I had meant to post again sooner than this, but a number of unforeseen factors, including a death in the family, have conspired against me. Upcoming topics will include the NSA's declaration of a stance of "presumed compromised" when building and analyzing their systems, the need for a backout plan before beginning any project, and lessons learned from being a clutz (keep bandages on hand!).
I'm back to work tomorrow, and there are only a few more minor details before the class I T.A.'d last term is complete. Next term's class is taught, once again, by Scott Bradner: Harvard University Extension School's CSCI E-132, Security, Privacy, and Usability. It's a great class: Scott is one of the guys who's "been there, and done that." He's Harvard University's Chief Technical Security Officer, and has long been a mainstay of the IETF. The class itself is not a lab or practicum, but is designed to cover the major issues and concepts in information security and privacy, while keeping application usability firmly in mind. After all, if your security measures become too much of an obstruction, people will find their way around them - but that's a subject for a later post.
Registration for the Spring Term is open. Classes start January 28th.
