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July 2007 - Posts

• The Bogus Quest for Productivity

  I've been falling behind on my Harvard Business Review reading, in recent months, but I finally made some time to catch up on the July/August issue, and came across an awesome opinion article entitled, " Productivity Is Killing American Enterprise " by...( read more ) Share Post: Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:08 PM from Talking Out Loud with ASB : BrainWave News | (Comments Off) Filed under: BrainWave News, Business, Technology, Work

• More on the French Bank Hack

  A year ago I blogged about a bank hack at the center of a French national scandal. Well, the case ihas taken an interesting turn. Law enforcement experts managed to retrieve incriminating evidence from the hard disk of senior intelligence... Share Post: Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:10 PM from Schneier on Security | (Comments Off)

• California Voting Machine Audit Results

  The state of California conducted a security review of their electronic voting machines earlier this year. This was a serious review, with real security researchers getting access to the source code. The report was issued last week, and the researchers... Share Post: Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:57 AM from Schneier on Security | (Comments Off)

• Finding the balance between IT prudishness and permissiveness

  Dear Bob ...I liked your article ("The new prudes," Keep the Joint Running, 7/9/2007) and in theory agree.What do you do with larger companies? I'm sure your tools are nice and work for you, but I want another set which makes me productive:I'd like a MySpace page to set up for my global team. It's the Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:12 AM from Advice Line by Bob Lewis | (Comments Off)

• Conversation with Kip Hawley, TSA Administrator (Part 2)

  This is Part 2 of a five-part series. Link to Part 1. BS: I hope you're telling the truth; screening is a difficult problem, and it's hard to discount all of those published tests and reports. But a lot of... Share Post: Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:12 AM from Schneier on Security | (Comments Off)

• Transporting a $1.4M Rare Coin

  Excellent story of security by obscurity: Feigenbaum put the dime, encased in a 3-inch-square block of plastic, in his pocket and, accompanied by a security guard, drove in an ordinary sedan directly to San Jose airport to catch the red-eye... Share Post: Read More... Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 4:30 PM from Schneier on Security | (Comments Off)

• Movie-Plot-Threat Presidential Debate Questions

  Funny: Gentlemen, here's the scenario: As you are flying home from Moscow -- having told the world you will never deal with terrorists -- hijackers, posing as reporters, seize Air Force One. They vow to kill a hostage every half-hour,... Share Post: Read More... Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 2:51 PM from Schneier on Security | (Comments Off)

• Conversation with Kip Hawley, TSA Administrator (Part 1)

  This is Part 1 of a five-part series. In April, Kip Hawley, the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), invited me to Washington for a meeting. Despite some serious trepidation, I accepted. And it was a good meeting. Most... Share Post: Read More... Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 6:12 AM from Schneier on Security | (Comments Off)