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Launch of Pragmatic CSO

2007-01-06 07:40:22 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...CSO book manuscript 1. This book is a must have for any CSO 2. Extremely practical approach of spearheading security initiative 3. Teaches you to look at security from the business perspective You can buy this book at: http://www.pragmaticcso.com Mike Rothman says: So what's next? The Pragmatic CSO community will launch in February. Not only...
 
 
 
 
 
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Book Review: The Pragmatic CSO

2008-01-02 15:24:45 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...CSO as an addict. CSOs have a tendency to live on the edge. Closer to that of a life of a fire fighter than that of an executive. He tries to break the bad habits by discouraging the old school attitude that the security community tends to have - forgetting the modern day reality of monetary gain as a key motivator for malicious hacking At...
 
 
 
 
 
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EMC CSO shares lessons learned from protecting storage giant

2008-01-17 00:00:00 by Bob Brown in Network World on Security
 
EMCs CSO shares security lessons, including encrypting laptops and using security information management tools
 
 
 
 
 
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10 steps to loading dock security

2008-10-06 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b599c4 in Network World on Security
 
It's the stuff of CSO nightmares. Early on the morning of Sept. 2, while most folks were home sleeping off the hot dogs, thieves used bolt cutters to break into an Alltel Communications warehouse and four of its loading docks in Fort Smith, Ark. Sources say they escaped with an estimated US$10 million worth of cell phones, not a bad haul for...
 
 
 
 
 
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Security Incident Strikes and You are on the Hot Seat..

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2007-07-27 07:00:39 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...CSO or the CSO firing the security team members should be avoided. The facts around the event should be enumerated and the incident should be dealt with pragmatically [refer Pragmatic CSO : Step #8 Contain the Problem]. Security incidents are breakdowns. When there is a nasty security incidents here are some facts There is a business cost...
 
 
 
 
 
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Show 024 - An Interview with Mary Ann Davidson

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2008-03-14 18:26:36 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...CSO role, Oracles Unbreakable campaign, why everyone needs training in secure coding, and how military history informs computer security. They also talk about how a young CSO-to-be got her first library card Mary Ann Davidsons blog Unbreakable Linux Lone Survivor
 
 
 
 
 
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Data Theft "Russian-Style"

2008-03-24 13:43:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...CSO Summit about data theft "Russian-style So, you are a CSO for a major org (say a government agency, a bank or an Internet provider); you walk down the street and pass a typical street vendor selling books, software, etc. Suddenly you see "a database on DVD" for sale. You look closely and - oops! - it is your customer database with names,...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Conscious Competence Security Model

2007-10-05 12:44:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...CSO article and Richard's blog post I think that most companies in the survey are at step number 2 moving (hopefully) to step 3 My feeling is that most companies are at stage 1 with a resistance to move to stage 2. Companies that are at stage 1 would (probably) not be a part of the CSO magazine community. I think that very few companies...
 
 
 
 
 
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Needed: Agency CSOs

2008-06-26 12:49:33 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
 
...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 security: in reality, they work for the CIO and only have scope over what the CIO manages: data centers, networks, servers, desktops,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Hansei and the CISO

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2008-09-16 17:47:47 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
...CSO Jill Knesek wrote an article called Keys to establishing an end-to-end security strategy which begs some discussion within context, and 2.) Sara Peters on Twitter last night wanted to know why I thought risk management requires more than what most best practices around the subject suggest the effort requires WHAT SHOULD WE BE REFLECTING...