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ZDNet Author Biography: Richard Stiennon is Chief Marketing Officer for Fortinet, Inc.. Most recently he was Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest. Prior to joining IT-Harvest, he was VP of threat research for Webroot Software, Inc. the leading commercial anti-spyware solution. Previously, Richard was VP Research at Gartner, Inc. where he covered security topics...; more about Richard Stiennon »

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Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel: It's getaway day and as we prepare to hit the road, trudge through airport security and snag that car rental, spare a thought for the valuable data that travels with you on that trusty old laptop. According to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, more than...; Tags: Laptop Computer, Richard Stiennon, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Moving on: I travel a lot. It has been almost ten years since I had a job that was based in the same place I live. Whenever I get a call from friends and family the first question I get is "where are you?" People who have known me for...; Tags: Blog, Blogging, CBS Interactive Inc., Internet, Richard Stiennon, Webroot Software Inc.; Blog posts 2008-03-09
Judge releases Wikileaks: All it took was a little representation. That is one trouble with the US legal system. You have to show up to defend yourself. The guys at Wikileaks.org were effecitvely put out of business by aggressive swiss bankers because they did not show up in court. At a...; Tags: Domain Names, Blogging, Internet, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Oil field data loss just common theft: Sighs of relief can be heard coming from Brazil this week as police arrested four men port security guards responsible for heisting some computers that had lots of data from the newly discovered mega-oil-patch off the coast of Brazil. Way back when I was an industry analyst...; Tags: Brazil, Data Loss, Data, Firewalls, GIS, Network Security, Security, Networking, Software, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Declan on Wikileaks: The news today is that several free speech advocates are stepping into the fray over Wikileaks. See Declan McCullagh's coverage. I love his syllogism: [Shutting down Wikileaks is] like Apple not liking CNET News.com's scoop a few years ago which it was about the switch to Intel...; Tags: Internet, Domain Names, Litigation, Blogging, Semiconductors, Processors, Business Operations, Hardware, Components, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-27

Only 8,700 insecure ftp servers?: According to ComputerWorld coverage Finjan is publicizing a source in Hong Kong they have discovered that offers to sell access to hacked ftp servers. The idea is that a malware purveyor or phisher would want ftp access with admin credentials so they can quickly and easily upload there wares to...; Tags: Idea, FTP Server, Server, FTP, Security, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-27
You can keep on asking...: But you have to ask the right questions. Two senators have sent a letter to 24 US agencies asking them to report on their progress in data protection. This article at Federal Computer Week highlights the woeful state of security compliance at most US agencies. This...; Tags: Agency, General Accounting Office, Authentication, Advertising & Promotion, Firewalls, Telnet, Security, Marketing, Networking, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Pakistan removed from the Internet: 4:30 PM Eastern US. The telecom company that carries most of Pakistan's traffic, PCCW, has found it necessary to shut Pakistan off from the Internet while they filter out the malicious routes that a Pakistani ISP, PieNet, announced earlier today. Evidently PieNet took this step to...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-24
Pakistan declares war on YouTube: What could at first have been just one of those days on the Internet where some newbie engineer accidentally announces a spurious route and takes out a segment of the network has turned into an international fiasco. But no, Pakastan has ordered all ISP's to block YouTube. From Yahoo...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-24
Pakistan takes out YouTube: Like I said in a recent post, the Internet is a series of tubes. Sometimes that helps route around malicious legislation and regulators, sometimes it causes big problems. Like today at 2 PM eastern when someone in Pakistan announced a more specific BGP route announcement for the block...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet, BGP, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Security, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-24
Get a clue Morocco: Do you ever get the feeling that the people around you are missing out on a major shift in the way the world works? Try explaining lolcats to your grandfather for instance. I feel sorry for the powers that be in Morocco who have sentenced Fouad Mourtada, a guy...; Tags: Government, Internet, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-22
TippingPoint tips balance in withdrawal of CFIUS application: I met Mike Rothman last night for drinks. He was on a once in a lifetime pass through Southfield, Michigan. I found myself acting like many people do in the presence of a knowledgeable industry analyst. I asked questions. One of them was: "What about this 3Com mess?"...; Tags: Bain, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Government, Ethernet, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-22
Bullseye! US shoots down spy satellite!: Good job. According to Reuters, the US has succeeded in shooting down its errant spy satellite. Update:Â Yes, there is video. by Richard Stiennon; Tags: Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Great source on cyber espionage: I am taking a couple of days to explore the slopes at Boyne Mountain. For those of you who regularly ski the Alps and Rockies I have one thing to say. 450 foot (150m) vertical! This is a great article by Christopher Burgess, a 30...; Tags: Espionage, Slope, Intellectual Property, Sales Tools, Productivity, Research & Development, Business Operations, Sales, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-20
California court order effectively erases Wikileaks: In the rapidly escalating story of Wikileaks.org, here a California court has ordered the domain registrar, Dynadot, to erase all DNS entries for the domain, effectively erasing a website that hosts millions of documents purportedly "leaked" to the wiki-style site in the name of whistle-blowing on malfeasance. If...; Tags: DNS, California, Web Site, Domain Names, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Networking, Internet, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-18
Does IT matter?: As someone who has been accused of publicity seeking through grand pronouncements I can understand the motivation behind Nicholas Carr's 2003 article in Harvard Business Review: "IT Doesn't Matter". His main thesis is: For a brief period, as they are being built into the ...; Tags: Concept, K Mart, Information Technology, Wiki, Matter, Marketswiki.com, Interactive Brokers, Strategy, Management, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-17
Congrats to Arcsight: Hard to believe that a SIM Security Information Management company has made it "out".Â Arcsight went public yesterday at $9/share. Pure play security company IPO's are few and far between.Â Â ManagingÂ alertsÂ and looking for abnormal behavior has been a difficult market to crack.Â But, based on their S-1, Arcsight...; Tags: ArcSight, IPO, Podcasts, Cellular Phones, Security, Financial Services, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-15
US to shoot down spy satellite: This news just in. The Bush administration has decided to attempt to shoot down the failed spy satellite that was due to enter the earth's atmosphere sometime in coming weeks. I can see why they might want to do this. First, it could reduce the hazard from...; Tags: Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Ben Edelman targets C-NetMedia: Ben Edelman has created a nice Valentine's day post.Â I am sure the folks behind C-NetMedia are swooning over it even now.Â Ben eviscerates these guys.Â First he tracks all of the deceptive Google ads that make C-NetMedia's product appear to be "official" and attempt to associate them with Spybot...; Tags: Ben Edelman, Anti-spyware, C-NetMedia, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-14
404 and DNS re-directs are evil: Practically one of my first blog postings ever I publishedBlack and white and gray all over a continuum of good and evil. I was attempting to investigate the shades of gray in moral behavior when it comes to online practices. Since 2005 there have been many innovations in unwanted...; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, DNS, Fun, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-13