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Fundamentalism in Risk & Security

2008-07-08 13:16:04 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...essential things I think our industry needs to sort out before it can move on towards a more scientific view of the world. And by sort out of course, I mean agree with me on CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG 1 - Can we agree that risk is a probability issue Now obviously, you can retreat in probability theory a century or so and claim that risk is...
 
Tags: risk, share, share specific data, data, agree, probability issue, rob writes, rob, security
 
 
 
 
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Intellectual Property- what is it and how do we secure it?

2007-12-29 06:43:45 by Editor in Security Links
 
...essential reading. It provides country-by-country information of the particular patent laws operating in that country, as well as providing information on how to maximise your patent rights in that country Patent searching can often be a difficult task: you can pay third party organisations to undertake searches for you, or you can do it...
 
Tags: intellectual property, treaties, international patent treaties, major copyright agreements, agreements, copyright, rights, intellectual property rights, copyright legislation
 
 
 
 
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Stay Current? - I don't think so

2008-06-23 19:57:12 by HASH0x8c193d4 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Essential Guide to NAC ", in ITSecurity.com. It is by John Edwards and dated June 23, 2008. It was pretty much the usual about NAC. In line, out of band, agent based and agentless, yada, yada, yada. At the end of the article was a list of "market leaders" including Vernier Networks and a few other smaller NAC vendors. Now as we all know...
 
Tags: nac, nac business, stay current, current, nac vendors, essential guide, vernier networks, john edwards, vernier
 
 
 
 
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Mashup of the Titans

2008-06-25 17:29:25 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...essential Gelernter 9. The computing future is based on "cyberbodies" self-contained, neatly-ordered, beautifully-laid-out collections of information, like immaculate giant gardens Conclusion(gp): So far, so good Saltzer and Schroeder b) Fail-safe defaults: Base access decisions on permission rather than exclusion. This principle,...
 
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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Cloudsecurity.org Interviews Guido van Rossum: Google App Engine, Python and Security

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2008-07-01 19:03:10 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...essential or at least useful for a large number of users; otherwise wed exclude it cloudsecurity.org: What do you see as the security risks inherent in exposing an interpreter runtime in a shared environment GvR: I presume youre asking about risks to users, like providing accidental access to data belonging to another app. Weve taken...
 
Tags: app engine, google app engine, app, app engine treatment, security, app engine project, app engine crew, secure app engine, security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Ask the Auditor: Who is Responsible for Information Security?

2007-12-29 06:24:50 by Editor in Security Links
 
...Essential Board Practices , from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NASD 5. Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) , and IT Governance Institute 6. AuditNet 7. The Global Technology Audit Guides (GTAG 8. The Canadian Federal Government Internal Audit Guides Audit of Information Technology Security Audit of...
 
Tags: information, information security, information policy, information security risks, information assurance, information security governance, information security managers, information security management, assign information security
 
 
 
 
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2007-12-24 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Essential Computer Security Predictions for 2008
 
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Show 013 - An Interview with Ross Anderson

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2007-04-13 20:33:21 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...essential to security engineering. They close out by examining the security implications of wearing a kilt Ross Anderson Light Blue Touchpaper - A security blog by Cambridge computer scientists Security Engineering - Ross groundbreaking book in print and online WEIS 2007 - Sixth Workshop on the Economics of Information Security RFID and the...
 
Tags: ross, security, information security, ross anderson, address security, security blog, ross discuss, excellent book, book
 
 
 
 
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Missing University of Akron portable hard drive

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2008-01-14 11:33:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...essential to notify students and graduates even though ''we believe this incident puts them at low risk of identity theft Students and graduates received Federal Trade Commission guidelines to help guard against identity theft and a UA phone numbers and Web address to ask additional questions Notable Comment at the Akron Beacon Journal So...
 
Tags: akron, portable, portable hard drive, hard drive, secure data destruction, data, akron beacon journal, university, akron permits
 
 
 
 
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Security vs. Privacy

2008-01-29 05:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." It's also true that those who would give up privacy for security are likely to end up with neither This essay originally appeared on Wired.com
 
Tags: privacy, security, security affects privacy, people, people choose security, choose security, anti-privacy, afford privacy, security theater