Sean Gets Article Published
I thought I'd toot my own horn: today my opinion column on the recent Veterans Affairs data breach was published in Network World magazine. Yeah!
posted by Sean @ 6/19/2006 10:51:00 AM
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Politics Schmolitics
We are a group of friends and acquaintances -- a merry band of pranksters indeed -- who have been arguing about politics on-and-off, then really on, then a little off... since 1998. On email. But that meant literally thousands of emails a year. That was too many. So here's the blog dedicated to carrying on that spirit of political and pop culture argument and dialogue. You might think of us as "schmoliticians", because while we take politics seriously, we try not to take ourselves quite so.
Monday, June 19, 2006
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15 Comments:
Wow, that awesome, Sean. Great article in and of itself, but I know we are all very proud to see your name in print!
Aww, shucks. Thanks man!
Sean Steele, you're my hero!
It's only a model...
Seriously though, Sean, nice work! Well written and thought provoking.
Now if the government and companies could only find someone who could help them with their security problems. Some kind of consultant or something...maybe one that could help them protect, or "lock" up, their sensitive info. But where to find such a thing? If only there was a "tech" consulting company that could help you "lock" up your "info"...
Pete, I think you've just hit on a million dollar idea. This is a perfect business opportunity in the making. Unfortunately, some poseurs have already registered the domain www.infolocktech.com but I'm sure we could come up with some suitable variant... maybe www.AAAinfolocktech.com or www.welockupyourinfousingtechnology.com?!?
I hate you people. But thanks for the suggestions. Ahem.
In other news, Down with Ghana!
Very solid article, Seamus.
You folks will be happy to know that here at Amazon, all laptop hard drives are encrypted, and all hard drives are wiped, re-wiped, wiped again, and then wiped (we stop just short of opening them up and taking a belt sander to them, since some companies like their leased gear to work when they get it back) before disposing of old or end-of-lease equipment. And data is compartmentalised out the whazzy: the only customer data that I can access as a sysadmin is my own. :)
:: nods ::
"This is very good, Yoshi-san."
:: opens hand to expose small pebble ::
"But are you controlling and encrypting removable media devices on your network?"
:: audible gasps heard throughout crowd ::
Removeable media is disallowed, both by policy and operating systems.
Your kung-fu is strong indeed.
But simply disabling USB access means users can't use newer USB-only keyboards, mice, and peripherals!
Can Japan beat Brazil?!
Not a techie chat room... Go do D&D elsewhere! :)
USB Mass Storage can be disabled independently of USB Human Interface Devices (HID), Sean-san.
And no, Japan had no chance against Brazil. I think only Argentina, Germany, and maybe England can even play on the same pitch with those guys this Cup.
@Pete: I grok not your statement. Please add 2.25 words of technical jargon per sentence for best results.
Ha! Sean's Paladin killed your Ranger by using magic to turn the orcs against you!!
I am not sure how the Windows wonks accomplish disabling USB Mass Storage. I'll have to try your work-around to see if it beats their regulatory efforts.
In Linux, of course, things are much simpler: just don't build the usb-storage kernel module. :)
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