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OX Despatches: RSA 2016 – Authentication & Authorization

Neil Cook on Mar 4, 2016

By Neil Cook, Chief Security Architect Open-Xchange – Read Part 2 of Neil’s Despatches here

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OX Despatches: RSA 2016 – Cryptography & Open-Source Security

Neil Cook on Mar 3, 2016

By Neil Cook, Chief Security Architect Open-Xchange – Read Part 1 of Neil’s Despatches here

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OX Despatches: RSA 2016 – Authenticate & Identify

Neil Cook on Mar 1, 2016

I write, from the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, on the topic of Authentication and Identity, or as one speaker put it: turning people into the 1s and 0s that represent their identity.

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Are you relevant, or just a “dumb pipe” – what’s your value add?

Bob Krulcik on Feb 26, 2016

Service providers need to address head-on the OTT threat by adopting the 3R’s of business success: of Re-engagement, Recirculation and Retention – a topic I explored in a recent blog post.

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What Apple is doing by taking a stand against the US government on encrypti...

Rafael Laguna on Feb 18, 2016

Apple could technically build a backdoor into the iPhone. But could they do it without serious repercussions? Absolutely not. I completely agree with Tim Cook on this matter – there should be no backdoors or spec...

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Breaking the chains at SXSW; time to put words into action

Rafael Laguna on Feb 18, 2016

Privacy Matters. We’re adamant about that. Apple’s protest this week against the US government’s continued push to weave a backdoor into the iPhones password protection system and thus into everybody’s daily live...

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Google: TLS is not enough

Neil Cook on Feb 12, 2016

We welcome Google’s announcement that they will be making secure email transport information available to users. Securing internet services, and particularly email, from pervasive monitoring by governments and cr...

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Arm yourself with the 3R’s of success, Re-Engagement, Retention & Recir...

Bob Krulcik on Feb 11, 2016

In 2016, how to stay relevant and continually add value to customers is one of the top concerns of service providers globally – whether they operate within the Internet, television, cable, call or messaging marke...

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Safe Harbor – A Voyage of Self-Determination

Rafael Laguna on Feb 3, 2016

What sort of society do you want to live in? It’s one of the most important and substantial questions you can ask. We can expect to disagree about the finer details or even the central tenets of our respective id...

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Collective security standards for a better Internet – Updates from the TES ...

Neil Cook on Jan 29, 2016

Why is it that news of sensitive laptops and USB sticks being left on trains makes front page news but when it comes to email security we have come to accept that theft and loss are facts of life? Just because it...

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