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Ethical Phishing to Evaluate Phishing Awareness

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2008-05-06 17:26:25 by HASH0x8af66c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...awareness of phishing threats, and building awareness of the threat simultaneously? By sending them ethical phishing emails to see which department based on which social engineering campaign is more susceptible to phishing attacks, at least that's what PhishMe.com is all about Effective, memorable, and secure user awareness testing and...
 
Tags: awareness, interface, click web interface, employees awareness, web interface, employees, susceptible employees, phisher, susceptible
 
 
 
 
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Awareness in Installing Some Types of Software

2007-08-01 19:14:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
Awareness in Installing Some Types of Software Generally considered as some kind of potentially unwanted programs (PUP) by the Internet Security Company (McAFee,) adware and spyware could pause as a menace to original computer owners, web developers, and IT of certain corporations. Advertisements (adware) already included and mainstay of the...
 
Tags: software, spyware software, computer owners, support adware usage, original computer owners, usage, adware, spyware, adware companies
 
 
 
 
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Inflecting end-user awareness

2006-12-03 20:27:35 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...awareness program Here are some takeaways from the handout, I wanted to share the jest of the handout 1. Brand your security awareness initiative, it will provide visibility to your initiative 2. Segment your training across various target user groups 3. Identify the behavioral change that you desire to impart and design the training to...
 
Tags: program, end-user awareness program, program based, segment program, informative handout, handout, security awareness initiative, business units, behavioral change
 
 
 
 
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Measure the effectiveness of awareness efforts

2008-04-27 08:32:03 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...awareness in information protection efforts. With 70 percent of all security incidents originating inside company walls, this is a given. What isn't as clear is how to measure the effectiveness of awareness efforts. How does a security manager know, and how can she demonstrate to senior management, that employees actually 'get it
 
Tags: awareness efforts, inside company walls, information protection efforts, security manager, security incidents, effectiveness, employee awareness, senior management, measure
 
 
 
 
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Securing Network Location Awareness with Authenticated DHCP

2008-03-19 12:47:02 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...Awareness with Authenticated DHCP How a computer should behave depends on its network location. Existing security solutions, like firewalls, fail to adequately protect mobile users because they assume their policy is static. This results in laptop computers being configured with fairly open policies, in order to facilitate applications...
 
Tags: network location, location, network location awareness, network, office location, dhcp, network location identifier, logical network, vista dhcp client
 
 
 
 
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National Cyber Security Month Kicks Off at the National Press Club

2007-10-03 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Awareness Month. To kick off this year's campaign, the 2007 National Cyber Security Awareness Summit was held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on October 1st Below, you will find a post from the Summit I was encouraged by the strong turnout at the inaugural National Cyber Security Awareness Summit, the 4th time that October has...
 
Tags: national press club, october, october 1st, month, strong turnout, 4th time, start time, half, held
 
 
 
 
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How aware are your employees on IT security and risk policies?

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2008-01-08 18:50:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
...awareness and training of employees on security and risk situation snip Employee and Customer Awareness Its something everyone intends to do better educate their employees and customers about the security threats that are facing institutions and customers. Now with the ID Theft Red Flags, its also been pushed to the top of the compliance...
 
Tags: employees, theft red flags, malicious insider, insider, red flags, prevent identity theft, identity theft, security, risk
 
 
 
 
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Review of My 2007 Security Predictions: Too Wimpy

2007-12-23 15:46:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...awareness: well, security awareness will ... ah, come on, just laugh: bua-ha-ha-ha-haaa Status Check IX: No comment! Actually one: malware zipped with a password which requires the user to enter it and unzip it. Stuuuuuuuuupid! And, do remember the "WSJ saga" , which probably blew away years worth of your awareness efforts PX. Finally , I...
 
Tags: status check iii, status check, status check viii, security, security predictions, status check vii, check, predictions, status
 
 
 
 
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An interesting Whitepaper on Web 2.0 Security & Fortify Event

2008-01-18 07:40:36 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...awareness Lastly, I would like conclude this post by quoting the importance of user awareness because user awareness determines the "usage" which is a very important component for a the threat model of an information system. I conclude by repeating the popular quote: "There is no patch for stupidity
 
Tags: information security breach, information security, security, information security documentary, documentary, security awareness, ex-microsoft security person, user awareness determines, user awareness