Adventures in Security
 
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Surprise! Users ignore security policies.

2008-07-02 09:39:06 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
If users still don't understand their role in protecting information, and if they regularly perform actions that violate policy, what steps has management taken to change attitudes and habits
 
Tags: regularly perform actions, change attitudes, users, steps, habits, information, policy, role, management
 
 
 
 
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Best Security Tools: Secunia PSI

2008-06-30 10:02:04 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Scanning desktop and laptop images to make sure all security patches are applied is not always easy. Especially when applications from a variety of vendors are installed. Secunia PSI, a free download, can help
 
Tags: secunia psi, security patches, laptop images, free download, variety, vendors, applications, desktop, easy
 
 
 
 
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Management's right to employee communication: There are limits

2008-06-26 08:32:30 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...information stored on company-owned information assets, including email and other messaging media. There were limits, like restricting data retrieval to items actually related to business transactions or relavant to an ongoing investigation. Now, however, a U.S. Federal court has placed messages sent via contracted services within the scope...
 
Tags: information, information assets, limits, business transactions, employee expectation, federal court, data retrieval, email, media
 
 
 
 
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Best Security Tools: Free online Web utilities

2008-06-23 09:30:09 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...information you're exposing to Internet without having to reconfigure the security on your perimeter devices? Have you tired of having to call your managed security services provider to let them know it's you creating the anomalous behavior, not an attacker? Then maybe you should check out one of the free, online Web services providers
 
Tags: security, security services provider, anomalous behavior, perimeter devices, web route, free, reconfigure, internet, information
 
 
 
 
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Protect your email address from spammers, help digitize books

2008-06-20 07:33:36 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
In addition to providing a free, downloadable CAPTCHA solution for Web developers, the site also offers a way to protect your contact email address used on your Web site
 
Tags: web site, contact email address, downloadable captcha solution, site, web developers, protect, addition, free, offers
 
 
 
 
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Wrong problem, wrong solution: Sophos misstep on laptop security

2008-06-19 08:07:11 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
I hope that in the future, Sophos representatives take a moment to understand business need and appropriate controls before making a broad statement about data usage
 
Tags: sophos representatives, broad statement, data usage, hope, moment, future, business, controls
 
 
 
 
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DNS redirection hits home

2008-06-18 08:00:56 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
DNS cache poisoning and redirection problems have been around for some time. However, most, if not all, ISPs and other DNS server providers have followed best practices to harden their domain name to IP address translation services. So, looking for a softer, more productive target (less cost when compared to return), cybercriminals are turning...
 
Tags: redirection, soho dns redirection, dns server providers, address translation services, dns cache, productive target, cost, softer, isps
 
 
 
 
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How fast can YOU leak data?

2008-06-17 10:28:51 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Speed limitations might have hindered users or interlopers from copying large amounts of data to USB devices. But that hindrance is disappearing
 
Tags: usb devices, data, speed limitations, hindrance, users, amounts, interlopers
 
 
 
 
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Insider threats: The pendulum swings

2008-06-17 07:43:57 by Editor in