Security Theater

The title of this post is a phrase that was coined by author Bruce Schneier in his 2003 book Beyond Fear, and it pertains to ”ostensible security measures which have little real influence on security whilst being publicly visible and designed to demonstrate to the lesser-informed that countermeasures have been considered.”  This term has often been used to describe the efforts [...]

Colorful Confusion

Who came up with the color coding system to let’s us know what the terror level threat is?  Obviously, red is a given because we’ve all grown up with stop signs, soccer players have red cards, and perverts (or curious teens) have red touches.  So, the red is not the problem.  It is officially listed as [...]