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Good Economist Article on Software Security

2008-03-17 08:54:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...Economist ran their Technology Quarterly series and had a great piece on software security, quality. The title was " Software that makes software better The Technology Quarterly is a great read that covers quite a number of new/evolving areas of technology such as improvements in battery design/lifetime, new pico-projectors, and this time a...
 
Tags: software, software security, software equivalent, software assurance metrics, technology quarterly series, technology quarterly, security, software quality, technology
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Digital Responsibility

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2008-01-26 16:22:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...Economist Audio Edition on my iPod while running. Last week I listened to a special report on Corporate Social Responsibility . I was struck by the language used and issues discussed in the report. Here are a few excepts First, from Just good business Why the boom [in CSR initiatives]? For a number of reasons, companies are having to work...
 
Tags: companies, prudent companies include, companies csr, industry, csr industry, csr, csr policy, people, csr people
 
 
 
 
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Bankers: Welcome to Our World

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2008-05-24 01:32:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...Economist on the Peril of Models and then Wall Street Clowns and Their Models in September. Now I read a fascinating follow-up in last week's Economist titled Professionally Gloomy . I found these excerpts striking R]isk managers are... aware that they are having to base their decisions on imperfect information. The crisis has underlined not...
 
Tags: risk management, improve risk management, risk, risk chief, risk system, risk managers lies, market risk, risk-management toolkit, credit risk
 
 
 
 
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Two Studies on Security Spending

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2008-03-27 01:37:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...Economist , specifically Anti-terrorist spending: Feel safer now? . The article summarizes a report ( Transnational Terrorism , [.pdf]) by The Copenhagen Consensus , a think tank that analyzes government spending. The Economist says The authors of the study calculate that worldwide spending on homeland security has risen since 2001 by...
 
Tags: security, cyber-security resources, security breaches, track security performance, service, secureworks siem service, secureworks, security program, in-house 24x7 security
 
 
 
 
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BPL Powers Down

2008-05-05 09:59:43 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...Economist based in large part on an enormous deployment that was contracted and underway in Texas, and a contract that had just been signed in France. These two events seemed like they would catalyze BPL. About 18 months later, the Current Communicatins and TXU (now Oncor) Electric Delivery deal, which was expected to pass 2m homes by the end...
 
Tags: bpl, bpl equipment, bpl service, catalyze bpl, fcc, favorable fcc, oncor, network deployment, network
 
 
 
 
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TAKING RISK ON BOARD. How global business leaders view risk

2007-12-29 06:34:05 by Editor in Security Links
 
...Economist Intelligence Unit That business risks are proliferating in an increasingly competitive world is beyond dispute. Risks to business continuity and to intangible assets such as intellectual property and reputation are rising as the economy becomes ever more global At the same time, the post-Enron era has brought heightened focus on the...
 
Tags: business leaders, risk, economist intelligence unit, extensive desk research, paper explores, increasingly competitive world, responsibility, business risks, risks
 
 
 
 
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What Constitutes A $7B Control Failure?

2008-01-25 16:01:33 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
...Economist , etc.) were all over 31-year-old Jérôme Kerviel, the trader at Frances Société Générale who has apparently confessed to fraudulent trades resulting in an estimated loss of roughly $7.2 billion In further coverage , we hear that the bank has apologized to share holders, filed legal claims against Kerviel, and promised the...
 
Tags: wall street journal, control failure, risk, 31-year-old jrme kerviel, companys risk management, story, kerviel, story reminds, coverage
 
 
 
 
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See, they ain't that scientific either

2008-02-25 13:42:29 by Paul Stamp in Security & Risk Management
 
...Economist about a conference for the Ameican Securitization Forum - the wonfderful people that brought us all these complex debt products that are giving banks no end of bellyache. Ironically the conference was held in Las Vegas, and a wonderful quote came from hedge fund manager John Devaney, who said "I'd like to thank the market for...
 
Tags: risk management, information risk management, information risk, risk, information risk professionals, risk models, model risk effectively, direct hit, quote
 
 
 
 
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Award Winners #2

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2008-03-31 23:30:00 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
...Economist Tyler Moore and Richard Clayton, most notable publication 2008
 
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700 MHz Winners Talk: Google, AT&T, Verizon

2008-04-04 11:45:52 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...economist notes in the Times article that Google now only has to spend "$1 million a year on a law firm to ensure Verizon lives up to the openness requirements AT&T didn't bid on the C Block that Google was discussing, a set of licenses that provide national coverage in a few easy pieces. Rather, they focused on acquiring 700 MHz spectrum...
 
Tags: verizon, mhz spectrum auction, mhz spectrum, verizon wireless, google, auction, ensure verizon lives, spectrum, att