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It Changed My Life: My Review of "Geekonomics"

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2008-06-05 17:53:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...chapter is presents the view of the "0wned world" where "only the stupid [cybercriminals] get caught." Next chapters looks at how government oversight works in other areas (e.g. FDA), how it might work - and how it might fail (and did fail in the past). While doing it, the book dispels the "government will just make it worse" myth (basically,...
 
Tags: software, software manufactures, typical software, software development, insecure, insecure software, bad software, bad, open-source software
 
 
 
 
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South Florida ISSA Hack the Flag and Chili Cook Off

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2008-07-09 23:16:38 by HASH0x8b35750 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...chapters throughout the US. But in a case of there is no place like home, my favorite chapter is my home chapter, the South Florida ISSA. Jeff Dell, Pete Nicolletti, Tim Krabec and the rest of the gang do a great job of making ISSA fun and interesting for those of us down here. My only regret is that I am to often out of town for our monthly...
 
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A cryptographic hash function reading guide

2007-11-23 16:01:18 by George Danezis in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...Chapter 9 on Hash Functions and Data Integrity of the Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone) provides a very good first overview of the properties expected from collision resistant hash function. It also presents the basic constructions for such functions from block ciphers (too slow...
 
Tags: function, hash functions, cryptographic hash functions, functions, functions secure, design, hash function design, compression functions, secure hash function
 
 
 
 
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Information Security Reading List

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2008-05-16 17:12:39 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
...Chapter 5 of The New School of Information Security by Adam Shostack and Andrew Stewart is about this same issue of learning from other fields. I will have a review of this book soon, they go into quite a lot of detail about what Information Security can glean from economics, psychology and other disciplines, and I particularly like their...
 
Tags: information security, security, information security books, books, web app security, information security literature, 21st century security, cyber security czar, software security
 
 
 
 
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Intellectual Property- what is it and how do we secure it?

2007-12-29 06:43:45 by Editor in Security Links
 
...Chapter 4 of IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors . Intellectual property (IP) is a term used to describe certain legal entitlements which are concerned with the protection and usage of recorded media (TV programmes/films/music), written works, names and inventions. IP is usually in the form of a patent a copyright a trademark or a design...
 
Tags: intellectual property, treaties, international patent treaties, major copyright agreements, agreements, copyright, rights, intellectual property rights, copyright legislation
 
 
 
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Chapter 35 of the Business and Commerce Code, which requires businesses to develop retention and disposal procedures for their clients personal information. The law provides for civil penalties of up to $500 for each abandoned record Attorney General investigators are also working to determine if any exposed data has been used illegally ...
 
Tags: clients personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, sensitive medical information, customers sensitive information, texas attorney, texas, attorney
 
 
 
 
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How to Audit a Log Server?

2008-02-05 18:31:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...chapter on logs[PDF Also, keep in mind all the reasons to protect logs C-I-A that I highlighted in " Top 11 Reasons to Secure and Protect Your Logs " post. Auditing the server helps establish that you do in fact protect your logs Possibly related posts Protecting Logs from Admins: A Lost Battle Top 11 Reasons to Collect and Preserve...
 
Tags: log server, protect logs c-i-a, logs, preserve computer logs, home-grown log server, protect, security audit, reasons, establish
 
 
 
 
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Systematic Automations breach continued...

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2008-02-25 10:28:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...chapter vice president of her union, the California School Employees Association Noting that members of her union "don't fault the district for the incident," Lake added, "I was hoping that we would get some more assistance to help all the employees in the district Evan] The district DOES share some fault in this breach. The personal...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, district, information, 33-campus district, district officials, enrolls district staffers, information security practices, school district vendor
 
 
 
 
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A new VC on the block

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2008-02-27 10:02:34 by HASH0x8b4e6e0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...chapter in what he wants to be when he grows up, by building a VC business and fund based in the Boulder area and not as a satellite of a Silicon Valley business. Brad along with some Mobius folks - Ryan McIntyre, Seth Levine, Jason Mendelson, and Chris Wand - have put together a Boulder based VC called the Foundry Group . Yesterday Brad...
 
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A new VC on the block