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        <title><![CDATA[How to get more people to keep their computers secure!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Great article Michael...but yet if we could get more people to keep their computers secure with update good quality antivirus software that would be a very good start to making it harder for cybercrime to be profitable.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[a1computers.ie]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:21:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not at all, Hal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have the ultimate respect for anyone that went through the effort to obtain a PhD. I had intentions at one time, but circumstances did not allow. That's an excuse though, and why I have that amount of respect.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:29:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's hard to know]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[because the military stuff isn't randomly distributed.If *those* bad guys want to take down a system, they wont show their hand by plinking away at vast loads of unrelated systems.So just because a defense could work, it doesn't mean it will work, and if it doesn't, you only find out when it's too late.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:14:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Now Michael should I take that personally?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm what I suppose people would call a person with several PhDs. Granted I only have 3 and one of those is sort of related to IT it's Electronic type rubbish, though I suppose the one on Physics is sort of involved with computers if you want to stretch a point. It's probably why the Doctor in questions statement of Trust me I'm a doctor doesn't work with me because I'm a Doctor too. I do point out that I have had to get far more training so that i can be called Doctor than he had to get so I'm more qualified.OK on a more serious note I do understand how computers work though I do have times when I find it difficult to understand how Windows works. Some of the things that they do seem to defy their programing and drive me crazy.About all that those 3 pieces of paper allow me to do is to make up good analogies that the customers can understand. I find it easier to give instances on what they do as to why the computers are doing what they are. Though I might have some issues with the High Sciences types as they get very specialized in what they do. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:18:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What?!?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That's no defense at all, because gaining control over the cloud account will gain immediate control over the entire pay dirt]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[*whooosh*]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That had absolutely nothing to do with anything.What would be appropriate is to compare an armored vehicle for transporting Marines that's EITHER big enough for a squad OR big enough for a company.That last one is going to be harder to defend.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:13:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mandatory Access Control]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Whilst MAC may not be currently built into most OSs, it surely does offer the possibility of a greater level of control over what rogue software can be allowed to do, and indication of rogue software at work. What about SELinux? (when correctly configured)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tonypmartin@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:37:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[it's the remoteness of it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SAAS, cloud, thin, they all share it: gaining admin privileges to the local device does not necessarily compromise the remote device as a whole.  It's a great defense against military grade malware! It's been proven in fact when Google caught hackers that broke into some Gmail accounts (of Chinese dissidents, emigrants, etc.) and restored the security of those accounts. Could not have happened with your average Outlook user.Hey if thin computing is not your cup of tea - no problem, don't drink it.  Acknowledging at least some security benefits of thin computing against military grade malware goes a long way in a productive discussion - even if not fully related to article's topic (anti-malware useless against it).Cheers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Gerulaitis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:12:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Large targets are always harder to defend&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Large targets are always harder to defend&quot;Oh sure, which is why the marines are asked to spread out and sleep outside the FOB rather than inside of it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Gerulaitis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:59:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You're dead wrong Alex.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Large targets are always harder to defend, and easier to take out... because, if you had read the article, you'd know that there is no defense against a military onslaught; only damage control.A cloud provider must have many entry points... that's what their business is about after all.They also can't very well limit what apps their clients run, since that is also what their business is about.On your local network, the machines only have the means of linking up that you provide them with... even military malware cannot create network capability where there is none. That's the final line of defense, pull the router, and with a cloud solution you don't have that.And on a cloud solution, someone can actually take over your data with out even moving it off site.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:04:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Flip side, Hal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[During our talks, Paul mentioned several times how academics with multiple PhDs were distraught at not being able to understand computers. Paul would reply that he doesn't get what the Higgs Boson is, so they are even.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:57:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[User education, Bboyd]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Was stated by all the experts as the most important deterrent.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:53:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[@ Target size]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well Alex, you must be a younger professional. Cloud computing is nothing new. Historically it appears that we are on yet another cycle like neck-tie size. Single point of failure was given as the reason to switch to the PC originally.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:51:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As I said earlier, Alex]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That was not the reason for this article. The title says what I was pointing out. And thin client computing is quite different than SaaS, you need to decide which you are referring to.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:45:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks, J]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You have added a lot of value to the discussion.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:38:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That's an option, Bboyd]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All the experts said that historically the bad guys have always have found a way to circumvent any roadblock.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:37:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Or as the client says]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Trust me I'm a Doctor.&quot;Doesn't work with me but he finds it hard to understand why so many people treat him as a God. If I was to even speak to him as I do at his Home in a Hospital the Nursing Staff would jump on me from great heights because he's a &quot;Doctor&quot; and as such knows all that there is to know. I'm in no way implying that he's anything but very good and knows all he needs to know about his chosen profession but it's a perfect example of how someone who is highly intelligent knows Bugger All once they step outside their chosen field. He also finds it hard to understand how I can tell him step by step instructions off the top of my head about a problem he's having but at the same time don't know half the names of the bones in a Human Body. He's constantly asking me how I know so much and my best reply so far is I don't know how do you know so much?Besides &quot;Common Sense&quot; is subjective after all just how sensible is it to click on Start to shut down a Windows Computer? I do however tend to agree that there are way too many people who are otherwise sensible sane people who turn into &quot;Massive Problems&quot; when they get between a Keyboard and a chair. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 22:39:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[target size]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&gt; but the point about the size of the target is trueOf course it is.  Yet consolidation is always a resource-saver: consolidated targets are always easier to protect unless they are disposable. (Yet where data is concerned, nothing is disposable.)Distributed data centers - do they consist of a gazillion easy-to-breach small sites, or of a smaller number of larger and harder-to-breach ones? Why do you think is that?Of course personal computing is not fully ready for thin computing - I just really don't get this resistance:&quot;20 years ago thin computing was bullcrap&quot;&quot;Woz said that security-wise, cloud computing is bullcrap&quot;&quot;I personally think cloud computing is bullcrap&quot;&quot;Apple iCloud just got hacked!&quot;Nice! Clearly a host of scientific evidence points to a pile of bullcrap... ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Gerulaitis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:01:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We are back to the greatest security threat, the user]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[weak will and convenience... evil and incompetence, same pair.In physics all particles seem to have an antiparticle to match.In the observable universe most anti-particles are very rare.I'm starting to think good sense and effort are antiparticles.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bboyd@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:39:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rakshasha may have their goat....]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-393818-3691962]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[embedding the malware in system device firmware, reload to memory after the whitelist.Whitelist circumvented...Electronic warfare is a school of measure and Counter, you can keep adding C's and one more C always remains.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bboyd@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:02:26 -0700</pubDate>
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