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Reputation Damage & Measurement

2008-08-22 14:33:56 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...difficult concepts to build measurements around. In fact, it can be difficult to develop the actual metrics for the measurements, as well. Damage to things like corporate reputation and goodwill and brand equity can be difficult to wrap even reasonable dollar estimates around (When I use FAIR, I really only care to use one metric when...
 
Tags: stock, helphire stock, reputation damage, reputation, stock price, damage, email, email account, malicious email
 
 
 
 
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Unauthorized access to University of Georgia server affects 4,250

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2008-01-09 15:32:57 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...difficult to track to a specific source. We have seen "hackers" use insecure computers overseas as proxies. If a proxy is used in a country that does not cooperate with law enforcement in the United States, then the investigation typically stalls due to the fact that logs and other forensic evidence is not available University officials know...
 
Tags: university, server, georgia server, university students, georgia, overseas hacker, hacker, access, server off-line
 
 
 
 
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Laptop missing from Russells Hall Hospital (UK)

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2008-02-15 14:08:13 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...difficult Evan] I would not say that accessing the information would be difficult Clearly this is a serious issue Evan] Clearly We take precautions to try to protect all the I.T. equipment in our hospitals from theft, but given that this is a public building with thousands of people accessing it every day, there are inevitably practical...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, data, data protection, information security, data encryption software, russells hall hospital, hospital
 
 
 
 
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Terrible animal abuse caught on video at Westland/Hallmark meat company

2008-02-19 17:01:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...difficult for anyone to have watched the CNN video yesterday morning regarding animal abuse at the Westland/Hallmark meat processing plant and to not have felt outraged The video, which was covertly recorded by a factory employee, showed cows being pushed, dragged and prodded in order to get them into the slaughter house. As was obvious from...
 
Tags: meat company, meat, video, yesterday, cnn video yesterday, fast food chains, low standards, fast food restaurants, unscrupulous business practices
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch

2008-06-26 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...difficult security problem even in its simplest form. Distributing that system among a variety of different devices -- computers, phones, PDAs, cameras, recorders -- with different firmware and manufacturers, is even more difficult. Not to mention delegating different levels of authority to various agencies, enterprises, industries and...
 
Tags: security, wireless devices, devices, prevent, prevent security cameras, difficult security, cameras, prevent students, difficult
 
 
 
 
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Kill Switches and Remote Control

2008-07-01 06:48:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...difficult security problem even in its simplest form. Distributing that system among a variety of different devices -- computers, phones, PDAs, cameras, recorders -- with different firmware and manufacturers, is even more difficult. Not to mention delegating different levels of authority to various agencies, enterprises, industries and...
 
Tags: wireless devices, devices, devices inevitably, digital manners policies, prevent, prevent security cameras, difficult security, cameras, prevent students
 
 
 
 
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Social Security Administration lists live people in the Death Master File

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2008-07-07 08:44:12 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...difficult, but it would consider doing so Evan] There are many practices to secure information that "might be difficult", but this is not a good excuse. Life "might be difficult", so what The agency agreed with the other recommendations Commentary The use of Social Security numbers as personal identifiers as well as authenticators seems to...
 
Tags: information, secure information, social security, social security administration, personal information, information online, dmf information, death master file, ssa
 
 
 
 
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Lloyds TSB warning may panic some customers

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2008-01-05 00:47:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...difficult to detect and you may have downloaded this unknowingly. It can compromise your use of the internet banking service on your PC including your Lloyds TSB passwords and memorable information Lloyds said a small number of customers received the letter but would not give details of the exact number, the type of Trojan or how it...
 
Tags: lloyds, lloyds tsb customers, customers, lloyds tsb, lloyds tsb passwords, internet login details, internet, information, information security professionals
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Power Networks

2008-01-22 14:24:55 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...difficult to know, because they pay to keep it a secret," Paller says. "This kind of extortion is the biggest untold story of the cybercrime industry And to up the fear factor : The prospect of cyberattacks crippling multicity regions appears to have prompted the government to make this information public. The issue "went from 'we should be...
 
Tags: power, power companies, companies, cia actively, power outages, cia, cia rumor, disrupt power equipment, attacks
 
 
 
 
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Nobody Is That Dumb ... Oh, Wait IX

2008-02-05 07:44:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...difficult to assess, but it is not difficult to imagine that it has been large Ummm, no! I think people rightly don't care and will continue to shop at TJX. In the event of card abuse, one 10 minute call to your CC issuer solves the problem; a new card arrives in a few days. Magic I bet the opposite will happen: this will prove that you can...