The Friday Brief
Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2009 09:38 Written by Jeffreycarr Friday, 6 November 2009 09:38
A few thoughts and a few helpful resources for the end of this week:
1. In the wake of the tragic and senseless killings of innocent people at Ft. Hood by a crazed psychiatrist who happened to be Muslim, take notice of who uses this as an opportunity to bash an entire religion. You want to avoid those people, both professionally and personally. Every religion has extremists out on the fringes, including Christianity. In no case should the acts of extremists be used to paint an entire group of believers, regardless of the religion. The people who engage in that kind of religious bigotry have surrendered the control of their mind to fear instead of logic. And fearful people are dangerous to be around.
2. F-Secure provides some succinct advice on “How to Practice Safe Tweeting“. If you’re on Twitter, you should definitely read and implement their suggestions. And if you want to follow me on Twitter, you can do so here.
3. The collection phase of the Project Grey Goose Power Grid investigation wraps up today and analysis of the data we collected begins tomorrow. If you have any information that you would like to share with our investigators regarding grid insecurities, hacker intrusions, or other present or emerging threats, please contact me. We hope to release our findings by the end of the month.
4. I just heard unofficially that my book “Inside Cyber Warfare” will probably be available in a pre-release version known as an O’Reilly Rough Cut by November 30. I’ll post more details as I know them.
I’ll be in DC on business for most of next week so posting will be light. Have a great weekend everyone.
The insanely scary power of fear…FDR said it best, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” While it was not said in the same context; it certainly applies on the subject of terrorism, in both the action of and response to.