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OSSTMMPerimeter ..?
Just a note; was struck by the OSSTMM approach towards the structure of infrastructure. [Disclaimer] though I am quite a fan of the OSSTMM approach (and do want to write up tons of whitepapers linking it with my ideas for moving forward in the InfoSec field without having to revert to #ditchcyber bla), I feel there’s a snag in it:
The analysis part seems to still take a perimetered, though onion, approach. The Defense in Breath is there, for sure, but still the main (sic) focus is on the primary axis of the access path(s). Does this still work with the clouds out there and all, focused as they are on principalled agnostics on where your data and ‘systems’ might hang out?
OK yes now I will go study the OSSTMM materials in depth to see whether this is just my impression and I’m proven horribly wrong, or …
So i’ll leave you with:
[Hardly a street, next to Yonge]
XP, anyone ..?
Guess that still using XP isn’t as much of a threat when you understand this…
Because, for the pics, I always mix (sic) up this:
with this:
Many Books bQ, part VIII
Progressing with my Recommended Reading list, part IX already. Index Librorum …
In random order (!); semantically and qua Importance. Seek order and you’ll be disappointed – that would be a result. Or give it a shot; look long and hard enough and you may find a connection, or theme. A spurious one. Well, not this time. Some theme’s in there. Not a consistent one…!
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To invent, and/or be Belgian.
Hm, it struck me that one would better not be Belgian when inventing stuff.
This guy invented the Internet – and was all but forgotten; so many others were bestowed the fame.
These guys predicted the closure of the Standard Model – and the particle was named otherwise.
This guy, at last (actually, first), achieved fame for his invention. … Hey, there seems not to be any link on the ‘net to that great man Vanderslagmulders the inventor of the spare tire …! Oh did these fellows get credit again. There goes my argument. Or not even.
So, for closure:
[At the heart, somewhat relevant]
Now what!? (to eat)
Uhm. Allow me to be confused. About food.
At least, there’s nothing a good picture can’t fix:
[Lac Leman, US style]
Golden Oldie pic of the day
Note: M$ is just a vendor
Microsoft declared the era of XP finally over, amongst others by not providing fixes in Updates per May 13 (not a Friday, but close).
Markets (use base out there) declared Microsoft to be just one vendor among many, not to dictate anything but to deliver at want, at need. No more. They did so through continued use of XP in oh so many machines, of the general-purpose computer type, and in embedded systems et al. Microsoft weighs, the user base decides.
And, of course:
[A sunny pic of Ståckhølm]
Golden Oldie pic of the day
WIoTables
Am I too late with this post, or are people still mixing up the Internet of Things and Wearables ..?
First, a picture:
[Rarely seen Cala, at ON]
Because we’re talking quite distinct things. Yes, there’s a crossover area where e.g., the sensors or ‘reflectors’ we wear, operate in the IoT realm of ambient intelligence.
But for starters, there’s wearables. Mostly, human-to-Matrix sensors / Matrix-to-human feedback interfaces. Hooking you up in a blue pill world. Oh yes so helpful; often providing morsels of value like Likes through displaying to all out there, mostly to trolls, your (under)achievements. Or calling attention to your slacking; business can’t wait! (You’re not essential though, by the way, easily dumped by the wayside if some human or not algorithm plays it that way).
And there’s the IoT, sensors, networks, actuators, and Central Scrutinisers (1979 mind you!!) that form the Matrix itself. Out of control, soon to be out of control of any human or (alternatively) TLA. Soon to be run by its transient Singularity.
