News broke yesterday that Nokia and Siemens had enabled Iran to do deep packet inspection. The sale of this capability has been defended as an integral part of technology required for network access. In other words, when Iran invests in core communications infrastructure it will inevitably get the ability to look inside and reshape the … Continue reading Iran and Deep Packet Inspection →

Wired has an interesting comment as Activists Launch Hack Attacks on Tehran Regime Iran has one of the world’s most vibrant social media communities. That’s helping those of us outside Iran follow along as this revolution is being YouTubed, blogged, and Tweeted. But Iran’s network infrastructure there is relatively centralized. Which makes Internet access there … Continue reading Iran Cyber Attacks →

A 2008 article in Newsweek says sectarian and politically-motivated violence after the US-led invasion has decimated the health care industry: In Iraq, The Doctors Are Out. The medical profession in particular has been hollowed out. Iraq’s health-care system used to be the envy of the Arab world. Even in the 1990s, when sanctions and Saddam … Continue reading Doctors Assassinated in Iraq →

Network World published my opinion piece yesterday: The Verizon Business RISK team recently released its “2009 Data Breach Investigations Report,” which gives a fresh look into the question of whether insiders or outsiders are the larger threat group. The report concludes that 74% of breaches result from external sources and “the predominance of total records … Continue reading Article: Identifying the source of corporate threats →