Archive for May, 2010


Compliance

Require. Comply.
Commitments to make complete.
Trust but verify.

social engineer

Social engineer
will say almost anything
to filch your password.

forwarding alerts
verify before you send
email is viral

Hammer Virus

Hammer virus comes.
Soft computer, just a nail.
Harden your software.

Passphrases

Longer is stronger:
Easier to remember,
harder to infer.

packets fall like rain

Packets fall like rain
against my stateful firewall.
Malware brings a storm.

A picture hides words,
steganography is fun.
Hiding in plain sight.

It’s all fun and games,
until someone misplaces
the decryption key.

Security is…

convincing others
there is a snake in the grass
to be avoided.

password like toothbrush

Password, like tooth brush,
never shared, changed often, if
compromised, replaced.

Security and Poetry

There is a place where security and poetry meet. That place is Security Haiku. Say what must be said, without taking all day. That is Security Haiku.