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Improve Security with "A Layer of Hurt"

2008-07-31 19:13:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...improve the code and let us know what you think, either through email or comments to this post
 
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft to improve Vista's problematic UAC in Windows 7

2008-10-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472bc8 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned user account control (UAC) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the new security feature it built into Windows Vista has caused unnecessary problems for users
 
 
 
 
 
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The First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem

2008-02-21 14:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...improve security Bill said so (as did the rest of senior management Our group swung into action and helped the rest of the company come up to speed on security issues The Microsoft development processes changed to adopt the SDL You improve security by focusing on security. Not by wishing on a star. Not by believing age-old myths about "given...
 
 
 
 
 
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Oh No! Security Metrics!

2008-04-18 12:43:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...improvement resulting from the SDL I've raised this topic before, in my blog post The First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem . Here are two pertinent quotes from that blog post of Feb 21 st Let's face it, no-one can agree on any measurement of security without getting knotted up Measuring security is a...
 
 
 
 
 
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America's Dilemma: Close Security Holes, or Exploit Them Ourselves

2008-05-01 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...improve our security defense. But after the attacks of 9/11, the NSA shifted back to the attack: vulnerabilities were to be hoarded in secret. Slowly, things in the U.S. are shifting back again So now we're seeing the NSA help secure Windows Vista and releasing their own version of Linux . The DHS, meanwhile, is funding a project to secure...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...improve our security defense. But after the attacks of 9/11, the NSA shifted back to the attack: vulnerabilities were to be hoarded in secret. Slowly, things in the U.S. are shifting back again So now we're seeing the NSA help secure Windows Vista and releasing their own version of Linux . The DHS, meanwhile, is funding a project to secure...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...improve our security defense. But after the attacks of 9/11, the NSA shifted back to the attack: vulnerabilities were to be hoarded in secret. Slowly, things in the U.S. are shifting back again So now we're seeing the NSA help secure Windows Vista and releasing their own version of Linux . The DHS, meanwhile, is funding a project to secure...
 
 
 
 
 
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ClubHack 2007 - Papers and Presentations

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2007-12-20 16:48:06 by HASH0x8713d10 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...improve the favorability scale and awareness of the company's activities, to later on improve their chances of recruiting the most talented participants
 
 
 
 
 
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Voting For Transparent Communication

2008-03-28 15:03:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...improve computer security, and researchers share that goal Even when researchers such as Ed Felten send us potential vulnerability notices a week before releasing them to the public http://blogs.msdn.com/si team/archive/2008/02/25/protecting-bitLocker-from-cold-attacks-and-other-threats.aspx , we like to talk to them on two important levels....