tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3 2010-03-11T20:47:12Z Movable Type 3.38 tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3.570 2010-03-11T20:33:25Z 2010-03-11T20:47:12Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Every month, like clockwork, Microsoft releases security bulletins and every month people ask me if it's small or a big release. While the exact details of the patches are generally treated as news, the expected workload each month really shouldn't be a guessing game because Microsoft's patch releases are predictably cyclical. I don't have any special inside knowledge, and I can't speak for Microsoft, but when I look at the publicly available information it's pretty clear to me how the cycle works.... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3.569 2010-02-25T16:26:58Z 2010-02-25T16:34:53Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Again this year, the folks at the nCircle booth will be providing customized RSA badge mods with your twitter handle. We've made things really simple to request your own: Follow @ncircletweets Send us a DM that you'd like one for... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3.568 2010-02-23T17:09:02Z 2010-02-23T17:14:47Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Each time a vendor releases patches; I always answer the same questions about prioritization. Which new patch is the most important? How is enterprise IT going to be tackling this new work? At nCircle, we know from customers and other... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3.567 2010-02-22T18:25:28Z 2010-02-22T18:36:20Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync his past Saturday my son and I were having a "boys day". My wife was out having fun all day and the boys were left to be boys. Dinnertime rolled around and we were having too much fun playing LEGO India Jones to even consider making food. So I treated him to a stereotypical boys dinner - video games and pizza. This was when the fun turned into fear. Moments after ordering pizza online from our favorite local pizzeria, the phone rang. Caller: "This is Joe from the local pizza place, calling to confirm your order". The order and delivery location was confirmed. Caller: "And how do want to pay for this?" Me: "Um, well I just entered all my credit card info into your website like I usually do". Caller: "oh". A moment of pause. "Oh I see your credit card info now in the email." Me, with a definite tone of anger: "My credit card was sent to you in email?!" tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3.566 2010-01-29T22:17:02Z 2010-02-16T16:39:42Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync For a lot of Americans, today is both a payday and the last business day to pay those bills online due this month. So it goes without saying that many people have noticed that Bank of America's website has been... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2010:/blogs/sync//3.565 2010-01-17T02:05:03Z 2010-01-17T02:08:37Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync The sudden hypersensitivity regarding a new Microsoft IE 0-day, traces its roots to this weeks Google's overhyped breach. On Tuesday, Google went public with an admission of its own compromise. This was no ordinary breach, but one of global proportions... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.558 2009-08-06T15:53:41Z 2009-08-06T15:55:04Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync On this momentous occasion of a twitter outage apparently caused by a big DDoS attack, let us celebrate by naming 5 things we used to do before twitter. 1. Work more 2. Email the person directly 3. Pick up the... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.557 2009-08-03T20:25:40Z 2009-08-03T20:29:14Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync An old boss told me once, "You play in the big leagues, and you will eventually fall like a big leaguer." The fact is many people have their computer security compromised daily, and this is also true for many corporations.... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.556 2009-08-03T20:19:54Z 2009-08-03T20:21:26Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Two years ago I took some hard hits from my peers for calling the iPhone "a security nightmare". Two years later, I can't find a single person who doesn't agree that the iPhone is the number one mobile target of... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.549 2009-05-20T21:45:40Z 2009-05-20T21:48:41Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Adobe had a turbulent start this year and in response to cries from it's disgruntled users, Adobe security has announced several strategic moves. This blog post from Adobe describes the three much-needed things Adobe will be doing to improve security... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.548 2009-05-20T16:11:49Z 2009-05-20T16:13:09Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Week 5 of the FBI Citizens' Academy was mostly dedicated to counterterrorism. First we received an overview of the counterterrorism program from the local assistant special agent in charge for the counterterrorism group. The number 1 priority of the FBI... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.546 2009-05-14T15:47:49Z 2009-05-14T15:49:05Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync The date is May 12th 2009 and you are a mild mannered IT manager anticipating a single bulletin from Microsoft and a possible update from Adobe. The team has their assignments; their computers are locked and loaded. The team is... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.545 2009-05-12T18:22:06Z 2009-05-12T18:26:43Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Why couldn't Microsoft have kept things easy this month? Last week Microsoft's advanced notification information spelled out a single bulletin for PowerPoint. Given the single outstanding publicly known vulnerability in Microsoft's products, May patch Tuesday certainly looked like it would... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.544 2009-04-29T22:34:46Z 2009-04-29T22:38:26Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Week 4 of the FBI Citizens' Academy: Violent Crimes, White Collar Crimes and Civil Rights Crimes. The mission of the FBI violent crimes program is to: * Effectively address those violent crimes that pose significant risk to citizens of the... tag:blog.ncircle.com,2009:/blogs/sync//3.543 2009-04-28T20:43:50Z 2009-04-28T21:01:07Z Andrew Storms http://blog.ncircle.com/sync Hard to believe, but RSA 2009 was just last week. I found it to be a very successful show and now it's my turn to recap. Themes Every year the marketing team tasks me with finding themes at the show....