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Seth Geftic is a Senior Manager leading the Federal Solutions group at RSA. In his role, he is responsible for multiple initiatives to enhance security, improve compliance efforts and drive IT policy in the public sector. Additionally, Mr. Geftic is also an industry expert in fields of cyber crime, fraud and cyber threats and spent over five years in RSA’s Identity, Protection and Verification group. Prior to joining RSA, he gained market analysis experience at America Online, Inc. (AOL) and at AC Nielsen BASES, a consumer packaged goods consulting firm. Mr. Geftic holds a BSBA in both Marketing and Finance from Washington University in St. Louis. Subscribe to Seth's RSS feed
This year RSA Conference has added a new event, “Security Cinema”. They asked fans to vote for the movie they want to be shown on Wednesday, February 29th in the Crypto Commons. Here are the movies that voters had to choose from: Antitrust (2001) Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Hackers (1995) [...]
Note: Bits & Bytes is a new reoccurring column featuring interesting figures in the security industry. The intent is to provide a quick interview that allows readers to learn more about the interview subject and their views of our industry. This edition features Mischel Kwon. About Mischel: Mischel Kwon is an IT executive with more [...]
Two years ago I posted an RSA Conference 2010 mix on my Speaking of Security blog. While the post explaining some of my favorite security songs still remains, the company that allowed readers to listen to the mix is no longer with us. In an attempt to update the security songs mix I looked long [...]
Over the past 6+ years at RSA I’ve seen a lot of changes at RSA from acquisitions to new product launches to the dreaded “end of life” of a product. I’ve seen the group I originally start in grow from less than a dozen people to one of the largest segments of the company. I’ve [...]
“In silent bars, in silent rooms, in silent cars, you hide where you can. And me, I know just where you are, you see, I’m a bomber man” - From Bombers by Gary Numan This week President Obama released his plans for a “leaner” military. There has been a lot of debate about whether or not this [...]
“Some civil servants are just like my loved ones. They work so hard and they try to be strong” – From Don’t Worry About The Government by The Talking Heads Have you ever had this experience? You’ve gotten in a cab and try to tell the cab driver specific directions or routes you want to take [...]
Movie Reviews For Security Geeks. In this edition you can read security focused reviews of classics and flops such as “War Games”, “Sneakers” and “Hackers”.
One of the most rewarding events I attended at the RSA Conference didn’t take place anywhere near the Moscone Center. On Monday I joined a group from the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) on a field trip to the Gardner Bullis Elementary School in Los Altos Hills California to teach kids how to stay safe online. This cyber awareness program, called C-SAVE (the Cyber Security Awareness Volunteer Education Program), is a way for those of us in the IT world to help teach kids (from Kindergarten through High School) the basics of safety and security.
For years we have been using challenge questions (aka challenge/response questions or secret questions) as a way to authenticate users. Lately I’ve been hearing more chatter that challenge questions are dead. I wouldn’t totally agree with that statement. Challenge questions are not dead …. but some of them should really be killed off. So often the questions we are “challenged” with are not particularly secure and not particularly usable and it’s giving the good challenge questions a bad name.
If I had to pick one resolution I really hope the security industry makes this year it is to stop making so many excuses. This article discusses a few of the worst security excuses we heard in 2010.
