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Audit/Monitor Controls or Audit/Monitor BEFORE Control?

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2008-02-28 11:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...controls after you put them in place; you monitor after you have authentication and authorization taken care of and you detect the violations after you organized your administration The paper even had the following picture, which is presented here to illustrate the point source: Forrester paper named above The paper clarifies: "With people...
 
Tags: audit, broadly includes audit, broadly, includes, audit whatsoever, full-blown audit capability, paper, paper clarifies, controls
 
 
 
 
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Unencrypted/Unauthenticated Wireless Control Systems Are a Very Bad Idea

2008-01-11 20:33:14 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
A Polish teenager derailed a tram after building his own remote control to hack the control system. Best quote Transport command and control systems are commonly designed by engineers with little exposure or knowledge about security using commodity electronics and a little native wit
 
Tags: control systems, control system, remote control, polish teenager, transport command, native wit, commodity electronics, knowledge, exposure
 
 
 
 
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Kill Switches and Remote Control

2008-07-01 06:48:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...control your computers -- and televisions and iPods and everything else -- to ensure that you didn't violate any copyright rules. But now everyone else wants to get their hooks into your gear. OnStar will soon include the ability for the police to shut off your engine remotely. Buses are getting the same capability , in case terrorists want...
 
Tags: wireless devices, devices, devices inevitably, digital manners policies, prevent, prevent security cameras, difficult security, cameras, prevent students
 
 
 
 
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The role of control depth in assessment quality

2007-09-12 12:17:00 by Bryan in practical risk management
 
...control... there was no insight into the underlying quality of the control and whether it had actual value If you want to check boxes, surface audits are fine. But if you want to understand your true security exposure, you have to dig deeper. It's not enough to ask whether regular backups are taken and stored offsite. You have to ask how...
 
Tags: audit, external sox audit, physical security, security audit, questions, pretty in-depth questions, dig deeper, control, surface
 
 
 
 
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Windows Integrity Control (WIC) in Vista

2008-04-01 10:39:15 by Joel Scambray, Hacking Exposed Windows in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
BitLocker and User Account Control have gotten lots of hype, as new security features in Vista. But what about Windows Integrity Control? Learn about WIC in this excerpt from Hacking Windows Exposed: Microsoft Windows Security Secrets and Solutions
 
Tags: windows, windows integrity control, user account control, security features, wic, vista, excerpt, hype, bitlocker
 
 
 
 
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The physical access control project planner

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b43198 in Network World on Security
 
...control systems. Looking especially at the full cycle of implementation from the end-user's standpoint, this primer highlights the important and often unforeseen issues that frequently accompany access control projects. Planning for these common issues frequently translates into saved time, resources, and investment, whereas a lack of...
 
Tags: issues, common issues frequently, lead cost overruns, saved time, implementation, unreliable system, primer highlights, fundamental information, lost time
 
 
 
 
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Take Back Control of Your Personal Data: 50 Tips

2008-06-11 01:54:04 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...control of your personal info From Inside CRM Internet scams, phishing, identity theft and other attacks that exploit your personal data are always a threat when you shop online, set up an email account, use a credit card, manage an online bank account or carry your Social Security card. There is hope, however, for fighting these threats, and...
 
Tags: personal data, online bank account, online, article deals, secure web browser, web browser, article, shop online, internet scams
 
 
 
 
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Creating a custom control panel in Windows Vista

2008-06-12 18:48:07 by Brien Posey in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
While Microsoft's Control Panel in Windows Vista is more complex than its predecessors, admins can create a custom control panel to quickly find the icons they want
 
Tags: control panel, custom control panel, windows vista, admins, predecessors, complex, icons, quickly, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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RBAC Standard Rationale: Comments on "A Critique of the ANSI Standard on Role-Based Access Control"

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
As the authors of the original proposal for the role-based access control (RBAC) standard and developers of the models from which it derives, the authors respond here to Ninghui Li, Ji-Won Byun, and Elisa Bertino's critique, which also appears in this issue. This is an opportune time in the revision cycle to introduce proposals for changes to...
 
Tags: standard, access control, authors respond, authors, revision cycle, critique, rbac, introduce proposals, ji-won byun