Our Enterprise Key Management Infrastructure (EKMI) Technical Committee (TC) has finally been approved by OASIS to release our specification to the public. Symmetric Key Services Markup Language (SKSML) Version 1.0 public review started July 24 2008 and will end 23 September 2008. Comments may be submitted to our TC by anyone on the OASIS TC … Continue reading Symmetric Key Services Markup Language 1.0 →

I have already started to hear a number of security professionals rebroadcast a new McAfee report about small to medium business (SMB) owners in America. McAfee is said to show that the business owners are naive and unprepared because they do not focus their time on security vulnerabilities, even after they suffer a breach. My … Continue reading McAfee Marketing and Fear Tactics →

Blame the victim? Unfair market? Legitimate fraud? But seriously, studies continue to show that American shoppers are highly susceptible to simple tricks: Shoppers do crazy things. And retailers bank on it. Several studies reveal how Americans shop in irrational ways, and increasingly scientists are figuring out how easily we can be duped. Retailers in turn … Continue reading American Shoppers Easily Duped →

The AP reports that poetry has been referenced in the decision against Guantanamo: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit cited the 1876 poem, “The Hunting of the Snark,” in ruling that the military improperly labeled a Chinese Muslim as an enemy combatant. The ruling was issued last week but an … Continue reading The Hunting of the Snark →