Reports and Data – Page 6 – Adam Shostack & friends

2008-03-09 by adam 1 comment

Are We Measuring the Right Things?

One of the reasons that airline passengers sit on the tarmac for hours before takeoff is how the FAA Department of Transportation measures “on time departures.” The on time departure is measured by push-back from the gate, not wheels leaving the tarmac. (Airlines argue that the former is in their control.) If you measure the…

Empiricism

Unfortunately, this was easy to see coming.

Breaches in SEC Reports

Gregory Fleischer saw my Shmoo talk, and was kind enough to tell me when he found breaches in SEC reports: At your Shmoocon talk you mentioned that you had difficulty finding SEC filings related to security breaches. I was doing some research and came across several SEC filings that discuss security breaches. Generally, these items…