Wayne Rash

The now well publicized Dropbox security breach was the result of two things that Dropbox could have foreseen, and could have prevented. The first was failing to anticipate user misconduct, and the second was failing to take steps that would allow the site to remain secure even if the users weren€™t. This was exacerbated by […]

By now you€™ve probably heard that the 2012 Summer Olympic Games are underway in London. No doubt you€™ve also heard that NBC has the contract to provide coverage of the Olympics in the U.S. What you may not know is that NBC, in an effort to make its coverage of the games more relevant, launched […]

By now, you are likely wondering why I€™m talking about game theory when discussing mobile security. The reason came when I chaired a panel at the NetEvents Americas Press Summit on the topic, and realized that the very best a network security manager can do is keep the bad guys at bay. What€™s worse is […]

ABOARD THE SILVER METEOR €” There’s a reason for the vague dateline you see here. In my sleeping quarters on this legendary Amtrak train, as it speeds through the south on the way to Miami, are 3G and 4G devices from every major carrier serving this part of the United States. The reason I don’t […]

When you go to Google Play and shop for a 16GB Nexus 7 tablet, Google won€™t let you buy one. The best you can do is enter your email address so that Google can notify you if and when those tablets become available. However, you can still order the much less popular 8GB version of […]

Much has been made regarding Microsoft€™s fourth quarter results because on paper, the company reported a $492 million loss. But this is really a situation in which a loss isn€™t really a loss. It€™s just a convenient means of balancing the books. If you take out a $6.2 billion non-cash €œgoodwill impairment€ charge related to […]

The current debate that€™s swirling around the new rate plans that put voice and data into a single family pool from which several people with devices can draw may be great for families. But that depends on the family, how many wireless devices that need access to the data plans that they have and how […]

When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the next version of the company€™s ubiquitous business application suite, Microsoft Office 2013, you wouldn€™t know that a stand-alone version of Microsoft Office would even exist. The whole presentation was about the glories of the cloud-centric products, and how they could be used in concert on multiple devices. The […]

The deal struck between Verizon Wireless and a consortium of cable companies in which Verizon Wireless would buy unused spectrum from them is on track despite opposition by several public interest groups and by 32 Democratic House members. In a decision just released, the Federal Communication Commission announced that it was denying a motion by […]

Pretty much everyone has heard of the DNS Changer Trojan that was installed on some computers as much as five years ago. By now, most people have eliminated the problem, perhaps without knowing it, when they installed new antivirus software. But even if the Trojan itself is gone, the effects may linger in the form […]