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Follow-Up Webinar on Information Risk

2008-07-02 14:18:37 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...follow on WebEx presentation that builds on the content from the first webEx we just did. And so were going to be doing that on July 31, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The link to sign up is >> . Note that the last preso was really well attended, filling the slots Cisco gave us Were calling this part II - and its being advertised as How to conduct a...
 
Tags: webex, original webex, webex presentation, risk analysis, quantitative risk analysis, presentation, senior management, post, slots cisco
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...follow guidance for home users at our Security at Home site . This is an excellent resource, with information on how to protect your computer, yourself, and your family. However, we cant do it alonewe need your help! Maybe its already happened to many of you; if not, itll happen soon: youll become a security consultant for your FFN. Thats...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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205 University of Wisconsin employees exposed

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2008-01-21 14:44:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...follow the Wisconsin "breach" notification law Rust acknowledged that although the faculty and staff names may not have been included in the information that was disclosed, in many cases their identity could be gleaned from their e-mail addresses, which usually consist of all or part of an individual's name, and from online directories that...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security vulnerabilities, social, include social security, security, identifiable information serves, information security personnel, computer shop
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from NHLBI contained personal health information

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2008-03-24 22:13:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...followed or enforced? There should be penalties for non-compliance Although the laptop was turned off and password-protected, so that retrieving the confidential information would require considerable computer sophistication, the NHLBI recognizes that such information should not have been stored in an unencrypted form on a laptop computer...
 
Tags: information, nhlbi, financial information, medical information, laptop computers, nhlbi laptop computers, confidential information, government laptop computer, government
 
 
 
 
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Let's Not Let the Security Staff Become the SocGen Scapegoat

2008-02-25 17:47:53 by Posted By: Jay Heiser, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...follow even the simplest security procedures. Sharing of logins on the trading floor is the normal way that they do business. These are people who do not follow the rules. Not only do they not follow the rules, but their management and the bank management also feel that rules should not apply to these people The crux of that problem is that...
 
Tags: failure, governance failure, management, risk management, technology failure, bank management, staff, security staff, technology
 
 
 
 
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Can Moodys solve your third party assessment problem?

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2008-05-28 12:36:33 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
...follow its approach. Although I think this is a great idea, here are some things to keep in mind as you evaluate this service for your organization It can reduce the time, resources, and cost, if enough people use this service. There is no question that it would be much cheaper, less resource intensive, and a lot quicker to go through a...
 
Tags: service provider environment, service, ratings service, vir service, service providers, service provider, assessment, service provider stays, moodys
 
 
 
 
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AT&T management information on stolen laptop

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2008-06-08 18:28:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...follow," Sharp said. "It is up to the employee to ensure that any sensitive material is encrypted Evan] Really? It is "up to the employee" to ensure that sensitive material is encrypted? Most of the users I work with wouldn't know the first thing about how to encrypt information. This is why we usually implement policies, standards and...
 
Tags: information, employee, att employee, personal information, laptop, att, store confidential information, actual att correspondence, information security
 
 
 
 
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Successful 802.1X Every Time

2008-06-20 04:18:15 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...Following these steps my seem to be tedious and unnecessarily time-consuming. But, if youre just starting with 802.1X, Im offering a way to implement it in phased pieces that will give you the information to test, confirm and troubleshoot at each step To be honest, I frequently skip these steps, but Ive done many 802.1X implementations and...
 
Tags: test radius, radius, radius log activity, test, radius client, test client, time, radius server, test switch
 
 
 
 
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Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...follow-up to Windows 2000 Server, incorporating compatibility and other features from Windows XP. Unlike Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003s default installation has none of the server components enabled, to reduce the attack surface of new machines. Windows Server 2003 includes compatibility modes to allow older applications to run...
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
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Vista SP1 Goes To Manufacturing

2008-02-04 11:18:17 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...follow in April The beta testing for Vista SP1 identified a class of systems which did not work properly because of device drivers which were improperly designed. According to Microsoft, these drivers did not follow installation procedures according to guidelines. Fixing the problem will involve reinstalling the drivers, which can be done...