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Nokia is gone. So is mobile security.

The recent acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft stirred up investors and Nokia fans. But, the question goes, what does it have to do with security? (Not) Surprisingly, a lot. Working in security makes people slightly paranoid over time, that is a fact. On the one hand, without being suspicious of everything and checking all strangeness ...

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On the utility of technical security

It is often said that the system is only as strong as the weakest link. When you have good security and strong passwords, the weakest link will be the human. As has always been. Think of how the system can be recovered from a breach when the problem is not technical but human. [youtube=http://youtu.be/W50L4UPfWsg]

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Quantitative analysis of faults shows that…

Not to worry, we are not going to get overly scientific here. I happened across this extremely interesting paper called “Quantitative analysis of faults and failures in a complex software system” published by Norman Fenton and Niclas Ohlsson in ye god old year 2000. The paper is very much worth a read, so if you ...

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Why bother?

Hmm… Good question… Well, let’s get this straightened out before we jump into other interesting subjects. Every single website and application, every single computer system gets broken into. For fun, money, fame, accidentally. This is just the way it is and I have to accept this as the current reality. I may not like it ...

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