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<channel><title>Pacific Coast Informer Blog | Comments</title><description>A blog about technology and business trends, IT security and identity management</description><link>http://www.pcis.com/web/vvblog.nsf/</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:02:08 PM -0700</lastBuildDate>
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<title>IT spending on the rise</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:02:08 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arieanna</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>IT spending on the rise</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[I agree that it's a great time to really take stock of what you need - maybe overall the economic impact on IT spending will end up being a good thing because of that! Often decisions are made too hastily, but taking stock is never a bad thing.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[I agree that it's a great time to really take stock of what you need - maybe overall the economic impact on IT spending will end up being a good thing because of that! Often decisions are made too hastily, but taking stock is never a bad thing.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>How To Protect Your Information On Your Laptop From Being Stolen</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:59:36 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arieanna</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>How To Protect Your Information On Your Laptop From Being Stolen</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[Great tips. I think basic wireless security is really important too, as many people are ignorant of security issues on public wireless connections. It's a hackers' dream.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Great tips. I think basic wireless security is really important too, as many people are ignorant of security issues on public wireless connections. It's a hackers' dream.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>If you are over 50, we can&#8217;t let you die</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:29:20 AM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>martin</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>If you are over 50, we can&#8217;t let you die</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[you can always store it on film:<br /><br />{ <a href="http://www.datawitness.com/" target="_blank" title="Link: www.datawitness.com/">Link</a> }<br /><br />Even 100 years from now it'll be readable, and by then we'll have even better optical charachter recognition technology to convert it back into digital format.<br /><br />Disclaimer, I was their mentor for (Telus) New Ventures Business Competition a couple years back.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[you can always store it on film:<br /><br />{ <a href="http://www.datawitness.com/" target="_blank" title="Link: www.datawitness.com/">Link</a> }<br /><br />Even 100 years from now it'll be readable, and by then we'll have even better optical charachter recognition technology to convert it back into digital format.<br /><br />Disclaimer, I was their mentor for (Telus) New Ventures Business Competition a couple years back.]]></content:encoded>
<link>http://www.pcis.com/web/vvblog.nsf/dx/02242008054823PMVVI45V.htm?opendocument&amp;comments#07112008102920AMLEONHV.htm</link>
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<title>Is Your Website Safe?</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:05:52 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arieanna</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>Is Your Website Safe?</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[It's shocking to hear that web developers care so little about web security. Do you think this is because they're not held accountable? Perhaps that's part of the problem - that there's no firm definition of who is in charge of it.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It's shocking to hear that web developers care so little about web security. Do you think this is because they're not held accountable? Perhaps that's part of the problem - that there's no firm definition of who is in charge of it.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>If you are over 50, we can&#8217;t let you die</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:16:31 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dave</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>If you are over 50, we can&#8217;t let you die</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[yeah, store it all online. Use hosted VMs to run old versions of software. Or, the online service could convert the docs to new formats (eg web displayable) but also keep the "original" around as well. You can archive any conversion programs if there is a need to "prove" that the conversion came from the "original". You can also keep running digitally signed hash lists of all the software and document versions and logfiles, to prevent tampering with the record.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[yeah, store it all online. Use hosted VMs to run old versions of software. Or, the online service could convert the docs to new formats (eg web displayable) but also keep the "original" around as well. You can archive any conversion programs if there is a need to "prove" that the conversion came from the "original". You can also keep running digitally signed hash lists of all the software and document versions and logfiles, to prevent tampering with the record.]]></content:encoded>
<link>http://www.pcis.com/web/vvblog.nsf/dx/02242008054823PMVVI45V.htm?opendocument&amp;comments#06132008051631PMLEO2CD.htm</link>
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<title>eMail is for Losers</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:32:03 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>john zhang</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>eMail is for Losers</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[Hello Vaclav,<br /><br />Noticed your ad on CL, somehow linked to your website and your blog.<br /><br />Symantec, Quest, Messagelab, etc offer simialr solutions based your ideas some time ago, there are some orgnaztions in Vancouver implemented as far as I know.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello Vaclav,<br /><br />Noticed your ad on CL, somehow linked to your website and your blog.<br /><br />Symantec, Quest, Messagelab, etc offer simialr solutions based your ideas some time ago, there are some orgnaztions in Vancouver implemented as far as I know.]]></content:encoded>
<link>http://www.pcis.com/web/vvblog.nsf/dx/08132007045853PMAGOW5C.htm?opendocument&amp;comments#02232008103203PMLEO9P4.htm</link>
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<title>re: eMail is for Losers</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:09:52 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vaclav Vincalek</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>eMail is for Losers</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[Aaahh... a very good question, thank you. It brings up another favourite topic of mine—Identity Management. You are correct in that the proposed scenario was meant for organizations, rather than individuals. Organizations have some control over knowing who their users are. However, so far we have not been able to establish the same for individuals on the Internet. There are currently a number of attempts under way from various vendors and open source communities to develop a system that works at the individual level. However, to date no one solution has achieved universal adoption—yet. My guess is that the first such solution will come from the community of public web-based email system providers. <br /><br />You may argue this idea is no different than my original proposal. True—to some extent. However, a key difference is that in order for this to work at the individual level, providers must agree to a common standard and be able to recognize multiple credentials from various authorities in order to verify an individual's identity. As there are numerous identity issuers (or certifiers) now—this would be extended to include banks, governments, the post office, etc. in order to provide mulitple avenues for identity verification. I would further add that for a system of this nature to work, it must act on messages that are centrally stored and managed rather than distributed and stored locally on each individual's system. Locally stored emails would become a part of history.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Aaahh... a very good question, thank you. It brings up another favourite topic of mine—Identity Management. You are correct in that the proposed scenario was meant for organizations, rather than individuals. Organizations have some control over knowing who their users are. However, so far we have not been able to establish the same for individuals on the Internet. There are currently a number of attempts under way from various vendors and open source communities to develop a system that works at the individual level. However, to date no one solution has achieved universal adoption—yet. My guess is that the first such solution will come from the community of public web-based email system providers. <br /><br />You may argue this idea is no different than my original proposal. True—to some extent. However, a key difference is that in order for this to work at the individual level, providers must agree to a common standard and be able to recognize multiple credentials from various authorities in order to verify an individual's identity. As there are numerous identity issuers (or certifiers) now—this would be extended to include banks, governments, the post office, etc. in order to provide mulitple avenues for identity verification. I would further add that for a system of this nature to work, it must act on messages that are centrally stored and managed rather than distributed and stored locally on each individual's system. Locally stored emails would become a part of history.]]></content:encoded>
<link>http://www.pcis.com/web/vvblog.nsf/dx/08132007045853PMAGOW5C.htm?opendocument&amp;comments#09172007030952PMVVITZ5.htm</link>
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<title>eMail is for Losers</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:56:42 PM -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Charles Carrington</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>eMail is for Losers</dc:subject>
<description><![CDATA[An architecturally superior structure, but it's based on a organization model, vs a personal model.<br /><br />I'd be interested in applying security profiles and attributes to the documents as they are created/received/stored.<br /><br />So what have you got?]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[An architecturally superior structure, but it's based on a organization model, vs a personal model.<br /><br />I'd be interested in applying security profiles and attributes to the documents as they are created/received/stored.<br /><br />So what have you got?]]></content:encoded>
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