Down The Security Rabbithole

This is RSA Conference week, so while Rafal is out in San Francisco trying to make it through another one, James and Michael break down the news events that you may have missed.   300,000 Homes affected by security alarm bug http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/02/17/simplisafe-alarm-attacks/#3202d4e679a3 According to Spokesperson, Alarm still alerts users' smart device when the alarm is armed or disarmed. Device is an alerting mechanism, not a lock Technically, we’d consider this… wait for it… a ‘detective’ control. Appears to only intercept when pin is entered into the device.. does this effect if user arms/disarms via their device?   82 Percent of company boards are concerned about security http://betanews.com/2016/02/29/82-percent-of-company-boards-are-concerned-about-cyber-security/ Suggests that since CISOs don’t report to the CEO/Board, they companies aren’t serious. Ridiculous. This is myopic… Boards care. Executives care. In security - are you perceived as a leader? Or a technica