An interesting paper, "So Long, And No Thanks for the Externalities: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice by Users" , has been recently published by Cormac Herley (MS Research) exploring the reasons why often users reject security advices: "It is often suggested that users are hopelessly...
A terse but excellent article on IEEE's USA Today's Engineer site today focuses on the often forgotten--or at least ignored--risk of offshoring. National security. The full article is at: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2009/Nov/backscatter.asp . The most salient quote is: "One area the [National...
Yes, this is an HP blog, and so you forgive me when occasionally (and inevitably) I take an HP line on an announcement, event or trend. Out of interest of serving the broader anti-counterfeiting/anti-fraud/anti-tamper/customer safety community, I point you to our partner, GS1's, announcement on the...
ISACA put out a paper on 29th Oct, 2009, titled " Cloud Computing: Business Benefits with Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives " While somewhat short, this paper is a must read for senior IT and business folks, as it shows that cloud computing still fundamentally requires work in...
Many of you are aware that 2D barcodes--which look like waffles--are becoming ubiquitous for location-based services, mobile commerce, and increasingly point-of-sale and track and trace applications. Did you know that there are many more you cannot see? They're covert 2D barcodes. And the master...
Remember the 24 August announcement on the HP/GS1 food recall service? If not, please enjoy as if new the following article: http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/securityprinting/archive/2009/08/25/big-news-hp-develops-cloud-service-with-gs1-canada-to-enhance-product-recall-process.aspx This announcement...
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StevenSimske
on 10-26-2009
Filed under: Counterfeiting, anti-counterfeiting, security, safety, HP, cloud computing, EFPIA, 2D Barcodes, IT Solutions, HP Cloud Computing, HP Manufacturing Cloud Computing Platform, SAP
Hi, all The next few blogs will point you to information on the recent announcement of the EFPIA 2D labelling scheme. The EFPIA is the European Federation of Pharmaceutical and Industries Association. In-Pharma's article on this announcement is: http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Packaging/2D-barcodes...
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Security Printing and Imaging
by
StevenSimske
on 10-26-2009
Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, Supply Chain, packaging, serialization, safety, HP, EFPIA, Siemens, 2D Barcodes, IT Solutions, Sweden