Digital Visionaries.
I'm also glad to know that Blogging for Business is a best seller (hopefully my publisher, who is happy, agrees) and that I'm an IT expert.
It's interesting - in general you can't call yourself an expert and be credible, at least not to those who don't know you, but the media can call you an expert and it's credible.
Makes sense: reporters get pitched by countless "experts" each day and they're pretty good at sorting through the mess.
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 8:41 AM
Comments on "Firewalls, network perimeter - dead"
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Bobster said ... (Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:57:00 AM) :
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paul said ... (Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:14:00 AM) :
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Alfred Thompson said ... (Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:00:00 PM) :
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Ted Demopoulos said ... (Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:31:00 PM) :
post a commentYears ago I had a teacher offer a description of an "unhackable" system.
"Power it off, disconnect it, place it in a safe and dump it into the deepest ocean trench on the planet."
Other than that, nothing, and no one is secure. What it really comes down to is the same issue that house breakers face. Do I want to tackle a house with an alarm system or am I going to go next door to the one without one.
Take precautions, it makes you less worth the effort, but don't be lulled into a false sense of security.
Bobster
ted,
Congrats on the book being a best seller - that's great! Yeah, I've heard an expert defined as someone who lives more than 200 miles from you. interesting read on the mafi & network security too.
Margaret Thatcher is reported to have said "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t." I think the same may be said of being an expert.
The other descriptions I have heard of an expert are "x is the unknown and a spurt is a drip under presure" and "someone 100 miles away from home with a brief case." The latter should probably be updated to be a PowerPoint deck and a stack of business cards. :-)
Maybe I should "officially" move a few hundred miles away - i.e. establish some soft of residency say on the New Hampshire/Canadian border.
Then I'll be an expert locally in Seacoast NH and Boston and won't have to fly as much :) No offense to my great clients, few of whom are local, but I occasionally enjoy sleeping in my own bed!