Of myths and security
...feels like comfort food, might turn out to be not true
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Another stolen Pennsylvania DPW computer, more victims
...feels genuine to me
The information on the computers was password protected. The information contained the names and Social Security numbers of approximately 14 clients and the names and addresses only of another 72 clients
Evan] You know my thoughts on password protection. If this breach is indicative of other computers and data-at-rest...
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2008: Time for outrage and speaking up
There wasnt enough outrage in 2007 over technology issues that should have raised our hackles. Its now the start of 2008 and nothing feels different
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Show 018 - An Interview with Eugene Spafford
...feels about so-called ethical hacking, and why auditing and compliance is an area of emerging specialization
Dr. Eugene Spafford
Spafs blog at CERIAS
Gene Spafford - Wikipedia
CERIAS - Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
Mothra - Mutation testing
PITAC - Presidents Information Technology Advisory Committee...
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The New Threat Modeling Process
...feels that way, and we ask teams to threat model so that they can find and mitigate threats. A threat model document with great diagrams and lots of threats isnt very useful if you dont take the key step of addressing the issues you find. There are four ways to do that
a. Redesign to eliminate threats
b. Use standard mitigations, such as...
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Security vs. Privacy
...feels too mild
The article (now online here ) contains this passage : In order for cyberspace to be policed, internet activity will have to be closely monitored. Ed Giorgio, who is working with McConnell on the plan, said that would mean giving the government the authority to examine the content of any e-mail, file transfer or Web search....
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Finally? :-) Laptop Contents Border Searches
...feels scary
More discussion is here and on - wow! - TSA blog
About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
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Michael Vick's journey from the NFL to a jail cell
...feels to go from being a NFL superstar to a Felon, but I bet it can't be easy
There's not much upside to this story either. The sentencing Judge, Henry E. Hudson, was not buying the idea that it had been a "momentary lack of judgement." He described Vick as being a "full partner" in the crime. He also told him that he owed an apology to the...
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The wrong kind of empowerment reduces security and puts the organization at risk
Two really good examples of why you should not ingnore insider threats popped up this week in Florida (click HERE) and in France (click HERE). When an employee feels threatened by the organization or their management, you have to expect that they will at least consider using whatever leverage they have at their disposal. So, its
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Risk of Knowing Too Much About Risk
...feels safer. "We have to work real hard in the presence of images to get the analytical part of risk response to work in our brains," says Slovic. "It's not easy at all
And we're making it harder by disclosing more risks than ever to more people than ever. Not only does all of this disclosure make us feel helpless, but it also gives us ever...