Perspective

Security shouldn’t be an endless patch-and-pray exercise. Metrics offer a way out.

Scobleizer points out that the WS ReliableMessaging specification has been submitted to OASIS. With all due respect to the incredibly bright folks at the WS-I, I find the world of web services standards to be rather confusing.

Most people know that the dominant computing platform has a little problem with security. It’s a little problem with big consequences. Recently, research firm IDC released a report indicating that two thirds of PCs—including those deployed within companies—are affected by some sort of spyware.