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I often talk about #experience and #security. I don’t see them as mutually exclusive; you can have both great experience and strong security. People are making a different trade-off on a regular basis and aren’t considering the ramifications. I’m speaking about #privacy vs. #convenience. The explosion of smartphones and apps have afforded us tremendous convenience. Much of that comes at a price – reducing our privacy. Yes, it’s convenient to get deals at your favorite store, or be alerted to changing traffic or weather conditions, or get alerted to sports updates in real time. To deliver these services, the applications require information about you. What stores you like, where you are, where you live and work, what your favorite teams are. Most have very little regard[…]

I often tell people that #security is not a thing you can buy. It’s a feeling. You do something and it makes you feel secure. Businesses spend a lot of money on products in the top-right of a #Gartner magic quadrant to feel better. They see “improve security” as a goal, and equate spending on the tool with accomplishment of that goal. No tool is a silver bullet; it won’t prevent every imaginable risk. You find a gap, and it makes you feel insecure. Next year you budget for a tool that fills that gap. And that tool has a gap, and you repeat the process every year. The spending spins out of control… and you’re no closer to that feeling of security. An[…]