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Two Studies on Security Spending

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2008-03-27 01:37:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...benefits are far smaller Terrorism, the authors say, has a comparatively small impact on economic activity, reducing GDP in affected countries by perhaps $17 billion in 2005. So although the number of terrorist attacks has fallen, and fewer people have been injured, the imputed economic benefits are limited just a tenth of the costs That...
 
Tags: security, cyber-security resources, security breaches, track security performance, service, secureworks siem service, secureworks, security program, in-house 24x7 security
 
 
 
 
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Flattery will get you nowhere

2008-04-04 18:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...benefits it will have for some large profit making organisation. I don't think it's an unreasonable question. I'm very selective about what I give my time to - after all I also have a family to keep happy, a full time job, and interests in things other than security (yes - really!). So, when somebody comes to me and says "we'd like you to...
 
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Security is not all about Security Updates

2007-12-17 12:58:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...benefit of the SDL, you must apply the SDL to a product at its inception . With the exception of Windows XP SP2, (which was a security-focused release, but predates the SDL), service packs at Microsoft include fixes and perhaps some opportunistic feature enhancements requested by customers. Such releases cannot get the full benefit of the...
 
Tags: security, end-user security documentation, security response, fix security bugs, response, security fix, implementation vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, security feature development
 
 
 
 
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Want Great Technology? Buy TIBCO (TIBX)

2008-01-18 11:42:27 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...benefit from the acquisition Citigroups John Reilly Walsh upgraded TIBCO (TIBX) shares to Buy from Hold based on Oracles purchase of BEA. John thinks TIBCO, the last real middleplayer on the block, will also be purchased, and names IBM as the most likely candidate, but adds that SAP, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , Oracle (ORCL) , Sun Microsystems...
 
Tags: tibco, tibco spends, ibm buys tibco, tibco culture, tibco employess, oracle buys tibco, sun buys tibco, challenge oracle, oracle
 
 
 
 
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SDL and Web 2.0

2008-02-28 22:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...benefit Yahoos Web 2.0 applications. In fact, Ill take it a step further and state that adoption of the SDL would benefit anyones Web 2.0 applications. In my next SDL blog post, Ill be addressing the trickiest aspect of implementing the SDL for Web 2.0: developing the perpetual beta
 
Tags: web, site, chriss web site, mashups, web mashups, site cookies, persistent cross-site, cookies, benefit anyones web
 
 
 
 
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We Dont Need No Education

2008-03-14 14:03:23 by dmortman in securosis.com
 
...benefit from specific security training, and are areas where most enterprises could easily benefit. It is also worth noting that a properly implemented security awareness training program will not only provide company HR departments with necessary documentation for actions against employees and/or contractors who endanger the company by...
 
Tags: information offsite, information, confidential information, security awareness program5, awareness, information security, security, security threat, group-specific security
 
 
 
 
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America's Dilemma: Close Security Holes, or Exploit Them Ourselves

2008-05-01 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...benefit of dual-use technologies But I want governments to do more. I want them to use their buying power to improve my security. I want them to offer countrywide contracts for software, both security and non-security, that have explicit security requirements. If these contracts are big enough, companies will work to modify their products to...
 
Tags: security, bad guys insecure, guys, non-security, security improves, technologies, dual-use technologies, security improvements, agency
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...benefit of dual-use technologies But I want governments to do more. I want them to use their buying power to improve my security. I want them to offer countrywide contracts for software, both security and non-security, that have explicit security requirements. If these contracts are big enough, companies will work to modify their products to...
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...benefit of dual-use technologies But I want governments to do more. I want them to use their buying power to improve my security. I want them to offer countrywide contracts for software, both security and non-security, that have explicit security requirements. If these contracts are big enough, companies will work to modify their products to...
 
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Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007

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2008-05-14 22:50:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...benefit is apparent for users of one OS over the other I found that Windows Vista offers benefit over Windows XP SP2 in the following ways for 2007 Windows Vista had 30% fewer Security Bulletins than Windows XP Windows Vista had 20% fewer vulnerabilities than Windows XP Windows Vista had 28% fewer Critical and Important vulnerabilities than...