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Ashwin

Rahul and Mike,
Thanks for the comments. I agree in principle with both of you. Mike – your assessment about these “silicon cockroaches” all being somewhat dissimilar in their CPU, OS and memory footprint and therefore the ability to have a “one size f…

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The much brandied “Internet of things” or the more geeky M2M conjure up a vision of myriad of connected devices all talking to each other exchanging data in real time. Just for a moment overlay that with the security lens and you will start to see what…

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Protect the protector

by Ashwin on 31 March 2012

Is there reason to look at protecting the protector aka protecting the network firewalls themselves ?

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In order to win business, the need of the hour is for a holistic security solution that can couple the physical security investments with the new age virtual security investments. 

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Wasn’t multi-factor authentication supposed to make it hard to “spoof” somebody ? Not any more with the advent of the ubiquitous smartphone. Smartphone and multi-factor authentication – what’s the connection ? Read on

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Wasn’t multi-factor authentication supposed to make it hard to “spoof” somebody ? Not any more with the advent of the ubiquitous smartphone. Smartphone and multi-factor authentication – what’s the connection ? Read on

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Wasn’t multi-factor authentication supposed to make it hard to “spoof” somebody ? Not any more with the advent of the ubiquitous smartphone. Smartphone and multi-factor authentication – what’s the connection ? Read on

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Even the best of us fall prey!

by Ashwin on 13 September 2011

The guile and the deceit of malware hit home recently! In separate incidents spaced by a couple of days, two of my self-ordained “security savvy” friends fell prey !
 
In the first instance, my friend got an e-mail at her work address (first r…

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Even the best of us fall prey!

by Ashwin on 13 September 2011

The guile and the deceit of malware hit home recently! In separate incidents spaced by a couple of days, two of my self-ordained “security savvy” friends fell prey !
 
In the first instance, my friend got an e-mail at her work address (first r…

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Even the best of us fall prey!

by Ashwin on 13 September 2011

The guile and the deceit of malware hit home recently! In separate incidents spaced by a couple of days, two of my self-ordained “security savvy” friends fell prey !
 
In the first instance, my friend got an e-mail at her work address (first r…

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Re: Mobile Device Security

by Ashwin on 21 July 2011

Cisco AnyConnect or any number of mobile VPN clients in the market serve an important purpose of securing mobile device traffic to the corporate and enforcing corporate policies. However, the poster of the comment reflects the prevailing widespread mis…

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Re: Mobile Device Security

by Ashwin on 21 July 2011

Cisco AnyConnect or any number of mobile VPN clients in the market serve an important purpose of securing mobile device traffic to the corporate and enforcing corporate policies. However, the poster of the comment reflects the prevailing widespread mis…

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Re: Mobile Device Security

by Ashwin on 21 July 2011

Cisco AnyConnect or any number of mobile VPN clients in the market serve an important purpose of securing mobile device traffic to the corporate and enforcing corporate policies. However, the poster of the comment reflects the prevailing widespread mis…

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Mobile Device Security

by Ashwin on 19 July 2011

If you as an IT administrator have spent sleepless nights wondering what to do with the onslaught of mobile devices in your enterprise and when the day will come when you get summoned to the corner office to explain a security breach that has occurred …

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