Magazine Columns   

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In reverse order of publication.

• Protecting the Home Office. These seven "musts" will help extend protection to home users and road warriors. The November 2003 "Just the Basics" column. (The last one! A collector's item!!)
• Debunking the Firewall Hype. "Application intelligence" is the latest buzz, but is it really new? The September 2003 "Just the Basics" column.
• The Firewall Physical, my "Just the Basics" column, in the July 2003 Information Security Magazine asks "How do you know if your firewall is 'healthy'?"
• Preparing for the Worst, a column I wrote for On the Radar, LURHQ Corporation's client newsletter. LURHQ was a managed security solutions provider. I was on their advisory board.
• Just the Basics, May 2003 in Information Security Magazine is entitled "A Firewall for All Occasions," kicking around which type might be just fine for your situation (dogma not-withstanding).
• My March Information Security Magazine "Just the Basics" column is entitled "Practical Patching," six steps to help decide when you must patch, and when it's okay to wait.
• Belt and Suspenders Redux, from the January 2003 Information Security Magazine "Just the Basics" column.
• Practical IR, from the October 2002, Information Security Magazine "Just the Basics" column.
• The Real Deal on Wireless, from the August 2002 Information Security Magazine "Just the Basics" column.
• Practical Firewalling. The virtual network perimeter has changed the rules of the game for firewalls --and that means changing our tactics.
• Watch out for hotel broadband vulnerabilities . Originally published for searchSecurity.com .
• "Rethinking IDS" . My March 2002 "Just the Basics" column in Information Security Magazine. The original subtitle was the clever (I thought), "You can't always get what you want... but if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need." It was cut due to space limitations. But this is MY web page. :-)
• "Simmering Security". January 2002 "Just the Basics" column in Information Security Magazine.
• Smart Card Smarts . What are smart cards, and what makes them think they're so smart, anyway? A searchSecurity.com "Executive Briefing."
• PKI Qs and As . As a follow-on to my June 2001 tutorial on PKI for searchSecurity, I answered some leftover questions.
• After the Storm . A column I wrote for Camelot's newsletter on the subject of cleaning up after an inside attack. I use the trade secret theft at Lucent Technologies as a starting point.
• Remote E-mail Access . A searchSecurity.com column discussing various ways to allow remote access to corporate e-mail for the telecommuter and the road-warrior.
• E-mail security -- Defending the server . A searchSecurity.com editorial.
• Regarding "Security Through Obscurity" is a viewpoint I wrote for Information Security Magazine .
• Think your e-mail is secure? Think again. A searchSecurity.com editorial. There is a related searchSecurity.com "Live Expert Q&A" transcript .
• It's a matter of trust: Digital certificates and e-signatures , a searchSecurity.com editorial.
• Staying Alive: Keeping Current on Security Issues (While Still Having A Life) , a searchSecurity.com editorial.
• Benefits and Drawbacks of Open Source for Security Solutions