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Fuzz Testing at Microsoft and the Triage Process

2007-09-20 18:52:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...intensive process to sift through all of them. What we needed was a way to ease the burden placed on the tester To that extent, the mini-debugger was extended to enable the automatic "bucketization" of logged exceptions to reduce the chance of having to look at duplicates during the triaging process. This was accomplished by creating unique...
 
Tags: chance exceptions, exceptions, exception handler, exception, divide-by-zero exception, exception code, triage process, process, first-chance exceptions
 
 
 
 
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GCHQing with the Honeynet Project

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2008-02-11 17:33:59 by HASH0x8bfdee8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...intensive socializing among geeks, a windy trip to Stonehenge along the way and lots of drinks, it's becoming increasingly clear to me how important face-to-face conversations are for the sake of improving productivity and relationship building. It's also worth pointing out how issues such as dealing with information oveload, data sharing,...
 
Tags: honeynet project, government communications headquarters, windy trip, face-to-face conversations, information oveload, data, stay tuned, impossible, strategic level
 
 
 
 
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Checklists -The Preserve of the Intelligent

2008-02-17 07:51:11 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
As the New Yorker says If something so simple can transform intensive care, what else can it do?. Dennis Groves sent me this article a week ago and I read it twice. Each time I couldnt stop myself thinking about how many people in the information security industry shun checklists and considering why this is
 
Tags: transform intensive care, dennis groves, week ago, yorker, people, stop, time, simple, article
 
 
 
 
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IBM boosts performance, energy efficiency of new mainframe

2008-02-26 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
IBMs next-generation mainframe unveiled Tuesday is 50% faster than its predecessor and can double performance for CPU-intensive jobs, while offering dramatic improvements in energy efficiency, according to Big Blue
 
Tags: energy efficiency, ibms next-generation mainframe, double performance, cpu-intensive jobs, dramatic improvements, tuesday, faster, predecessor, blue
 
 
 
 
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The Continuing Slide Towards Thoughtcrime

2008-03-18 14:12:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...intensive support. Prevention should start young, it said, because prolific offenders typically began offending between the ages of 10 and 13. Julia Margo, author of the report, entitled 'Make me a Criminal', said: 'You can carry out a risk factor analysis where you look at the characteristics of an individual child aged five to seven and...
 
Tags: database, dna database, risk factor analysis, individual child aged, recent report, public policy research, report, whichever bright spark, cognitive behavioural therapy
 
 
 
 
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Virtualization and security

2008-03-24 23:08:06 by HASH0x8b4c42c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...intensive. However, I don't quite buy that this is virtual security 2. Virtual to real security - This is security that plays at the intersection of virtual data flows into "real" networks. I don't think you need that much virtual special sauce to play at this intersection, but there are companies jumping the virtual bandwagon by doing just...
 
Tags: virtual special sauce, virtual, virtual data flow, virtual machine claim, security, virtual security, virtual bandwagon, virtual data flows, companies
 
 
 
 
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The Checklist

2008-02-07 20:14:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...intensive care Like Brian, I was struck by how closely the article can parallel some of the problems we face in trying to develop secure software. I agree with the basic premise of Brian's statement, that a checklist can help in the software development world just like it can in the ICU. I've had great success providing checklists to...
 
Tags: secure, develop secure software, software, software development organizations, health, health care delivery, security, checklist, software development world
 
 
 
 
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SQL Server PerfMon counters for access methods and buffer manager

2008-04-29 13:18:07 by Heidi Sweeney in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
...intensive operations, such as full table or clustered index scans and page splits. You'll also learn why it's important to monitor the buffer manager in SQL Server, that is, keep an eye on lazy writer, page utilization and how quickly pages age out of the buffer
 
Tags: sql server, sql server counters, buffer manager, buffer, sql server dba, perfmon counters, quickly pages age, access method counters, lazy writer
 
 
 
 
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How Secure is Secure?

2008-05-08 16:46:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...intensive activity. However, running static code analysis tools, verifying build tools and switches, searching for banned APIs , and recording the output of other tools that inspect code and/or binaries for potential implementation vulnerabilities is a key element in how we approach the challenge of trying to measure compliance with SDL...
 
Tags: security metrics, software security metrics, implementation vulnerabilities, potential implementation vulnerabilities, metrics, secure, software, discretionary security protection, security protection