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House committee issues report and finds fault with TSA web site

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2008-01-15 09:35:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Incredible that they would take the site live using a self-signed certificate. It shows major incompetence (elementary oversight should have caught this) and at Desyne, Inc. Someone is either too stupid or too cheap to purchase a real SSL certificate before putting up a site that asks for personal data. This is Web Development 101. Anyone who...
 
Tags: tsa, website, website contract, traveler redress website, tsa moved quickly, security breach, information security breach, security vulnerabilities, multiple security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Church killer stopped by private security officer

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2007-12-10 23:00:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...incredible judgement and compsure in dealing with a deadly situation. There is no doubt that her prior training and dedication to duty was largely responsible for the way in which she acted Reports tell us that she fired one shot and hit the gunman first time after realizing that he had shot and possibly killed innocent church attendees....
 
Tags: officer, security officer, armed officer, law enforcement officer, security, church, brave security officer, security team, security officers
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...incredible arm-chair commentary that follows Jeff and I have seen and heard it all This is FUD Yeah, but it's not an apples to apples comparison How can you believe this guy? He works for Microsoft What would Microsoft know about security For his next trick That chart really hits home the fact that statistics can be used to prove any side of...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, reduce security vulnerabilities, fewer security vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, source security bugs, bugs, major microsoft products, microsoft products, security
 
 
 
 
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Security Consultant Hacks: Size Matters

2007-12-20 05:16:07 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...Incredible appetite for large and lengthy engagements. I did time at EDS and let me tell you they are pretty evil, at least when I worked there. We would get a long term contract, then hire the cheapest talent we could find. They would then proceed to screw things up and cause other problems and we would then point out that fixing those...
 
Tags: security consultant, security consultant hacks, security, web application security, security consultants, consultants, grumpy security guy, medium shops, employ
 
 
 
 
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Server Launch : Security Highlights

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2008-02-27 14:12:54 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...incredible security record of SQL Server 2005, which has had zero vulnerabilities in the database code since it launched over 2 years ago Transparent encryption and improved security policy management capability Visual Studio 2008 Latest generation of security source code scanning tools New T-SQL Static code analysis Linq (nothing to do with...
 
Tags: security, incredible security record, windows, windows vista, sql server, security source code, windows server, network access protection, network access
 
 
 
 
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Wow! The offers of production assistance have been wonderful...

2008-03-24 08:09:48 by HASH0x8b94fc4 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...incredible response we've had to our request for production assistance (also in SE#24 ). The offers started coming in within a few hours of SE#24 going live and I think we're up to 12 people now who have said that they'd help. THANK YOU! We're both overwhelmed and humbled by the many great folks who have offered to help... and also the words...
 
Tags: assistance, production assistance, offers, technorati tags, set, stay tuned, blue box, se24, incredible response
 
 
 
 
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7 Seminal Security Books Every Security Wannabe Should Read

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2008-03-17 17:49:28 by Craig Balding in Security Wannabe
...incredible amount of content into less tree than most (he even manages to get root on the cover!). You will learn techniques that shave hours off exploit development time. A great introduction to blowing (precise) holes in software. The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities The holy trinity...
 
Tags: books, security books, software, software security assessment, security, thick books, security wannabe, software vulnerability research, software security
 
 
 
 
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"The Kite Runner" will change how you think about Afghanistan

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2008-04-29 11:16:44 by HASH0x8acb904 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...incredible challenges with religous extremism to overcome, but there is a core of real people who are worthy of our efforts. At the end of the day, that is what the movie has succeeded in doing for me. It has made the Afghan people real
 
Tags: people, afghan people real, muslim world, world, afghanistan, movie tells, movie, kite runner, american view
 
 
 
 
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Appropriate funding

2008-05-13 12:24:49 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
 
...incredible mix of business issues that determine the right risk-balance for an organization. Running a business requires weighing the various risk-domains management faces (investment, insurance, product, market, security, etc.) as well as complex value propositions in light of the organizations objectives and limited resources. And, while...
 
Tags: risk, risk information, risk tolerance, risk-domains management, management, business considerations management, business, business objectives, business issues