SecurityCritics.org http://securitycritics.org Truthful, independent criticism of the computer security industrial complex Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:03:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Criminal behavior: a new era for the computer security industry http://securitycritics.org/2011/02/15/new-era/ http://securitycritics.org/2011/02/15/new-era/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:03:29 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=469 so profitable — with customers so gullible and reporters so eager to write — that it shouldn't surprise us to find criminal activities going on within the industry itself...]]> http://securitycritics.org/2011/02/15/new-era/feed/ 0 U.S. antivirus industry is Iran’s new “BFF” http://securitycritics.org/2010/11/18/iran/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/11/18/iran/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:30:05 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=1221 http://securitycritics.org/2010/11/18/iran/feed/ 1 TenSix Things Every Airman Must Know About Cyberspacethe Internet, part 2 http://securitycritics.org/2010/10/18/fadok/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/10/18/fadok/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:01:22 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=1180 all of which led to the needless deaths of airmen. Why should cyber­space doctrine be any different?]]> http://securitycritics.org/2010/10/18/fadok/feed/ 0 TenSix Things Every Airman Must Know About Cyberspacethe Internet, part 1 http://securitycritics.org/2010/10/17/six-things/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/10/17/six-things/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:58:20 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=1140 poorly written bullet paper make it into a document of such magnitude? It certainly wasn't vetted before publication...]]> http://securitycritics.org/2010/10/17/six-things/feed/ 0 Pentagon’s INFOCON status doesn’t match “Buckshot Yankee” timeline http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/20/oby-3/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/20/oby-3/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:01:07 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=991 Bad: U.S. mili­tary COMPU­SEC surety is breaking down. Worse: the Penta­gon is lying to itself to make com­pu­ter users obey COMPU­SEC. But you simply cannot fix poor self-discipline by lying to yourself...]]> http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/20/oby-3/feed/ 0 MFR to all USAF MAJCOM A6 http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/19/majcom/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/19/majcom/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:58:57 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=1092 http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/19/majcom/feed/ 0 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates needs to raise a lowered bar http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/13/oby/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/13/oby/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:40:37 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=1015 http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/13/oby/feed/ 0 Part 6: we can’t take ‘cyber-war’ or ‘cyber-terrorism’ seriously until… http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/07/ace/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/07/ace/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:01:01 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=531 won't earn a "virus kill credit" for installing McAfee HBSS on 10,000 mili­tary com­pu­ters in Iraq during Oper­a­tion Buck­shot Yankee...]]> http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/07/ace/feed/ 0 Snoop Dogg’s “Hack Is Whack” contest http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/06/dogg/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/06/dogg/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:25:30 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=970 http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/06/dogg/feed/ 0 What is “the front line”, anyway? http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/06/front-lines/ http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/06/front-lines/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:01:05 +0000 Rob Rosenberger http://securitycritics.org/?p=936 is our enemy?]]> http://securitycritics.org/2010/09/06/front-lines/feed/ 0