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Google Shares Its Security Secrets
Stony Stevenson writes "Google presents a big fat target for would-be hackers and attackers. At the RSA conference Google offered security professionals a look at its internal security systems. Scott Petry, director of Google's Enterprise and founder of security firm Postini, explained how the company handles constant pressure and scrutiny from attackers. In order to keep its products safe, Google has adopted a philosophy of 'security as a cultural value.' The program includes mandatory security training for developers, a set of in-house security libraries, and code reviews by both Google developers and outside security researchers."
Google fights scrutiny with scrutiny (and by having more PHDs than you).
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Google presets a big fat target for would-be hackers and attackers.
Must be a new Google appliance. I'm glad it is preset, and does not need any end-user configuration.
In any case, I commute on the train with Google guys in NY. They use their laptops to work on the train, but have those little wireless security devices that generate random passwords for them when they want to log in, so their connection is fully encrypted.
$nice = $webHosting + $domainNames + $sslCerts
No, The Daily Show is fake journalism at its best
That article literally had no content whatsoever. In fact I think it was so content free that I might know less about how Google does security now.
Is there a page two I'm missing?
I thought cable news was fake journalism at its best.
Scott Petry, director of Google's Enterprise and founder of security firm Postini, explained to attendees at the RSA conference how the company handles constant pressure and scrutiny from attackers.
:)
I guess Google shared some secrets, and that's the news. Not that we get to read the secrets. Still, this is Slashdot..
Netcraftsayswhat?
"Scott Petry, director of Google's Enterprise"
The big secret? apparently google is developing a starship
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$ ping slashdot.org
PING slashdot.org (66.35.250.150) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- slashdot.org ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 8010ms
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