Is there a reasonable expectation of privacy on the Internet? A senior US district judge recently stated the technically obvious, but it may come as a shock to many. The FBI seized control of Playpen, a dark net website dedicated to child porn distribution (yes disgusting and good for the FBI). In building their case, the FBI utilized something known as “network investigative technique” (NIT) – which also included grabbing source IP addresses out of the TOR network.

In the report, What does Information Security have in common with Eastern Air Lines Flight 401? - I posit that one byproduct of professionalizing Information Security will be elevating it to the board level where it belongs.

One has to admire Ford and what they have wrought with the Mustang. They created a resurgence of the Muscle cars, keeping a fine balance between retro looks and modern day styling. The engineering firsts are impressive with the first 6 cylinder to make over 300 hp while getting 31 MPG. Now the 4 cylinder EcoBoost with a 2.3L engine delivering 310hp and 320 lb.-ft. Impressive!

Alvin Toffler, an American writer and futurist known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution and technological singularity, once said, “You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”

I recently spoke at the IT Audit and Controls Conference in Florida. I was doing my normal cantankerous venting about how businesses do not get that Information Security is a business problem and not just an IT problem. In fact, one recent study found that 80% of the total value of the Fortune 500 now consists of intellectual property and other intangibles.

I was a member of MP3.com back in the day and even had a song make it into the top 10 of its genre. Also at that time, Napster was in a huge legal battle and rightfully so because it literally was breaking copyright laws by sharing music that was not properly purchased. MP3.com also had an idea at the time, that didn’t break any laws, yet because of the confusion between what it was doing, the limited technical prowess of the legal system and the conflation with Napster