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Obama's "Big Brother" Vision of IAM

So, did anyone read about the President's Cybersecurity Action Plan? I'm assuming you've read through all 10 points. You didn't stop to ponder after the first few did you? I mean, you didn't happen to stop after number 8? The one about the incident response plan?

60 Technology & Security Vendor Interviews in 400 Minutes

That's roughly 6-7 minutes per interview. Add in 3-4 minutes for introductions, a 10-minute pre-interview, and 5 minutes to get to the next interview (who's counting?) - and you've got one busy week!

And so it was at the RSA Conference 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, an interview with a different security vendor every half-hour, on the half-hour, for 3-and-a-half days.

Electronic Voting: The Ultimate Online Banking Application

Every day I'm driving to or from work -- or even on the weekends - it seems like I hear about some new urgent priority that I must be aware of, whether it be the flailing economy, President Obama's directives, data breaches, or any number of other news-worthy items. But I love the news - so I don't mind!

FinancialStability.gov - From Translucent to Transparent

I remember when I was a child and my parents had a stand-alone shower stall. The walls and door were made of glass with a wavy contour, and they were frosted. Which means instead of being clear like a window, they added a pasty kind of blur to anything on the other side. Everyone has seen this before - you may have a shower like this; it does add a bit of privacy. From the on-looker, you can just about make out shapes and perhaps lighter and darker areas, however you never quite know what exactly is going on.

Predicting the Next Regulatory Challenge for Financial Institutions

Wow - we've been part of quite a bit of quick decision-making recently. Financial institutions going out of business almost overnight, trillions of dollars being offered from the U.S. government in the blink of an eye, and the largest in the industry merging with and/or acquiring peer institutions within weeks.