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they perform and the data that is generated forward looking statements this press release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of u s federal securities laws including expectations regarding the closing of hp s acquisition of symantec and the integration or lack thereof of its products and technologies into hp s products and solutions that involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in this press release such risk factors include among others satisfaction of closing conditions to the transaction our ability to successfully integrate the merged businesses and technologies and customer demand for the technologies and integrated product offerings actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward looking statements contained in this press release additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in the risk factors sections of hp s and symantec s most recently filed forms 10 k and 10 q hpassumes no obligation to update any forward looking statement contained in this press release posted in security 3 comments february 21 2013 by amritw red dawn unit 61398 now what some of my so called friends that help organize the rsa security bloggers event have decided that folks that attend should actually have blogged something recently well i haven t so to make them happy with the increasing frequency and severity of advanced threats perpetrated by highly organized and sophisticated groups and nation states enterprises need to realize that they are either compromised or will be soon traditional techniques need to be augmented with more sophisticated and exhaustive methods to provide visibility into all aspects of the internal environment this requires continuous monitoring and analysis of all ingress and egress traffic patterns from every host on the network regardless of the source destination or type of traffic there are 5 key initiatives that every organization should implement invest in security professionals that have strong experience with forensic investigation and incident response implement incident response programs that complement and extend current prevention approaches to information security deploy network security technologies that provide deep visibility into the state of the internal network and can collect analyze and archive massive amounts of all network flow data ensure network monitoring solutions integrate with existing network security tools such as ids ips siem and firewalls make security awareness throughout the organization an ongoing element of the information security program brevity is a gift shared by very few in the security industry posted in security tagged amrit williams apt1 china chinese hackers incident response lancope mandiant netflow obama rsa security bloggers unit 61398 leave a comment february 29 2012 by amritw 20 years in infosec time to party like its 1999 i am not a big fan of at t here but this video from at t released in 1990 is about the most insightful view into modern day infosec i ve ever seen here and since it was produced pre brick walls on fire and simple clouds to depict complex relationships it is more believable than most security marketing crap neat story we began homeschooling this year why convictions ideals teaching to excellence versus teaching to the medium as part of this the boys 11 13 are to keep up with current affairs of their choosing my older son was quite intrigued by a story in the economist about iran something about how if they are bombed it would only slow down their nuclear ambitions not destroy them and worse it would dramatically increase global crankiness as he was sitting down to prepare his report i received an email from a reporter in azerbaijan asking for comment on iran s cyber security capabilities especially as it relates to their nuclear program a topic i am uniquely unqualified to comment on but here nor there so the other morning my son read his report which included his dad s quotes from the azerbaijani article as a father it s cool to draw the world full circle like that but the the entire experience made me feel really old and reminded me that a new generation of folks needs to be mentored and enabled why would a disciple of the eternal order of the packet want to party like its 1999 perhaps 1999 was the first year that folks actually believed they could make a difference or more likely that was the year that the majority of security products in use today had all been invented by since then its been a three way battle between fail bravado and dreams deferred to produce iterations of the previously invented but really nothing new disclaimer i know very little about making money or iran but the markets will be impacted as western powers continue to intentionally spread democracy across the middle east do with that information what you will posted in family security 1 comment december 9 2011 by amritw searching for privacy in a world without secrets i am not a number i am a free man idc reported that we generated and replicated 1 8 zettabytes that s 1 8 trillion gigabytes of data in 2011 to give you an example of scale you would need to stack cds from earth to the moon and back again twice to represent that amount of data and its expected to grow 50x by 2020 interesting factoid through april of 2011 the library of congress had stored 235tbs of data in 2011 15 out of 17 sectors in the us have more data per company than the us library of congress much of that data is about you facebook is preparing to raise 100 billion yes a hundred billion in a highly anticipated ipo next spring twitter is valued at 10 billion and social media companies are pulling massive valuations in terms of data roughly 4 billion pieces of content are shared on facebook every day and twitter registered 177 million tweets per day in march of 2011 the success of these companies and many others is trade in human commodity there is an inherent value to your tweet your wall post becoming mayor at some dc cafe or posting your location to wherever people post those things but the real value is simply in your existence as a number in a sea of other 1 and 0 s we are entering a world where every aspect of our lives short of those thoughts we hold deep will be processed indexed analyzed and archived forever what we search for our online activity where and how we drive what we buy when and how often our health financial and personal records digitized for quick sale to the highest bidder never before have we had the ability to implement systems to handle massive volumes of disparate data at a velocity that can only be described as break neck and with this ability comes the inevitable misuse the commercial implications for companies seeking access to this depth and breadth of customer intelligence is clear but this same information federated with the analysis of unstructured video picture voice and text data in the hands of our government or one that meant us harm is truly frightening social media is an interesting experiment in applying a large scale operant conditioning chamber to a mass population the law of effect is a retweet a friending being listed on a top x most influential list or whatever else elicits the desired response we leap head first off the cliff of technology and only concern ourselves with the implications when they become a problem for us the irony is that in our search for identity