Toorcamp: Gender Issues, Cognitive Psychology and Hacking
by adam on April 27, 2012
So the announcement for Toorcamp is out, and it looks like an exciting few days. A few talks already announced look very new school, including “How you can be an ally to us females” by Danielle Hulton and Leigh Honeywell, (…)
Checklists and Information Security
by adam on April 10, 2012
I’ve never been a fan of checklists. Too often, checklists replace thinking and consideration. In the book, Andrew and I wrote: CardSystems had the required security certification, but its security was compromised, so where did things goo wrong? Frameworks such (…)
Dear FBI, Who Lost $1Billion?
by adam on April 5, 2012
In a widely discussed op-ed, Richard Clarke wrote: It’s not hard to imagine what happens when an American company pays for research and a Chinese firm gets the results free; it destroys our competitive edge. Shawn Henry, who retired last (…)
How Harvey Mudd Brings Women into CS
by adam on April 4, 2012
Back in October, I posted on “Maria Klawe on increasing Women in Technology.” Now the New York Times has a story, “Giving Women The Access Code:” “Most of the female students were unwilling to go on in computer science because (…)