Cyberstrategics

Suggestions to Improve the (ISC)² Blog

Tim Bass — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:15:57 +0000

In the beginning of the (ISC)² blog a number of us enjoyed contributing because the blog was full of posts insightful original security-related pieces. However, over time, many of us have simply stopped writing for the (ISC)² blog. One main reason for this is that we don’t want to spend the time to write a thoughtful, [...]

Global Warming: It is Not Only the Climate, Stupid!

Tim Bass — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

I find it interesting how governments and other organizations are focused on climate change and global warming. Of course, the threat to our environment is real, there is little doubt about it. However, did you ever stop to think about “real global warming”? Although climate change is a very critical part of global warming, I [...]

Complex Event Processing in the Belly of the Beast

Tim Bass — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:01:17 +0000

Around 10 years ago I worked as Technical Director for SAIC as a member of an elite group of Internet security experts. I was responsible for a number of very large global financial corporations (well, actually two). The leader of our division, called The Center of Information Protection (The CIP), was a very intelligent [...]

GeoIP and Geo-Targeting

Tim Bass — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:48:40 +0000

Lately I have been busy with a web-based geo-targeting project. For those of you not familiar with geo-targeting, the deeper you get into geo-targeting, the more you realize how important and interesting it is. Geo-targeting is used for fraud detection, personalization, ad-targeting, content-delivery, and more. In addition, the same basic concept is used [...]

Chiang Mai: World’s 5th Best City by Travel and Leisure

Tim Bass — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:46:10 +0000

I recently noticed that the city I live, Chiang Mai, was listed as the number five best city in the world, 2009, by Travel and Leisure. Actually, I agree Chiang Mai is a great city to live, that is why I live here, of course. The food is amazingly good. The weather is great. The [...]

Disclosure and Transparency, Please.

Tim Bass — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:25:51 +0000

I was on vacation and read where one of the “big guys” of the Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) was bragging that Gartner mentioned EPTS in the context of CEP. What I did not read, however, was the disclosure that a Gartner VP serves on the Steering Committee of EPTS. Did I simply “miss it”? Or was [...]

Quiz: Event Processing 101

Tim Bass — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:30:02 +0000

Take the quiz. Event Processing 101. The big question is, “Who will copy me and start posting CEP/EP quizzes next?” Stay tuned for my next CEP/EP quiz, after I return from a 2 week vacation (sometime in August!) Quizzes by Quibblo.com

Patent Title: Event Handling System

Tim Bass — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:43:32 +0000

I was doing some research on cyberspace situational awareness and was honored to noticed my prior art was referenced in a 2008 patent application by the Commonwealth of Australia. Here are some notable quotes from this patent application of an “event handling system.” Section 8 of this part gives a brief overview of the requirement [...]

U.S. Cyber Command - Air Force Stumbles

Tim Bass — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:08:30 +0000

Great and powerful organizations can be handicapped by their own greatness. The shear magnificence, power and strength of the USAF also can be it’s own weakness at times. This is certainly true in the area of communications, air power and cyberspace. The communications mission of the Air Force is highly interconnected with it’s core mission [...]

Only Just Beginning: Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work

Tim Bass — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:14:48 +0000

I have blogged (here and on the (ISC)2 blog) about potential security issues in the rising use and hyper marketing of Twitter, so I found this CNN story (which only scratches the surface of the risks) of interest, Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work. “Cyber criminals have been targeting Twitter users by creating thousands [...]