Comments on: Security Advantage? I Don’t Buy It.

By: alikl

alikl — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:22:00 +0000

Can these be considered for security as biz enabler? "Apple has received credit for fixing known flaws, but it may have to get more serious about security if it wants to take on Vista." from http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/VgB95vj73xBmFI/Super-Sized-Apple-Update-Fixes-45-Flaws.xhtml "We knew we would only use Windows Mobile, and we waited for it because it's the platform we felt we could secure most easily and at the lowest cost." from http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/06/HNwindowsmono_2.html

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:33 +0000

For a suitable definition of “short”, Gordon is right. This is just restating Nick Carr’s derogation of IT in a way that is less insulting to “IT professionals”. The idea is that innovation is so rapidly diffused/copied that for all intents and purposes we’re all just overhead.
The signaling question is interesting. There certainly seems to be alot of herding.

By: Kenneth F. Belva

Kenneth F. Belva — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:06:34 +0000

Hi Adam, Thanks for your thoughtful post. We are not far off in opinion. I have replied to you here: http://www.bloginfosec.com/2007/08/27/a-clarification-for-shostack/ Ken http://www.bloginfosec.com

By: Anton Chuvakin

Anton Chuvakin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:00:30 +0000

I think that claim that “more security” = “competitive advantage” has been flushed down the drain quite some time ago. I am wondering why this zombie was brought back from the dead ….