Guy Bunker

... There was an interesting article in the news yesterday from an insurance company about which professions have the worst road accident records. Topping the list... ahead of sales managers and students... are computer engineers!!! Being an engineer at heart (although my programming days are long behind me) it struck me ... ... (more)

Back From Prague…

I was at the Cloud Computing Conference in Prague earlier this week and there were a lot of great sessions - along with some very interesting new perspectives. Stephen Foskett has done a great report and rather than repeat that, here are my main discussion points. 1) Is the lack of 'true' ... ... (more)

Web Browsers Attacked Again

Symantec Security Response has identified yet another two web browser attacks, one on Microsoft Internet Explorer and the other on Firefox. Two weeks ago we reported the Microsoft Video Streaming Active X control vulnerability, which can be exploited mostly through the older but still widely used versions of Internet Explorer ... ... (more)

Will Cloud Computing Lead to IT Chaos?

Guy Bunker's Blog In the last couple of weeks of 2008, IT departments and CIOs need to think carefully about the cloud and how it can be used within their organizations - ahead of the business units. Develop, distribute and educate staff on policies around Information Protection and data loss prevention. Put a process together to rapidly respond to requests for new services which live in... (more)

Another One Bites The Dust…

... But for how long? Another allegedly cyber-criminal friendly ISP based in the US has been shut down. Of course the shut-down is being appealed, but for the moment they are down. It's not as dramatic in some ways as earlier ones, as this is not just about spam (which ... ... (more)