Research on Security and Identity Management (by Marco Casassa Mont) : security

Research on Security and Identity Management

marcocasassamont — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:22:00 GMT

The time has come to update the topic (and focus) of this blog.

In the last few years my R&D work and research at HP Labs has been involving a variety of aspects, including security, identity management and privacy.

Most of my posts have actually been reflecting this - hence my decision to update my blog. Hope this will further increase the community of people that are interested and follow my blog.

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Firefox and 50 add-ons for Private and Secure Web Surfing

marcocasassamont — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:17:00 GMT

A recent article by Laura Milligan, called "50 Firefox add-ons to achieve private and secure web surfing" provides a comprehensive list of add-ons for Firefox to achieve degreees of security and privacy whilst surfing the web:

"Firefox is generally considered a secure web browser, but if you're interested in keeping your activity on certain websites private or giving yourself extra protection against phishing, hackers and viruses, you may want to consider beefing up your Firefox's security in general. Thankfully, there are lots of options available that make achieving privacy and security online as easy as downloading a simple add-on or application that was designed just for Firefox users."

This article classifies these 50 add-ons (and provides links for each of them) in the following categories: Secrecy and Encryption; add-ons that beef-up security; cookies; testing your system; passwords; protect your privacy online.

Have you had any direct experience using these add-ons? Are they up to their promises?

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DoD and Funding Research into Information Sharing

marcocasassamont — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:51:00 GMT

As reported by this article, the US Defence Department (DoD) is going to fund research on information sharing:

“The Defense Department has awarded $7.5 million to six universities for a five-year research program to help solve the problem of sharing sensitive information while ensuring privacy and security.

The failure of intelligence and law enforcement organizations to share information was one of the problems that contributed to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to the commission that studied the attacks. But connecting the dots has proved to be a knotty problem for organizations built on secrecy and control. …”

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