Tuesday, May 31, 2011

InsecurID? RSA/Lockheed - Another example of media jumping on blog speculation

A client and associate of mine were talking further about the risks to our organization in the wake of the latest RSA associated news wave with Lockheed Martin. I'm not saying that the accounts blogged by Cringely on his recent post aren't the events that actually occurred. They might be. But it does appear to be one of the first posts about the Lockheed Martin incident. And it does contain a number of words/phrases such as "probably", "seems likely". And it is being referenced as a source in other media reports on the events. Now this is absolutely not a knock at Cringely's cyber-sleuthing skills. It absolutely is a blast on verifying data, using blog speculation as news sources and creating news "facts" that may or may not be accurate.

Note my use of the phase "may or may not be". That might be reported tomorrow by Reuters as true.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Facebook introduces 1-1/2 factor authentication

And collects more of your PII in the meantime by requiring your phone number. I hope Google authenticator gets an API and becomes widely adopted. Facebook post here