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Parliament, Spy Agency Contracts Exempted From Ombudsmans Gaze

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2008-05-20 02:54:26 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...contracts with Parliament and Canadas spy agency from oversight by a new ombudsmans post that was central to the 2006 Conservative election campaign The government slipped the exemptions through last week in regulations that empower the contract procurement ombudsman under the Accountability Act - flagship legislation the government...
 
Tags: contracts, review contracts, ombudsman, parliament, contract procurement ombudsman, opposition mps, ombudsmans statutory duty, canadas spy agency, insert heavy sarcasm
 
 
 
 
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Cornerstone Fitness for Women information found in discarded file cabinet

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2008-05-05 14:01:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...contracts It has everything you would want to know about them. I think those people deserve to know about it, " said Zumwalt. (Sammy Zumwalt, the person that called Ms. Cortez All contracts list names, addresses and phone numbers. Some of them list social security numbers and have copies of checks and credit cards Zumwalt says his friend...
 
Tags: information, secure personal information, sensitive information, handle personal information, personal, credit card information, cornerstone fitness, cornerstone tells newschannel, newschannel
 
 
 
 
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Who says Politics doesn't pay and why can't I find clients with pockets this deep?

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2008-01-21 21:10:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...Contracts" irregularities involving the Justice Department This all came about when a firm led by the former Attorney General, John D. Ashcroft, drew attention for receiving lucrative (more like outrageous) contracts to oversee companies accused of fraud and other wrong doings. One firm in particular, Zimmer (famous for their "Zimmer...
 
Tags: zimmer, zimmer products, zimmer frames, million dollars, firm, firm deliver, zimmer stops, resolve kickback allegations, contracts
 
 
 
 
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The RSA Conference

2008-04-22 06:35:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...contracts that companies are signing -- not security outsourcing contracts, but more general IT contracts that include security. You can see it in the current wave of industry consolidation : not large security companies buying small security companies, but non-security companies buying security companies. And you can see it in the new...
 
Tags: non-security companies, companies, end-user security industry, security industry, information security conference, information security, automobile companies, security companies, security
 
 
 
 
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The RSA Conference

2008-04-22 06:35:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...contracts that companies are signing -- not security outsourcing contracts, but more general IT contracts that include security. You can see it in the current wave of industry consolidation : not large security companies buying small security companies, but non-security companies buying security companies. And you can see it in the new...
 
Tags: non-security companies, companies, end-user security industry, security industry, information security conference, information security, automobile companies, security companies, security
 
 
 
 
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Misconceptions about outsourcing security

2007-12-13 14:05:54 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...contracts Since security services are getting commoditized, hire an outsourcer with the lowest cost. The complexity, scope, duration, and business risk of an outsourcing deal dwarf most hardware or software procurement contracts. Handing over a critical business process or technology to a third party changes the risk profile of the firm. You...
 
Tags: security processes, establish security processes, security, processes, security controls, security managers cost, cost, security operations, security services
 
 
 
 
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The DDoS Attack Against CNN.com

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2008-04-22 19:30:53 by HASH0x8b2d1ec in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...contracts. France on bad faith Recently, the United States "cnn" Since, as we said a number of Chinese people can not accept things, is that we are willing to endure, willing to yield? We plan on taking the lead in the 2008.4.19 "cnn" Web site attacks, as a Chinese, please support us Plot 1, first of all, all the conditions for full, I...
 
Tags: ddos, ddos-ing cnn, cnn, ddos people, warfare, information warfare attack, attack, ddos attack, chinese script kiddies
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...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 meet those requirements. And again, we all benefit from the security improvements The only example of this model I know about is a U.S. government-wide procurement...
 
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
 
...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 meet those requirements. And again, we all benefit from the security improvements The only example of this model I know about is a U.S. government-wide procurement...
 
Tags: technologies, dual-use technologies, bad guys insecure, guys, dual, security, non-security, security improves, security improvements
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue