http://sumeetsingh.net disoriented thoughts on unordered life Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:43:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How to Sell Security: If you want to sell security, a leading expert advises, you have to turn it into something people actually want to buy. Security Engineering - The Book: If you're even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/06/24/currently-reading/ It has been quite some time since I posted here. Too many things in the past few weeks to write about, and I didn't know where to start. iPhone launch, CCIE, a signed book by Bruce and several other draft posts are still lying unutilized in my inbox. I planned ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/06/24/update/ http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/05/19/rain-baby-rain/ For the better half of the last weekend, i was forced to listen to how Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth and how Sreesanth cried on the field. In fact for anyone who did a mistake of flipping through a news channel felt that the slap was in front of them, and not ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/04/29/slap-drama/ PCI SSC finally released "Information Supplement: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Requirement 6.6 Code Reviews and Application Firewalls" that would clean some air on how much application security is really required for PCI DSS compliance. I have often had long discussions on the intent of 6.6 requirement, ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/04/23/pci-dss-66-supplement/ While going through masses of web pages everyday, i found some essential read for anyone and everyone who uses Windows. I personally don't use Windows until I am compelled to, such as at work. It's been about 4 years that i moved on to addictive Ubuntu and good looking OS ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/04/22/windows-essentials/ As if appointment of Rod Beckström as director of National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) was not foolish enough, Bush administration couldn't help tolerating Mr Chertoff's ideas of privacy. In a public appearance at Canada, he attempted to explain how fingerprints are not his idea of personally identifiable information (personal data). ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/04/21/chertoff-idea-of-privacy/ I have been thinking about buying ASUS Eee PC to help me access my main machine while I laze around in bed. The two laptops I have are a bit clunky and store crucial data that I cant afford to loose when I roll in bed. While most of my ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/03/24/asus-eee-pc/ I have read a lot of material on Johny Lang and stuff written by him, but I have never come across an article as lame as this. Someone please tell the author that penetration testing is different from data stealing! http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/03/18/johny-lang/ Indian government either needs a session on risk perception. It has this tremendous capacity to recognise a threat from a cow to a smartphone. The way things are turning out in India, we will soon see DoT ordering NIC to maintain a national mail server where all our emails will be ... http://sumeetsingh.net/2008/03/18/blackberry-in-india-beware/