An open letter to all anti-virus software makers:
February 2, 2006 Dear Antivirus Industry,
Why are you so addicted to the term “blended threat”? It seems to mean something special to you… but it means nothing to anybody else.
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Just saw the very funny Devil’s InfoSec Dictionary on the CSO site. Of course, I had to add a few definitions of my own:
Blended threat: a hemlock smoothie Process, Security Is A: a throw-away line that explains why security measurement is impossible Risk management: a repeated process around the Hamster Wheel of Pain that vendors use to enumerate vulnerabilities you didn’t know you had, followed by serial remediation of same.
A while ago I wrote a blog post called Escaping the Hamster Wheel of Pain decrying the lather-rinse-repeat cycle that the security industry seems to be fixated on.
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.