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Who guards the guard and evolution of the hackers?

2007-11-20 14:46:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...guards the guards In analyzing this case and trends in cybercrime, Rich Mogull claims Amrit Williams has missed the main point in his blog. Williams says that cybercrooks are becoming more organized, more sophisticated, and much harder to detect with traditional security measures. Rich says Mike Rothman is more on target, when he says that...
 
Tags: hackers, guards, paypal account information, rich argues, million, mike, lesser hackers, traditional security measures, schiefer
 
 
 
 
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Time to wake up and smell the coffee - literally.

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2008-01-18 04:17:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...guards at the Oak Ridge nuclear weapons plant in Tenn. The guards are employed by WACKENHUT Services Inc The case of WACKENHUT Services Inc., sleeping guards came under scrutiny after the parent company, The WACKENHUT Corp., lost a contract to secure 10 other nuclear facilities after guards were caught sleeping at another nuclear facility in...
 
Tags: guards, facility, nuclear facility, prime terrorist target, terrorist, wackenhut services, nuclear facilities, facilities, dirty bomb
 
 
 
 
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Ssshhh......Wackenhut might be sleeping.

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2008-01-06 03:23:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...guards to protect Peach Bottom nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. He was so disturbed by Wakenhut's guards sleeping on duty that he reported it to supervisors. The supervisors told him to be a "team player Not satisfied with being told to look the other way, Mr. Beal reported the matter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Commission...
 
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Our Inherent Capability for Evil

2008-04-16 06:40:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...guards Zimbardo's volunteers were bright, liberal young men of good character, brimming with opposition to the Vietnam war and authority in general. All expressed a preference to be prisoners, a role they could relate to better. Yet within days the strong, rebellious "prisoners" had become depressed and hopeless. Two broke down emotionally,...
 
Tags: prisoners, fellow prisoners, zimbardo, tells zimbardo, dangerous prisoners, prisoners start, day, day sunday, previous day
 
 
 
 
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Why you nearly need a P.I. to help you hire a private investigator

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2008-03-01 20:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...guards company provides a copy of insurance I would even go as far to say make sure that they just dont have minimum coverage. Even though the Department of Criminal Justice mandates that security companies in Virginia only need $100,000 worth of coverage, we voluntarily carry liability insurance of $5 million. We do this to better protect...
 
Tags: local, professional associations local, local security company, company, illegal company, choose company, exspensive company, guards company, security company
 
 
 
 
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SmartWater Works

2008-01-21 12:17:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...guards scored 4.9 Of course, we don't know if the study was sponsored by SmartWater the company, and we don't know the methodology -- interviewing criminals about what deters them is fraught with potential biases -- but it's still interesting Also note that SmartWater is not only sprayed on valuables, but also sprayed on burglars and...
 
Tags: smartwater, smartwater products, deterrent, smartwater postersign, reasonable deterrent, deterrent factor, study, strong, strong deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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Thieves steal four Diocese of Providence computers

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2008-02-04 08:48:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...guards are expected to make regular rounds (~ once every hour or two) throughout the area being guarded. Eight hours is a long time for a break-in to go undetected, so an alarm system would have been very beneficial as an alert if not a deterrent One of the stolen computers (a desktop computer, not a laptop) contained a substantial amount of...
 
Tags: diocese, providence, computers, roman catholic diocese, catholic school employees, employees, providence police department, police, catholic schools office
 
 
 
 
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The Funniest Windows Firewall Spoof Image

2008-02-11 18:20:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
This is the truth. Microsoft's firewall guards the front door while everyone and everything get in from every other direction
 
Tags: firewall guards, front door, direction, microsoft, truth
 
 
 
 
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Lost laptop = Lost data!

2007-08-18 08:28:15 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...guards help prevent people from peeking over your shoulder as you work on sensitive information in a public place. This is especially helpful when you're traveling or need to work in a crowded area. This screen guard from Secure-It is just one example of a screen guard you could use 9 Try not to leave your laptop in your hotel room or with...
 
Tags: data, lost data, lost, lost laptop, laptop, laptop data aware, lost brand, aware, laptop security device
 
 
 
 
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Central Bank of the UAE reports ATM fraud to lenders

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2008-03-03 11:41:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...guards to prevent the installation of illicit card readers, camera monitoring of ATMs and regular inspections of machines Most skimming attempts now either target high usage ATMs