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CESG new classification policy

I went to the InfoSecurity Europe , a yearly gathering of noisy information security vendors, restless wannabe security managers and youngsters collecting shiny gadgets. There was a usual clatter of companies that promise to improve trust, to eliminate the need … Continue reading

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For techincal support call ..

No, my spell-check did not have a nervous breakdown. It really reads ‘techincal‘ not ‘technical‘. Now the story. I was staying in a hotel. Does not matter where and which one, but that was an English-speaking country. I was connecting … Continue reading

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A marriage of convenience

Smart city is a woman. Apparently smart grid is a man. These are some of my takeaways from the Smart Grid Smart Cities conference that I chaired in Nice (France). Joking aside, there is is grain of truth in this … Continue reading

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Trust and be damned

Do not trust and be damned as well. Have it either way. I am leaving Heidelberg after Troopers13 – a week packed with an intensive exposure to all the novelties of information security, casually called ‘hacking’. My takeaway is simple: … Continue reading

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Trustworthy city

Imagine an infrastructure so complicated that you do not know where to start to analyse it. Now imagine that you overlay this infrastructure with another one, even more complicated. Now imagine that the livelihood and the life of 80% of … Continue reading

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