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Cloud This, Cloud That...

2008-05-20 18:48:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...concrete cube and stored in a locked room." But whose room? Do you own the room where the aforementioned concrete cube is stashed? No? Then maybe it is no longer 'secure' ... Think "concrete cube in the clouds - then BAM Joking aside, if you think that a system that is located somewhere remotely (you don't control physical security) +...
 
Tags: cloud, cloud based services, cloud based-services, in-the-cloud service, service, cloud provider screws, cloud provider, security, control physical security
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...concrete, mines that can be set to stun or kill, and grenades that can swat rockets or mortar rounds out of the sky like flies You can get effects that are more precisely tailored to a particular target," says John Pike, director of Washington military research group GlobalSecurity.org . "And you're able to get a greater effect out of a...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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The First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem

2008-02-21 14:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...concrete metric we have When Bill Gates released his Trustworthy Computing Memo in 2002, many people thought it was just a marketing stunt . It was not a marketing stunt: BillG edicts are always taken very seriously inside Microsoft. In fact, I will go one step further; the only way you make big changes in a large software company is when the...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, reduce security vulnerabilities, fewer security vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, source security bugs, bugs, major microsoft products, microsoft products, security
 
 
 
 
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Software Security Metrics and Commentary - Part 2

2007-10-23 20:31:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...concrete metric that helps to measure this however. PercentCriticalDataCovered for proper encryption/hashing technique? Still not a very convincing metric unfortunately Application Denial of Service Two metrics spring to mind here Memory/Resource Allocations Before Authentication Memory Leaks Both of these are a lot more likely to lead to...
 
Tags: security metrics, software security metrics, metrics, software, metrics framework, metric, upstream sdl metrics, concrete metric, paper steve bellovin
 
 
 
 
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Oh No! Security Metrics!

2008-04-18 12:43:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...concrete metric we have These comments are very important because there appears to be no more widely accepted security metric today, and while no perfect metrics exist, it's useful to have some objective data when trying to discuss this complex subject. Our customers constantly tell us to reduce the number of patches they need to apply to...
 
Tags: bugs, implementation bugs, fewer security bugs, fewer, security bugs include, security, metrics, security metrics, security bugs
 
 
 
 
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Metro Round-Up: Phila., Minneapolis, St. Louis Park (Minn.), Texas, Foster City (Calif.), Naperville (Ill.), Chehalis and Centralia (Wash.), Cambria C

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2008-06-11 14:33:41 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...concrete. More recent testing showed that the network worked well in some areas, but the majority of the network did not, according to the Star Tribune Verizon builds out fiber in AT&T territory: Interesting sign of competition in otherwise monopoly-per-provider-type world. Verizon is using AT&T's hard-won statewide video franchising rules in...
 
Tags: city, big-city network, residents oppose wi-fi, wi-fi, mount wi-fi radios, wi-fi hotzones, wi-fi network, network, network hardware
 
 
 
 
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Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...concrete answer to a hard question: what is a company, a university, any sort of ongoing organization or institution, if its staff and customers and owners can all change, its buildings be bulldozed, its site relocated what's left? What is it? The answer: a lifestream in cyberspace Conclusion(gp The Saltzer and Schroeder principles of...
 
Tags: protection mechanisms, protection mechanisms correctly, information security, information, implements protection mechanisms, information travels, information security people, protection, potential information path
 
 
 
 
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Skyhook Expands Wi-Fi Positioning to Cell, GPS

2008-06-30 10:25:33 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...concrete canyons, "you can only get a true GPS fix about 70 percent of the time outdoor, but you get two satellites all the time," Morgan said. "In the entire footprint, we're able to use this hybrid technology, even though GPS is only available 70 percent of the time." Outside of metro areas, cell towers can still be used to improve GPS...
 
Tags: gps, wi-fi, a-gps, stand-alone gps gear, gps system grab, skyhook, gps-only device, gps chips, gps radios
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Microsoft Code Name Zermatt

2008-07-09 20:27:00 by keith-brown in Security Briefs
 
...concrete example of a claims-based identity architecture that I've been able to show so far is Active Directory Federation Services v1 (ADFS) and Windows CardSpace. And the claims programming model I've been using is the one that shipped with WCF in the System.IdentityModel assembly But today I'm happy to announce that there's a new path...
 
Tags: zermatt, claims world, claims, zermatt includes, includes, claims-aware applications, framework, identity framework, identity