Category: Complex Event Processing
What’s Really Happening in the World of CEP
There is quite a lot is happening in the world of complex event processing. Interestingly enough, the people and the companies advancing processing complex events are not calling what they are doing “CEP the Buzzword” we read about in the press or that a handful of “pioneers” claim make them modern-day CEP “experts”. The companies [...]
Read moreSuggestions to Improve the (ISC)² Blog
In the beginning of the (ISC)² blog a number of us enjoyed contributing because the blog was full of posts insightful original security-related pieces. However, over time, many of us have simply stopped writing for the (ISC)² blog. One main reason for this is that we don’t want to spend the time to write a [...]
Read moreComplex Event Processing in the Belly of the Beast
Around 10 years ago I worked as Technical Director for SAIC as a member of an elite group of Internet security experts. I was responsible for a number of very large global financial corporations (well, actually two). The leader of our division, called The Center of Information Protection (The CIP), was a very intelligent [...]
Read moreGeoIP and Geo-Targeting
Lately I have been busy with a web-based geo-targeting project. For those of you not familiar with geo-targeting, the deeper you get into geo-targeting, the more you realize how important and interesting it is. Geo-targeting is used for fraud detection, personalization, ad-targeting, content-delivery, and more. In addition, the same basic concept is used [...]
Read moreDisclosure and Transparency, Please.
I was on vacation and read where one of the “big guys” of the Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) was bragging that Gartner mentioned EPTS in the context of CEP. What I did not read, however, was the disclosure that a Gartner VP serves on the Steering Committee of EPTS. Did I simply “miss it”? Or [...]
Read moreQuiz: Event Processing 101
Take the quiz. Event Processing 101. The big question is, “Who will copy me and start posting CEP/EP quizzes next?” Stay tuned for my next CEP/EP quiz, after I return from a 2 week vacation (sometime in August!) Quizzes by Quibblo.com
Read morePatent Title: Event Handling System
I was doing some research on cyberspace situational awareness and was honored to noticed my prior art was referenced in a 2008 patent application by the Commonwealth of Australia. Here are some notable quotes from this patent application of an “event handling system.” Section 8 of this part gives a brief overview of the [...]
Read moreU.S. Cyber Command – Air Force Stumbles
Great and powerful organizations can be handicapped by their own greatness. The shear magnificence, power and strength of the USAF also can be it’s own weakness at times. This is certainly true in the area of communications, air power and cyberspace. The communications mission of the Air Force is highly interconnected with it’s core [...]
Read moreOnly Just Beginning: Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work
I have blogged (here and on the (ISC)2 blog) about potential security issues in the rising use and hyper marketing of Twitter, so I found this CNN story (which only scratches the surface of the risks) of interest, Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work. “Cyber criminals have been targeting Twitter users by creating [...]
Read moreCEP Thinking: A Dream, Wishful Thinking or Incompetance?
I have been troubled by CEP marketing lately. It started when I read a statement by John Davies in his post Algorithmic trading with Twitter. In his post, John boldly wrote to Peter Lin, and the world: Peter, The fuzzy logic is exactly what CEP companies specialise in, …. -John- I could not understand [...]
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