The Internet has fashioned a new and complicated environment for an age-old dilemma that pits the demands of security against the desire for freedom.

There are two types of companies in the world: those that know they've been hacked, and those that don't.

My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work as a writer specialising in the Balkans has created a myth that I have Slavic connections, but actually I am British.

In order for Internet security solutions to be effective, they must keep pace with the rapidly evolving threat environment.

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era? This time...is a very good one..

The New Age? It's just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.