Testing on James Jardine

Does “Research” Terminology Reduce Adoption Rates?

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:16:37 +0000

What is your reaction to this tweet?

Why the @US_FDA & @iamthecavalry are pushing medical device makers to OK security research: https://t.co/s7wv8MuU82 pic.twitter.com/BTMFjSlzTU

— CSMPasscode (@CSMPasscode) February 10, 2016

Hacking Cars: Taken Seriously?

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:06:32 +0000

Turn on an ad for new vehicles and you are bound to see how connected they are to our lives. Gone are the days when your vehicle is just a stand alone product. Now we are seeing cars that have internet connectivity. We are moving past the simple satellite radio or GPS systems and becoming connected to a lot of data. Security folks have been talking about vehicle security for a while now and a few researchers have been focusing on showing how serious the security of these vehicles is.

Hacking Airplanes…Lets Think About This

Mon, 18 May 2015 07:15:03 +0000

Recent news of airplane security and the did or didn’t someone take control of an airplane during a flight is scattered across the web. There are lots of opinions on whether or not the inflight entertainment systems and the airplane control systems are connected or not. I haven’t tested an airline system, so I can’t say for sure, and it may be different depending on the type of plane. One glaring issue here is we don’t know and there are a lot of people that don’t know either, while acting as if they do know. Is airplane security a concern? Of course it is, what security isn’t a concern? What is the right approach to having it tested?

QA and Security Pt. 1: What QA Are You Talking About?

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:15:17 +0000

There has been a lot of chatter recently regarding QA and the role it plays in security testing. Hashing this out over Twitter with 140 characters per post just makes things more confusing. While I think that Twitter helps start some of the most important discussions, there is a need for other mediums to expand on the topic. In this series of posts, I want to take the opportunity to bring up some of these topics and hopefully expand on then a little bit. We all have our opinions and we will certainly not all agree on everything, however these are conversations we need to have.