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A Vocabulary of Confusion

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2008-04-16 08:48:20 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
...Confusion, by adapting a figure from the Handbook of Multisensor Data Fusion , overlaying the notional overlap (and confusion) of the engineering components of MSDF with CEP and ESP, to illustrate this confusion Oneidea behind theslide above, dubbed the snowman by Tim, was that there is a wealth of mature and applicable knowledge regarding...
 
Tags: event, successful operational event, reference architecture, intelligent event, reference, functional, functional event, complex event, complex
 
 
 
 
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Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...confusion put hosting server, here are a few stuff you should take into tally before deciding on a confusion hosting provider where youll see that site has become put, web has become confusion (!) and later on requirements becomes food which leads to further hilarity However, beyond the laughter, this is pretty clearly yet another ham-fisted...
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
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Prediction for 2008: Service providers avoid straightforward DTV answers

2008-01-04 21:12:01 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...confusion will reign because part of the answer is provided by cable, satellite, or telephone service companies, and their incentive is to maintain confusion because thats an effective up-sell technique The simple story is that over-the-air (OTA) analog goes away, replaced by OTA digital. For OTA consumers, its just a matter of getting an...
 
Tags: ota, digital ota customer, analog, analog customers, analog ota reception, analog cable customers, analog cable systems, analog channels, cheap basic analog
 
 
 
 
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Locked Call Boxes and Banned Geiger Counters

2008-01-18 07:44:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...confusion: No alarm was registered from any box in the vicinity of the fire until it was too late to do any good Apparently, Lee said that Goll refused to give him the key because he'd already seen a fire engine go past; Goll said he actually did pull the alarm, twice, but if so it must not have worked There's more about what sounds like a...
 
Tags: boxes, false fire alarms, fire, fire alarms, false alarms, prevent false alarms, alarm boxes, alarm, chicago fire
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
...confusion over debarred parties has even led the U.S. government into its own legal tangles, according to Jim McAleese, a Washington attorney who specializes in government contracting and foreign military sales. Because the Russian government violated U.S. nonproliferation laws, even NASA had to go to Congress to ensure it could work with...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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Muddy Waters

2008-07-16 10:50:05 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...confusion in the CEP/EP community by having their constituents vote on both an ESP solution and an CEP solution set, but giving both awards to vendors with stream processing (ESP) engines The two CEP/ESP related Waters categories were, Best Streaming Data Management Solution and Best Complex Event Processing Solution. Waters awards Best...
 
Tags: waters, solution, data management solution, awards, waters awards, complex event, event, esp solution, waters rankings
 
 
 
 
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Domain Kiting vs. Domain Tasting

2007-08-06 14:25:47 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...confusion. The report draws a sharp distinction. The definition for domain tasting they give is: A monetization practice employed by registrants to use the AGP to register domain names in order to test their profitability. During this period, registrants conduct a cost-benefit analysis to see if the tested domain names return enough traffic...
 
Tags: domain, domain names return, names, serial domain, register domain names, registrants, registrants conduct, registration fee, sharp distinction
 
 
 
 
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Review of My 2007 Security Predictions: Too Wimpy

2007-12-23 15:46:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...confusion about what is "risk management" will not subside this year. Business risk? Information risk? Risk as threat x vulnerability x asset? Risk as probability of loss? Arrrghh! - It goes on and on and on. No standard accepted definition of risk management in the field of infosec will emerge Status Check IV : This is also a wimpy...
 
Tags: status check iii, status check, status check viii, security, security predictions, status check vii, check, predictions, status
 
 
 
 
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Don't Try This At Home

2007-11-05 21:52:28 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...confusion. We have folks here at Microsoft who call things like the /GS compiler flags "mitigations." When I talk about mitigations in a threat modeling context, I mean things that prevent an attack from working. For example, encryption mitigates information disclosure threats. If you use a strong cryptosystem, and you keep your keys secret,...
 
Tags: mitigations, custom mitigations, security mitigations, innovative mitigations, software projects, software, expert, design, design principles
 
 
 
 
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The Trouble with Threat Modeling

2007-09-26 19:11:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...confusion. If youre a security expert, you might be able to select the right process. If youre not, judging and analyzing the processes might be a lot like analyzing cancer treatments. Drugs? Radiation? Surgery? Its scary, complex, and the wrong choice might lead to a lot of unnecessary pain. You want expert advice, and you want the experts...