PAUL RAINES
World View | In the Land of Cheese, Tulips and Biometrics
Biometrics are moving into daily life in the Netherlands, but Europe's stringent data protection requirements may or may not be applied.
World View | The Mark of the Beast Is Located in Aisle Six, Adjacent to Frozen Foods
CISO Paul Raines ponders biometrics, religion and privacy in a Dutch grocery store.
World View | What are You Drinking?
CISO Paul Raines says your company's preferred beverage can tell you a lot about how you need to approach security. Who's buying?
World View: The Threat of T-Shirts
Just when I thought the world of security couldn't get any more surreal, I was surfing the web and came across a couple of really zany new security requirements.
World View | Riots, Cheese and the Pursuit of Liberty
CISO Paul Raines on what American security can learn from the French
After a visit to the European Union's capital, our intrepid CISO wonders--was he staying in the wrong neighborhood, or is the situation there evidence that security abhors a vacuum?
World View | The Frying Dutchman
Wherein our intrepid CISO columnist wonders about the security mechanisms for self-service checkout at a Dutch grocery store. Warning: not for the faint of heart.
World View | The Home of the Brave
From the self-contained, recession-proof micro-economy of Atlanta’s airport security, to Suze Orman rebranding herself as a security guru, our intrepid expat CISO returns to the United States for a visit and discovers an economy driven by fear
World View | What the Netherlands Metro Taught Me about Crime
On Dutch trams, it seems, cheating the fare system would pay. Why are riders so honest?
World View: CISO Types Spotted 'In the Wild' at a European Security Conference
Sure the speakers droned on--but at least our daring CISO columnist won’t be deluged with marketing calls afterwards
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