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Federal Information Security and Management Act -- Five Years On

2007-12-18 02:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
An anniversary recently passed amid a heightened focus in Washington, D.C. on the status of federal information security: the Federal Information Security and Management Act (FISMA) just completed its fifth year on the books as a federal law As the follow up to the Government Information Security Act of 2000, FISMA established an updated legal...
 
Tags: federal information security, management act, fisma, baseline security standards, information security community, mixed bag, federal law, focus, legal framework
 
 
 
 
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Five data leak prevention companies to watch

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Network World Staff in Network World on Security
 
Find out why it is worth watching these five data leak pervention companies
 
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Five-Year-Old Boy Detained by the TSA

2008-01-10 10:53:20 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
His name is similar to someone on the "no fly" list: A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the Consumerist reports, "When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he...
 
Tags: common sense, five-year-old boy, proper procedure, interview kip hawley, terrorist, procedure, national security risk, terrorist alias, tsa
 
 
 
 
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New Paper "Five basic mistakes of security policy"

2008-02-29 09:14:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Here is a new paper I wrote for ComputerWorld called 'Five basic mistakes of security policy." The actual mistakes are Not having a policy Not updating the security policy Not tracking compliance with the security policy Having a "tech only" policy Having a policy that is large and unwieldy Indeed, the stuff is pretty basic, but that is...
 
Tags: policy, security policy, basic mistakes, pretty basic, actual mistakes, paper, compliance, org, tech
 
 
 
 
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The Five Year Business Dream

2008-03-06 01:33:19 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
Its true, I read about it in one of those productivity blogs you know; the ones that are so compelling that they actually make you totally unproductive while reading them. Boom boom, hes on all night ladies and gentlemen. The gist of the post was that you should write down your five year goal in
 
Tags: productivity blogs, boom boom, night ladies, goal, gist, post, true, unproductive
 
 
 
 
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Top five information security blog posts

2008-05-05 11:56:34 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
Here are my top five information security related blog posts of the moment 1) ID theft Facebook and MSN exploited by Kai Roer. This is a great example of a malware infection resulting in a compromised Facebook account and the resulting damage that can be done. There are plenty of other Facebook related stories around at the moment including this...
 
Tags: security, information security, equal security, schneiers security mindset, facebook, facebook account, blog posts, theft facebook, security returns
 
 
 
 
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Five IRS employees charged with snooping at tax records

2008-05-16 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Five employees in a California office of the Internal Revenue service have been charged with illegally accessing files of taxpayers
 
Tags: internal revenue service, california office, employees, files, taxpayers
 
 
 
 
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Five IRS employees charged with snooping at tax records

2008-05-18 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472e50 in Network World on Security
 
Five federal workers at an Internal Revenue Service office in California have been charged with computer fraud for illegally accessing the confidential records of taxpayers
 
Tags: federal workers, confidential records, computer fraud, california, taxpayers
 
 
 
 
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Five free pen-testing tools

2008-05-27 06:22:14 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Security assessment and deep testing don't require a big budget. Some of most effective security tools are free, and are commonly used by professional consultants, private industry and government security practitioners. We provide you with five to grow on
 
Tags: effective security tools, government security practitioners, professional consultants, free, security assessment, deep, require, industry, budget
 
 
 
 
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Five effective ways to burglar-proof your laptop

2008-06-05 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News