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...Bookmark it for when you need it
ObDisclaimer : The site is run by people Ive known for decades , and I was so enthusiastic that Ive been asked onto their Advisory Council . So youd expect me to be enthusiastic here as well
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A belated pointer to humanitarian adviser (and frequent commenter to NGO Security Scenario posts) Kevin Toomer's blog . His Web site and blog have been up and running for awhile now, and feature a variety of humanitarian-security content
Great article that will make you want to bookmark it for future reference
clipped from flowingwater.wordpress.com
How to beat spyware and viruses > not by me?:D
Heres what to do if you suspect an infection on your Windows PC. (Please note these steps apply to both Windows XP and Vista
The perpetual draft document, SP 800-53A, has been officially released after 3 years. Check out the announcement from NIST here
Now the interesting thing to me is that NIST is working with some other players (DNI comes to mind) on reference implementations of 800-53A. This is big, so big that I cant add enough hyperbole to it
Why do they need to...
Article from William Jackson in Government Computer News: Security policies remain a burden to federal IT managers, but they are producing results
First off, GCN, come into the modern Web 2.0 era by letting people comment on your articles or at least allow trackbacks. Having said that, lets look at some of Mr Jacksons points
NIST Special...
My friend, the Wee Bonny Graydon McKee, has his own company and a new blog. Graydon is from Atlanta, helps us teach with the Potomac Forum, and just finished his Masters in Information Assurance. Pretty good guy all around. Check him out at Ascension Risk Management and fire up your RSS reader
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And by kerfluffle, I mean these articles
GAOPrivacy Report
Technology Liberation Front
Center for Democracy and Technology
And how about an analysis of the Privacy Act from DOJ for background reasons
Well, lets talk about how privacy and the Government works with Uncle Rybolov (please hold the references to Old Weird Uncle Harold until were...
Truth be told, most people hate POA&Ms because theyre more work for you to do. Deep down inside, though, theyre a reason to get funding to fix things
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Check out this article by Andy Boots on the Tech Insiders blog
It brings up an interesting point: Agencies do not typically have a CSO-level manager. According to FISMA, each agency has to have a CISO whose primary responsibility is information security
But typically these CISOs do not have any authority over physical security or personnel...