Well, I have been with Oracle for just over a week now, what are my initial thoughts on the organisation and my role within it? – Strong Products Within the Identity and Access Management space, Oracle has a very strong product set which is both functionally rich and well integrated. – Good Team I have now had the pleasure of meeting most of the direct team I will be working… Read More »First week
Madeleine McCann has been missing for 9 days since she was taken from a hotel in Portugal. Please help to find her….. You have to feel for her poor parents. Any information should be passed to: +44 1883 731 336 Technorati Tags: Madeleine McCann, missing person
Further to my post last week, it seems I am not the only person who wasn’t impressed by InfoSec Europe 2007. Paul and Mel both seemed disappointed. Technorati Tags: infosec, infosec 2007, security, conference, exhibition
Since starting at Capgemini back in September, I have found the amount of time away from home an ever increasing problem for me and my family. As a result, I have decided to move on from Capgemini, look for new challenges elsewhere and hopefully increase the infamous work/life balance a bit better. Therefore, a couple of weeks ago I tendered my resignation. This is by no means a reflection on… Read More »Moving on…………….
Yesterday, I went to InfoSec Europe at Olympia in London. I have been to this event for the passed few years and as usual, I spent about 5 hours walking round, talking to people and listening to seminars. I only have one word to describe the event overall:DISAPPOINTING Here’s a breakdown of my thoughts on the various areas: Exhibits/StandsAs per usual, there were a lot of the familiar vendors there… Read More »InfoSec Europe 2007 – Thoughts
Three years ago I took my family to have some professional family photographs done after receiving a voucher as a present for one of the large national chains. We had decided that we didn’t want the traditional ‘stuffy’ portraits but instead wanted something a bit more modern and unique. The photos that we ended up with were very impressive and just what we were looking for. However, as usual at… Read More »Professional photographs
Eugene Cozonac posted a comment on an article he saw on the FT website. The post (and the article) talk about how easily people will divulge their passwords when offered an incentive. In this case, people were offered chocolate bars. According to the research, in total approximately 62% of people asked gave up their password. I have a problem with research of this type. If I was stopped in the… Read More »Chocolate for your password
A few days ago I wrote a post around federation and how I was surprised it wasn’t simpler to configure. In response to this, “Curious” posted a comment directing me to a post by James Mcgovern where he talks about why federation has been slow to be adopted and how this could be partly the fault of the vendors and the industry analysts. Whilst I agree with the message that… Read More »More on simplicity (or lack of it) in federation
Ever since the latest generation of consoles have started to be released, i’ve been trying to decide whether I should take the plunge and buy one. I currently have an XBOX which doesn’t get much use (although I have just completed Spyro) and a PSP which I hardly use at all. However, despite this, I have been looking with particular interest at the Wii. Although the graphics look appalling compared… Read More »Console war – Which console?
I’ve been working with federation technologies since the early days of SAML 1.0 (circa November 2002) and in that time I have seen a lot of changes to the support for the standards from various vendors. Some have been quicker than others to support the various standards. As a consultant I have either used or been exposed to most of the major IAM products on the market, such as Sun,… Read More »Federation shouldn’t be this hard