Re: British firm set to beat hackers

[security curmudgeon <jericho () ATTRITION ORG>]

> http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/09/03/stibusnws03024.html
>
> A FORMER school dropout who invented a breakthrough anti-hacking system
> and founded a company to develop it has won backing from funds connected
> with two of the best-known technology investors.

"anti-hacking system"

[snip..]

> CyberSight's features include a high-speed, precise scanning process
> and automated indexing engine and analysis capabilities that enable it
> to handle millions of threats. Such elements mean it provides much
> faster, more accurate and more comprehensive protection than any known
> rival system. The product, which has just won its first order, is
> attracting attention from a host of big industrial names across a
> spectrum of sectors, from automotive to financial services.

So is this a Firewall? IDS? Vulnerability/Threat/Assessment scanner?
Something else?

> Cryptic, founded last year, has attracted a high-quality management team
> including Terry Bingham, the chief executive and a former managing
> director of the Misys subsidiary ACT.
>
> Other directors are Sandy Mackenzie, former international business
> director of the software company, Dr Solomon's, and Nigel Moulding,
> recently finance director of an EDS-Price Waterhouse Coopers software
> joint venture. Zafar Khan, director of equities research at SG
> Securities, is a non-executive director.

Err.. how do these articles get printed? All of this hype about the
company (appropriately named 'Cryptic Software'), and no information about
the product. Vague buzz words surrounding a "breakthrough anti-hacking
system".

They don't include any other URL or information about the product at all.
Just a list of vague industries that supposedly show interest in the
product, a few names of managers that are to run the company, and a single
name of a 'security expert' that is developing the product.

When will these people figure out that these fluff pieces hurt the company
as much as help it?

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