I’ve been playing around with an Android Galaxy Nexus running ICS and have been overly impressed. The operating system is polished and has a intuitive workflow.
Increasingly, I’ve been thinking about the utility of using a phone as a desktop (after watching the YouTube video below). It seems that the fantasy is now a reasonable reality and I think we’ll see this migration happen faster than expected.
The phone as a desktop falls into three general categories.
“In one of the U.S. government’s largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads.”
“Online retailer Zappos.com is asking its 24 million customers to reset their passwords after a cyberattack, according to a posting on the company’s website.” [Read more …]
While the current OnLive capability is severely limited, this could be the future of the desktop in some environments. The concept of BYOD (bring your own device) is being adopted in an increasing number of large enterprises. Technologies like this could eliminate the need for NAC and instead focus on developing a hardened client that connects the user’s device to the enterprise cloud desktop.
“Tablet fondlers can finally get some work done thanks to streaming cloud supplier OnLive, which now pipes the full Windows 7 experience from its data centres to punters’ palms.
Right now the free app doesn’t maintain any settings between sessions, but does provide a working Win 7 desktop, and copy of Microsoft Office, which can interact with files stored in an OnLive account. Alternatively it could be used to trick your mates into believing you’ve managed to blag a next-generation Windows tablet for the afternoon.” [Read more …]
“Microsoft has proven that it can take down huge, global botnets like Kelihos, Rustock and Waldec. Now the company is ready to start making the data it acquires in those busts available to governments, law enforcement and customers as a real time threat intelligence feed.
Representatives from the Redmond, Washington software maker told an audience at the International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS) here that it was testing a new service to distribute threat data from captured botnets and other sources to partners, including foreign governments, Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and private corporations.”
DISA has released STIGS for common smartphones including Android and IOS.
“The Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and the NSA Guides are the configuration standards for DOD IA and IA-enabled devices/systems. Since 1998, DISA Field Security Operations (FSO) has played a critical role enhancing the security posture of DoD’s security systems by providing the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs). The STIGs contain technical guidance to “lock down” information systems/software that might otherwise be vulnerable to a malicious computer attack. DISA FSO is in the process of moving the STIGs towards the use of the NIST Security Content Automation Protocol (S-CAP) in order to be able to “automate” compliance reporting of the STIGs. ” [Read more …]
Interesting read and strategy….
“End of the year and time to reflect on a few things. Every year I try and make some predictions, see how I’ve done on some others, and plan out some goals for the rest of the year. I also like to reflect on how technology positively and negatively impacts my life. Every few years I also look at overall behaviors and challenge the assumptions of those behaviors.”
Insiders, gangs, cyber criminals. Can you say convergence?
““These insiders used their positions to gain access to client data, and then sold that data to make money for themselves and their accomplices,” District Attorney Vance said in a written statement. “We will continue to work with our partners to build significant cases to disrupt identity theft and dismantle these criminal organizations.””
Worth the read. I think they’ve nailed it on several levels.
“Global connectivity, smart machines, and new media are just some of the drivers reshaping how we think about work, what constitutes work, and the skills we will need to be productive contributors in the future. This report analyzes key drivers that will reshape the landscape of work and identifies key work skills needed in the next 10 years. It does not consider what will be the jobs of the future. Many studies have tried to predict specific job categories and labor requirements. Consistently over the years, however, it has been shown that such predictions are difficult and many of the past predictions have been proven wrong. Rather than focusing on future jobs, this report looks at future work skills—proficiencies and abilities required across different jobs and work settings.”
@mtanji @fantom_planet The jokes write themselves at this point. Demonstrating incredible constraint on my end.
@MattDevost @Fantom_Planet There is a sticky keyboard joke in there somewhere, but I'm not going to mention it. well I know which one folks value more….betting YouPorn - “@mtanji: Experiment: Whose users have better passwords, Stratfor or YouPorn?”Copyright © 2009–2012
