I enjoyed Gene Spafford's presentation at last Friday's CRIME group very much. I've been to three meetings so far, and I'm impressed with the cumulative knowledge and experience of the people I've met so far. One thing about the CRIME group strikes me as curious, however. I detect an interesting pattern during meetings. Typically, someone makes a critical or disparaging remark about Microsoft, and people start nodding, smiling knowlingly, and offering comments of their own. This phenomenon ripples like a wave throughout the room. Now, please don't misunderstand. Microsoft has its problems, to be sure, but it's not the great Satan. I've wondered for a while if anyone in the security industry has anything good to say about Microsoft. Last week my boss, Andrew Plato, called my attention to an opinion piece by ISS chief information architect Rob Graham titled "Security is a Superstition." We know Rob quite well, because we worked with him and his developers since before Network ICE was acquired by ISS. Rob's opinion is very thoughtful and well-written. While acknowledging, as I have, that Microsoft has its problems, Rob actually (gasp!) defends Microsoft. He does a good job of putting criticisms of Microsoft into perspective. Take a look, I think you'll find it interesting. http://www.robertgraham.com/journal/020210-superstition.html Barry Shulak Security Account Manager A N I T I A N http://www.anitian.com barrys@private Mobile: (503) 939-4051 Office: (503) 644-5656 Fax: (503) 644-8574
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