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Measure the effectiveness of awareness efforts

2008-04-27 08:32:03 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...efforts. With 70 percent of all security incidents originating inside company walls, this is a given. What isn't as clear is how to measure the effectiveness of awareness efforts. How does a security manager know, and how can she demonstrate to senior management, that employees actually 'get it
 
Tags: awareness efforts, inside company walls, information protection efforts, security manager, security incidents, effectiveness, employee awareness, senior management, measure
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Google's online security efforts

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2007-05-21 09:43:00 by A Googler in Google Online Security Blog
...efforts related to online security. Among the issues we'll tackle is malware , which is the subject of our inaugural post Malware -- surreptitious software capable of stealing sensitive information from your computer -- is increasingly spreading over the web. Visiting a compromised web server with a vulnerable browser or plugins can result...
 
Tags: activity, malware activity, web servers, servers, malware, anti- malware effort, malware distribution servers, sites, web sites
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft highlights efforts to police the Net

2008-04-28 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft spends millions of dollars each year developing security products that it gives to law enforcement agencies, knowing that it may not make any money directly in return. The work is part of the company's efforts to be a good corporate citizen, although there are also some business benefits from the work it does
 
Tags: law enforcement agencies, microsoft spends millions, business benefits, money directly, efforts, security products, return, dollars, company
 
 
 
 
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Marketers mucking up data-privacy efforts

2008-06-23 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Corporate data-privacy specialists think theyre influencing their organizations to safeguard customers sensitive personal information but marketers are often undercutting their efforts, according to a new survey
 
Tags: efforts, data-privacy specialists, marketers, survey, organizations
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Google's online security efforts

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2007-05-21 09:43:00 by A Googler in Google Online Security Blog
...efforts related to online security. Among the issues we'll tackle is malware , which is the subject of our inaugural post Malware -- surreptitious software capable of stealing sensitive information from your computer -- is increasingly spreading over the web. Visiting a compromised web server with a vulnerable browser or plugins can result...
 
Tags: activity, malware activity, web servers, servers, malware, anti- malware effort, malware distribution servers, sites, web sites
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Google's online security efforts

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2007-05-21 09:43:00 by A Googler in Google Online Security Blog
...efforts related to online security. Among the issues we'll tackle is malware , which is the subject of our inaugural post Malware -- surreptitious software capable of stealing sensitive information from your computer -- is increasingly spreading over the web. Visiting a compromised web server with a vulnerable browser or plugins can result...
 
Tags: activity, malware activity, web servers, servers, malware, anti- malware effort, malware distribution servers, sites, web sites
 
 
 
 
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Anti-Debugging Series - Part III

2009-01-07 20:54:48 by Tyler Shields in Zero in a bit
 
...efforts. The first parameter is a HANDLE to the target process that we wish to interrogate. Since we are trying to determine information about our own process, we will use a HANDLE that points to ourselves. By default, a HANDLE value of -1 will instruct the function to use the current process as the target. The second parameter is a value...
 
Tags: api based, api, api calls, function, function call takes, pointer, function pointer, call, function prototype
 
 
 
 
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Three computers at the University of Colorado are compromised

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2008-04-30 08:54:01 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...efforts under way across campus to address computer security," stated Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson We will continue and strengthen our security efforts and hold our departments accountable for their success Evan] Excellent quote, from G.P. "Bud" Peterson. The keywords that I really like are "continue", "strengthen" and "accountable ...
 
Tags: store confidential information, information, store personal information, information security efforts, security efforts, efforts, address computer security, computers, computer security
 
 
 
 
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Ask the Auditor: Who is Responsible for Information Security?

2007-12-29 06:24:50 by Editor in Security Links
 
...efforts are supported and understood across the organization. Executive management must also dedicate sufficient resources to allow controls to be effective 2) The board of directors must provide oversight at a level above other business managers. The directors role in information security is to ask managers the right questions and encourage...
 
Tags: information, information security, information policy, information security risks, information assurance, information security governance, information security managers, information security management, assign information security