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The Medici Effect

2008-02-27 21:07:11 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
I rarely recommend a book before I have finished it but rarely does one come along that captivates me like the Medici Effect. The last was probably Crossing the Chasm. The Medici Effect is a book after my own heart. Its all about innovation and how we can develop and advance various disciplines by learning
 
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Oh No! Security Metrics!

2008-04-18 12:43:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...effect: fewer security bugs up front Design decisions based on threat models (Net effect: fewer security design bugs up front Cannot use known insecure APIs (Net effect: fewer security bugs up front Use of static analysis tools (Net effect: fewer security bugs enter the central source code repository Cannot use known weak crypto primitives...
 
Tags: bugs, implementation bugs, fewer security bugs, fewer, security bugs include, security, metrics, security metrics, security bugs
 
 
 
 
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Email footers now required by EU

2007-03-01 07:25:43 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...effect requiring companies to add their company address, registration number and VAT number to all business emails or risk a fine. In the UK and Germany this law came into effect on January 1, 2007 but in other countries such as the Netherlands this law was already passed in 2006. More information on the new requirements for UK companies can...
 
Tags: law, european union directive, out-law, business emails, company address, effect, companies, website, vat
 
 
 
 
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US Government planning to spend 10% of its IT budget on cyber-security by 2009.

2008-02-25 13:59:58 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...effect the morale of the people and ultimately effect the economy. We have already seen reports of government backed cyber-espionage and with time, it will only increase 2. Some government agencies need more budget than the others . Two-thirds of the increase in 2009 cyber-security budget can be attributed to the Department of Transportation....
 
Tags: cyber-security, budget, cyber-security budget, security, government, measure security, security budgets, mature security postures, government infrastructure
 
 
 
 
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PR Storm - Mass iFRAME Injectable Attacks

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2008-03-17 17:54:21 by HASH0x8b5dc70 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...effect of incidents such as XSS on indexed sites. They also share our opinion on the reality of XSS and its affects on web browsing: "Google recommends that sites fix their cross-site scripting vulnerabilities as a priority. These can be abused in a number of ways, including bad interactions with search engines. Google is helping by reaching...
 
Tags: massive iframe attack, iframe attack, attack, attack vector, attack tactics, domains, malicious domains, malicious, sites
 
 
 
 
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Seat Belt Usage and Compensating Behavior

2008-04-11 13:44:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...effects of mandatory seat belt laws on driver behavior and traffic fatalities. Using a unique panel data set on seat belt usage in all U.S. jurisdictions, we analyze how such laws, by influencing seat belt use, affect the incidence of traffic fatalities. Allowing for the endogeneity of seat belt usage, we find that such usage decreases...
 
Tags: seat belt, seat belt usage, laws, seat belt laws, fatalities, traffic fatalities, inherent risk thermostat, risk, indirect adverse effect
 
 
 
 
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Measuring Vulnerability

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2008-04-14 14:31:38 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...effect, which potentially narrows the width of the threat capability curve (shown below) but likely wouldnt change its fundamental bell-shape. The good news is that this narrowing effect wouldnt alter how we measure. The bad news is that it does affect vulnerability, which we know intuitively anyway Another consideration is the fact that the...
 
Tags: threat capability curve, capability, human capability, human threat capability, describe control strength, control strength, capability curve, threat community capability, control
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...effects that are more precisely tailored to a particular target," says John Pike, director of Washington military research group GlobalSecurity.org . "And you're able to get a greater effect out of a smaller munition Reactive materials are combinations of materials that are normally stable, but, when subjected to sudden shock -- such as...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Attention - Lawyers and Private Investigators!

2008-06-25 01:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...effect the necessary service, it could be the makings of a significant lawsuit. This is what happened in Massachusetts The plaintiff in that case was awarded $3,000,000.00 when the State Court ruled that the Bermuda businessman, Donald P.Lines, had not been served by the company hired to effect the service, Boston based "Stokes & Levin". It...
 
Tags: company, company hired, process service company, serves civil papers, papers, service, server, process server, lawyers
 
 
 
 
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Are Stolen Credit Card Details Getting Cheaper?

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2008-07-15 15:36:12 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...effect of a price change in petrol, and result of which is inevitable increase of prices in every single aspect of your life, but in the underground market mostly due to the malicious economies of scale achieved, a price increase in renting a botnet would have no effect in the prices charged for the stolen credit card details obtained through...