SANS paper on SCADA

Security for Critical Infrastructure SCADA Systems

Note to self: thumb through this to see if it is worthwhile

Amazon.com: Books: Money For Content and Your Clicks For Free : Turning Web Sites, Blogs, and Podcasts Into Cash

Yes. Yes indeed. This is cool stuff. I wonder what kind of security they use to interface this with their system and what kind of certification process did it have to go through?

Cool stuff.

--Thrynn

Nanochick wrote:
] This is a pretty neat site. You can see what the air traffic
] controllers are seeing and you can hear them talking to the
] jets. Check it out:)

RE: Air Traffic control: Atlanta

Game play and warfare are the true mother of invention.

File Under Hack XBOX

] The Wall Street Journal said that the shoes called the
] Adidas 1 will have a microprocessor under the arch of the
] foot that will measure the compression of a runner's
] stride. The microprocessor will then use that reading to
] move cables in the shoe, making adjustments around the
] foot to make sure the shoe is not too firm or too soft.

Scary..hope it doesn't malfunction and crush a foot. Sounds cool, but at $250 it better feel like I'm walking on a cloud while drinking a cold one..

Report says Adidas will debut $250 running shoe - May. 6, 2004

..and it's official.

Red Hat reveals desktop push

dmv wrote:
] ] in a lot of ways we have the worst of both worlds: no
] ] security and no privacy. There are at least 50 federal
] ] laws and regulations regarding the handling of personal
] ] information. Programmers call that spaghetti code.
]
] Interesting interview with Poindexter. I honestly do think he
] was doing some very novel and worthwhile things... not all of
] them, but some.

Cool. Apparently, they played a little game like 'Sims' but they took all the last names in the country and randomly assigned them first names. Well, this is cool to me since there are only about a dozen people (or less) who have my last name. This means I had a good chance of landing a leading role. So, there I was Thrynn Crazylastname standing in line waiting to board a plane. Not quite sure where I was headed, but it didn't matter. Desitiny had other plans. I wonder if my character lives or dies in their scenario. I bet I live, but I'm probably took serious battle damage. I feel like I should be paid for my role in the game.

RE: Wired 12.05: Poindexter Confidential

flynn23 wrote:
] ] In May 2003, Nicholas Carr stirred up a hornet's nest
] ] with his Harvard Business Review essay, "IT Doesn't
] ] Matter." Carr argued that information technology is
] ] necessary for business survival but doesn't provide any
] ] strategic advantage. Carr sits down with ZDNet Editor in
] ] Chief Dan Farber to discuss his new book, which expands
] ] on his controversial views.
]
] Great webcast interview with Nick Carr on his theory.

I haven't listened to his theories but it should be noted that, in contrast, our hero Bill Gates wrote a book titled "The Speed of Thought" (circa. 1999) in which he tries to explain the crucial role of technology and how companies that understand and harness it have a major advantage over those who don't. Needless to say, Bill has made a few bucks. I'll have to see what Nicholas has been doing these past few years.

RE: Nicholas Carr: IT still doesn't matter

Things are starting to look good again.

InformationWeek - IT Investment - Software Companies Are Tops In 1Q VC Funding

] University officials eventually discovered an online
] journal Stanzak kept about his experiences and relocated
] him to a free dorm room last Tuesday.

The library staff didn't find him. The janitors missed him. The only way they found out about him was through an online journal? Wow.

NYU student sleeps for months in library basement