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Links for 2008-04-03 [del.icio.us]

2008-04-04 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Information Security as Insurance Security Thoughts: Information Security, Governance, Compliance and Safety Belts I have seen a lot of complaints about PCI and SOX etc etc in the same way that people complain about "self protection" laws like safety belt laws The Evolution of Compliance Technology - Sarbox Survival Guide William Vambenepes blog...
 
Tags: security, security professional, tenable network security, compliance, compliance reasons, information security, compliance mistakes, compliance technology, safety belt laws
 
 
 
 
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Password Expiration: Like Margarine and Water?

2008-05-27 00:00:00 by Dr. Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
We often swallow ideas that we needn't or shouldn't. Take the onetime urging of nutritionists to substitute margarine for butter in the cause of cardiovascular health. When this advice was first circulating, most margarines contained high quantities of trans fats, concoctions that have turned out to be so harmful - to the heart, among other...
 
Tags: water, margarine, password expiration, 8x8 water doctrine, cardiovascular health, advice, substitute margarine, similar dogma applies, health
 
 
 
 
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Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
Information Security - an Oxymoron for the information age Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. e. e. cummings or why i am with Gelernter This is a mashup of Saltzer & Schroeder's famous information security principles with David Gelernter's Manifesto The premise of this mashup is to examine the paper by Saltzer and...
 
Tags: protection mechanisms, protection mechanisms correctly, information security, information, implements protection mechanisms, information travels, information security people, protection, potential information path
 
 
 
 
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The Breach Blog November Review

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2007-12-04 13:55:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach The Breach Blog Month in Review November, 2007 Thirty-nine (39) breaches were reported on the The Breach Blog during the month of November, 2007 compared with thirty-five (35) during the month of October. November ranks second to September (44) in the number of breaches reported in a month, since The Breach Blog...
 
Tags: breach, breach report, popular breach type, breach blog month, breach blog, november, security breach, single breach, breach offender
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #69

2007-07-24 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Click here to listen/download (10:55 Speaking of Security Blogger, Shannon Kellogg , interviews Hord Tipton, former CIO of the U.S. Department of Interior . Hord shares a bit about how he led the reorganization and development the Department's IT infrastructure across eight major bureaus and how his focus moved more and more toward information...
 
Tags: interviews hord tipton, information security initiatives, department, focus moved, security blogger, major bureaus, hord shares, shannon kellogg, led
 
 
 
 
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Security World: Eight security New Years resolutions for network managers

2007-12-18 12:36:48 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
2008 is expected to continue the 2007 trend of increasing size, scope, and concentration of attacks on computer networks nationwide. Attacks are increasingly more targeted as malware, worms, and other
 
Tags: computer networks nationwide, attacks, worms, concentration, malware, continue, increasingly, scope, trend
 
 
 
 
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Cracking passwords on a PlayStation

2007-12-03 16:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
I remember making a joke not long ago about my kid sister attacking a password database using her Nintendo DS. Looks like the PS3 has an architecture that makes it especially well suited for this type of attack Security researcher Nick Breese used a PS3 to crack supposedly strong eight-character passwords in hours. Typically, previous attempts...
 
Tags: password, character password, key, password database, keyspace, 256-bit aes key, 40-bit keyspace, passwords, encryption
 
 
 
 
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Show 009 - An Interview with Bruce Schneier

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2006-12-14 11:45:53 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
In the ninth episode of The Silver Bullet Podcast, Gary interviews Bruce Schneier. Bruce is the founder and CTO of Counterpane and is regarded as the uber-guru of computer security. He has written eight bestselling books, most recently Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World and is the editor of the massively popular...
 
Tags: security, security theater, software security, crypto-gram security podcast, bruce, computer security, physical security, property rights management, bruces wikipedia entry
 
 
 
 
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Group defines cyberattack prevention rules for nation's power grid

2008-01-17 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., today approved eight Critical Infrastructure Protection standards for the physical- and cybersecurity of the electric-power grid, in spite of concerns from industry about the expense of replacing older equipment that can't be patched
 
Tags: electric-power grid, expense, industry, washington, physical-, cybersecurity, concerns, equipment, spite
 
 
 
 
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Links for 2008-01-31 [del.icio.us]

2008-02-01 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
11 Truths We Hate to Admit - Desktop Security - Dark Reading Hacks, Phreaks, Worms, Tigers and Bears--Oh My - Web Exclusives - Online Column - CSO Magazine Hacks, Phreaks, Worms, Tigers and Bears--Oh My The top eight events that changed the course of computer security history (and two that didnt
 
Tags: cso magazine hacks, hacks, computer security history, tigers, online column, desktop security, phreaks, worms, web exclusives