SEARCH RESULTS
 
Showing 1-10 of 87 records
 
Expand article

Security Matters: I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch

2008-06-26 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...authority. That's a difficult security problem even in its simplest form. Distributing that system among a variety of different devices -- computers, phones, PDAs, cameras, recorders -- with different firmware and manufacturers, is even more difficult. Not to mention delegating different levels of authority to various agencies, enterprises,...
 
Tags: security, wireless devices, devices, prevent, prevent security cameras, difficult security, cameras, prevent students, difficult
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Kill Switches and Remote Control

2008-07-01 06:48:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...authority. That's a difficult security problem even in its simplest form. Distributing that system among a variety of different devices -- computers, phones, PDAs, cameras, recorders -- with different firmware and manufacturers, is even more difficult. Not to mention delegating different levels of authority to various agencies, enterprises,...
 
Tags: wireless devices, devices, devices inevitably, digital manners policies, prevent, prevent security cameras, difficult security, cameras, prevent students
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The Fox and the Henhouse

2008-01-28 15:02:17 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...authority Three things about this sentence are worrying. First, the fraud is described as "exceptional in size and nature". The good ones always are exceptional in size and nature. Common frauds aren¹t usually hard to prevent after you¹ve seen a lot of them; the reason you pay a risk manager is to prevent the exceptional frauds Second, the...
 
Tags: societe generale, societe generale begins, yesterday societe generale, societe generale appears, risk management lessons, risk management, risk management personnel, plain vanilla futures, apparently
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The Fox and the Henhouse

2008-01-28 15:02:17 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...authority Three things about this sentence are worrying. First, the fraud is described as "exceptional in size and nature". The good ones always are exceptional in size and nature. Common frauds aren??t usually hard to prevent after you??ve seen a lot of them; the reason you pay a risk manager is to prevent the exceptional frauds Second, the...
 
Tags: societe generale, societe generale begins, jerome kerviel, kerviel, yesterday societe generale, apparently, bank apparently, bank, prevent kerviel
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Utah's FrontRunner Commuter Rail Unwired

The Article has images
2008-06-13 13:34:53 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...authority nor Nomad's site been updated That's an insanely large percentage of riders using the service, so it's possible ridership has increased even more than the mid-May figures indicate, or the commuters are really intense computer and handheld users. Also, note that the FAQ for the authority's overall Wi-Fi service requires you to be 18...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi service requires, rail, rail authority, authority, in-transit wi-fi, free wi-fi, authority offers wi-fi, service
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Web Site: Security and Trust

The Article has images
2007-01-18 07:10:00 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...Authority that you choose to trust. Certificate Authority is a trusted third party that issued the certificate to this organization 5. Inspect the Valid from: to field; ensure that the certificate is not expired If you trust the organization, trust the certificate authority and if the certificate is not expired you can choose to trust the...
 
Tags: web site, https, https web site, trust, offer trust, web site belongs, https url, https offers security, ensure
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...authority. This principle, when systematically applied, is the primary underpinning of the protection system. It forces a system-wide view of access control, which in addition to normal operation includes initialization, recovery, shutdown, and maintenance. It implies that a foolproof method of identifying the source of every request must be...
 
Tags: protection mechanisms, protection mechanisms correctly, information security, information, implements protection mechanisms, information travels, information security people, protection, potential information path
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...authority being used for private interests. We see it a lot -- off-duty police officers guarding private businesses, for example -- and it erodes public trust of authority. In the case above, I'm not even sure it's legal
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Is Technorati relevant anymore?

2008-02-28 22:42:22 by HASH0x8b05bac in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...authority". I would eagerly comb the rankings to see who linked to my site. Then a funny thing happened. Technorati started making so many changes, when I would log in I couldn't find what I was looking for anymore. Than it would seem that no matter what I did, unless I went in and manually pinged my site, it would not update. After a while I...
 
Tags: technorati, rankings, technorati rankings everyday, technorati tags, technorati anymore, bloggers, rsa bloggers, anymore, blogger
 
 
 
 
Expand article

HSBC loses a server in branch renovation

The Article has images
2008-05-14 16:16:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Authority, and the Hong Kong privacy commissioner The case has been classified as theft Evan] Ah, so HSBC didn't really "lose" the server? It was stolen The Monetary Authority has demanded that the bank contact all the affected customers and explain what measures could be taken to avoid potential losses thereof The bank is contacting...
 
Tags: server, hsbc, server theft, data, lost data, computer server, data breaches, clients data, hong kong