Honeypot intrusion detection.. watch out the spider could be the victim!

Honeypot intrusion detection software is a good strategy in network security, but watch out, you may exposing your system to a superior hacker!

5 steps to internet network security.

A good place to take a step back and look at the basics of internet network security.

Internet network security policies are flawed!

My 'Aha' moment yesterday was figuring out the key problem with internet security : All companies have a flawed internet network security policy.

What are corporate security planners doing about this? Nothing! Except maybe publishing some 200 pages of security information,putting it in a huge binder and leaving it in their boss's cabin (all for the benefit of termites* who have heard about these huge security policy binders)

** A special breed of termites feeds exclusively on Internet network security policy binders since these are almost never besmirched by human hands.

Yahoo anti spy has got some good reports

Recently,I have got some good reports on Yahoo anti spy. Apparently, the folks at yahoo have woken up to the importance of protecting data centers and finally developing some good software ( a break , I guess, from counting all the money they are making!)

Server virtualization The Hype continues

I met a couple of my data center consulting customers and they were really surprised to know that I felt server virtualization was a complete sham.

I asked them to name one data storage vendor who allows real cross vendor virtualization.. and they just shook their heads and reluctantly agreed with me!