and individuality in an increasingly digital world we have willingly surrendered that which we used to hold so dear our privacy may future generations forgive us posted in analytics bigdata hadoop security technology tagged big data economics facebook google internet security microsoft network security privacy quantivo social media twitter yahoo 4 comments december 8 2011 by amritw class action lawsuit against hp for not disclosing security vulnerabilities has huge implications on december 1 2011 a class action lawsuit was filed in united states district court northern district of california against hewlett packard alleging violations of the california consumer legal remedies act for injunctive relief and the california unfair competition law based on non disclosure of a known security vulnerability read the filing here nature of the action l plaintiff brings this action individually and as a class action against hewlett packard company hewlett packard or hp or defendant on behalf of all others who purchased a hewlett packard printer the hp printers 2 the hp printer s suffer from a design defect in the software which is also sometimes referred to as firmware that is resident on the hp printers which allow computer hackers to gain access to the network on which the hp printers are connected steal sensitive information and even flood the hp printers themselves with commands that are able to control the hp printers and even cause physical damage to the bp printers themselves 3 despite defendant s knowledge of the design defect in the software of the hp printers defendant has failed to disclose the existence of the defect to consumers 4 as a result of the facts alleged herein defendant has violated california laws governing consumer protection continue reading posted in security tagged hp security vulnerability disclosure 2 comments november 3 2011 by amritw one warm coat two changed lives warning this post has nothing to do with technology information security or anything else i normally blog about this post is dedicated to the memory of stephanie renee fong when i was in my early 20s i met a young women named stephanie we quickly grew very close stephanie was special to me in many ways but most of all she always seemed to provide me so much warmth and comfort one winter she had bought me this really cool warm coat she ended up wearing the coat most of the time to the point that the coat smelled like her which always brought a smile to my face stephanie was allergic to legumes and also suffered from asthma which required her to use a special prescription inhaler i never realized the extent that allergies can impact us until one day in august 1994 continue reading posted in family tagged warm coat world impact 10 comments september 21 2011 by amritw incomplete thought are you really data driven or just using data to prove a point i love data i love the benefits that data analysis offers and i love the concept of large amounts of data being massaged queried and providing insights through a whole new set of technical innovations and there are many in data right now in fact i believe that this year has probably been the largest year for vc investments in database technologies in a really really long time recent vc investment in nosql companies neotech 10 6m datastax 11m 10gen 20m couchbase 14m all the in big data bi and analytics continue reading posted in analytics bigdata tagged analytics business intelligence data driven 2 comments september 21 2011 by amritw top 10 most overhyped technology terms we have entered a new era of information technology an era where the clouds are moist the data is obese and incontinent and the threats are advanced persistent and the biggest ever of course with all the paradigm shifting next generation fud vs roi marketing its important to remember that sometimes we need to balance innovation against misunderstood expectations vendor double speak and relentless enterprise sales guys because contrary to the barrage of marketing these technologies won t make you rich teach you how to invest in real estate help you lose weight or grow a full head of hair it won t make you attractive to the opposite sex nor will it solve all your problems in some cases they can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your operating environment but it requires proper planning expectation setting and careful deployment and on that note i give you the top 10 most overhyped technology terms over the last decade continue reading posted in analytics bigdata hadoop rants security silliness technology virtualization tagged advanced persistent threats apt big data cloud computing cyberwar data leak prevention desktop virtualization dlp facebook foursquare hadoop mobile malware nac network access control operant conditioning social media twitter virtualization vmware 6 comments september 10 2011 by amritw why i suck at blogging and twitter so recently i posted some thoughts on big data and the increasing usage of hadoop the general theme was data management data analysis this caused confusion with some folks as evidenced by the twitter exchange tweets haven t been altered but some extraneous noise removed to maximize your reading pleasure beaker amrittsering i m confused by your last blog is your point that people are spending on data aggregation hoping it leads to analytics beaker amrittsering i read re read your posts it s almost like u r suggesting majority of co s deploying hadoop e g are clueless wrt why continue reading posted in analytics bigdata hadoop rants silliness technology tagged beaker big data fail failure hadoop twitter 1 comment september 10 2011 by amritw needles in a digital hay stack finding value in big data big data is a scorching hot topic currently capturing a lions share of the markets available stock of hyperbole and for good reason data is growing at a meteoric rate as we continue to innovate as business accelerates technology adoption as the line bleeds between corporate and personal computing and as we interact more in digital mediums we are creating mountains of data much of this data is garbage but some of it is gold big data are you creating a garbage dump or mountains of gold unfortunately with all overly hyped technologies there is a lot of misinformation failed expectations and the inevitable trough of disillusionment but that doesn t mean you have to spend months or years curled up in a fetal position disillusioned and wondering what went so wrong with a thoughtful approach you can venture through the murky swamp of your big data and find the insights that provide your company a significant competitive and market advantage continue reading posted in analytics bigdata hadoop technology tagged big data cloudera column store data lakes data swamps emc hadoop ibm olap oracle quantivo relational database 2 comments september 4 2011 by amritw big data are you creating a garbage dump or mountains of gold you re not really sure how it happened but some time between last year and the summer of 2011 you were suddenly facing a big data problem or you were being told you were facing a big data problem or more accurately you were being told that you needed a big data solution funny thing was that you hadn t really done anything drastic over the last couple of years that would seem to indicate a tsunami of data was about to breach your storage floodgates but then again it wasn t like you watched yourself g...