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We blog regularly about the future of digital identity and data protection, the fraught state of cybersecurity and privacy, and messes like blockchain, software engineering, and social media.

The consumerization of security

Increasingly, commentators are calling into question the state of information security. It’s about time. We...

RSS error – you may have missed three blog posts

Sorry followers, but I had an error in the HTML of a mid December blog...

Making cyber safe like cars

This is an updated version of arguments made in Lockstep’s submission to the 2009 Cyber...

The State of the State of Privacy

Constellation Research analysts are wrapping up a very busy 2014 with a series of “State...

The Constellation Research Disruption Checklist for 2015

The Constellation Research analyst team has assembled a “year end checklist”, offering suggestions designed to...

Too smart?

An Engadget report today, “Hangouts eavesdrops on your chats to offer ‘smart suggestions’” describes a...

Thinking creatively about information assets in retail and hospitality

In my last blog Improving the Position of the CISO, I introduced the new research...

Improving the position of the CISO

Over the years, we security professionals have tried all sorts of things to make better...

Letter: Online threats do damage

A letter to the editor of The Saturday Paper, published Nov 15, 2014. In his...

The Prince of Data Mining

Facial recognition is digital alchemy. It’s the prince of data mining. Facial recognition takes previously...