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Cold Boot Attacks Against Disk Encryption

2008-02-21 13:29:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Nice piece of research : We show that disk encryption, the standard approach to protecting sensitive data on laptops, can be defeated by relatively simple methods. We demonstrate our methods by using them to defeat three popular disk encryption products: BitLocker, which comes with Windows Vista; FileVault, which comes with MacOS X; and...
 
Tags: main memory chips, memory, todays dram memories, dram, dram contents, memory contents, disk encryption, hard, hard disk contents
 
 
 
 
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Wakeup Call for Risk Management

2008-09-19 10:11:09 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
Blogger: Dan Blum With the crisis in financial markets still unfolding, it is important to draw what lessons we can from the experience. Since the roots of the crisis lie in a monumental failure of risk management, its important to understand more about what happened, and then draw some parallels to our business risk management and IT risk...
 
Tags: risk management, risk management debacle, risk management failure, failure, risk management realistic, business risk management, risk management models, risk, risk management situations
 
 
 
 
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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
At the risk of sounding like a preacher, I would like to share this short story. Many of us, ACT only when bad news hits the roof and at the point we dont ACT pragmatically since we did not plan for it! We recently attended a friends daughters birthday party. Before heading to the party, I printed out the driving directions from the Internet....
 
Tags: incident, security incident, incident playbook, incident management plan, earthquake incident, sound incident, security incidents, nasty security incidents, plan
 
 
 
 
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IT - Show Me Where to Spend the Money

2008-07-24 13:21:37 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
A recent Goldman Sachs report explains the results of the companys survey of 100 IT execs (mostly CIOs). IT spending growth will slip from 7 percent to 5 percent in 2008 An interesting excerpt CIOs have emphasized to us that they are buying on a need versus want basis, are often downsizing deals to fit with current budget constraintsIn fact,...
 
Tags: hot server virtualization, virtualization, mindshare virtualization, server virtualization, server consolidation, similar server consolidation, list, priority list, top
 
 
 
 
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Fun Financial News Economic Meltdown Overdue?

2008-09-15 17:00:07 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
Are we in the biggest and best economic recession-turned-depression since the 1930s If you look at the news, youll see layoffs, buyouts, bankruptcy, going-out-of-business there are a lot of companies in trouble right now Ebay laying off around 1500 workers Corbis Cutting 170 Jobs, as its start-up rival Photoshelter closes its doors Washington...
 
Tags: fewer jobs, jobs, tumble, stocks tumble, freddie mac, economic, favorite political, tough times, fannie mae
 
 
 
 
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XBOX 360 Dies Again

2007-08-26 21:57:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
Two days ago my XBOX 360 quit working after a few minutes of play and started blinking red. I checked out the error message online and it seems to be a simple overheating issue. I contacted Microsoft, and they agreed to fix the console (only 6 months old), but that it would take 3 to 5 days to send me a box to ship it to them in, and then...
 
Tags: fan shroud, fan, rear fan, replacement talismoon fan, days ago, fix, days, xbox, gpu
 
 
 
 
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Zune Killer App - Windows Media Center

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2007-11-26 21:55:40 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
I admit it, I did not buy a Zune last year when they were first released. I don't have a large music collection and I'm generally happy listening to the radio to get my music fix, or the digital music channels available from my cable company, if you will However, as some of you may realize from my previous postings (Vista Media Center Part 1 ,...
 
Tags: zune, apple tv, apple, tv, tv movies, zune software, zune tv comparison, media center, windows media center
 
 
 
 
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Orthogonal Blogging at the SOA Horse Races

2008-01-20 06:30:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
Dear friend Opher Etzion responds to my post Betting on the SOA Horse with a discussion on how SOA, EDA and CEP are technically orthogonal, concluding Event Processing can have different interactions with SOA, and when IBMs announcements in this area will be available youll realize that there are different entry points. Event processing can also...
 
Tags: real, real-world, real business solutions, soa, soa horse, real business, software, software companies, customers
 
 
 
 
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Recession brings a downturn in security spending and jobs

2008-02-13 10:58:30 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
Many financial indicators are pointing to a looming global recession. This means that companies will be tightening their belts and drastically cutting down on their discretionary spending. What does this mean for information security industry? And what can CISOs do to recession proof their security programs This means leaner security...
 
Tags: security, information security, information security professionals, businesses, security businesses, fund security projects, real security folk, information security industry, security budgets
 
 
 
 
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Living Large: Small Companies Yield Big Results with Web Collaboration

2008-02-28 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Webex) Virtual collaboration and online meeting technologies are advancing the reach of small/medium businesses, allowing them to access a greater number of people, land more sales and better educate consumers and business partners while cutting costs. Learn how you can reap the benefits