December 17, 2010 10:30 PM
E-Immodium, Identity governance, Information security, snake-oil
Why rational users prefer cheap dancing pigs to expensive security snake oil
Profile: Philip Virgo
I have spent much of the last month listening to security scare stories from consultants and vendors bidding for attention and budgets. Many of the activities for which they are seeking support appear worse than useless. They distract attention from...
January 19, 2008 7:29 PM
Governance, Security, snake-oil
The inflation-beating cost of data protection snake-oil
Profile: Philip Virgo
External directors have the opposite problem to journalists. Under "fin de siecle capitalism" and in public sector "quangoland" they are sacrificial goats: little or no power to effect change but expected to share responsibility for failure. The time has come to butt back.