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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 05:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...larger gain. But when faced with a loss, about 70 percent chose the risky larger loss over the sure smaller loss This experiment, repeated again and again by many researchers, across ages, genders, cultures and even species, rocked economics, yielded the same result. Directly contradicting the traditional idea of "economic man," Prospect...
 
Tags: security, loss, risky loss, risky larger loss, gain, risky larger gain, security purchase, directly, security directly
 
 
 
 
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Money for nothin, code for free - if you don't own the copyright you could be in Dire Straits

2008-03-19 01:45:00 by HASH0x8aede64 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...larger, commercial customers. Our core software is open-source, full-featured, and free Period Untangle optionally packages its software on Pentium-based server appliances We sell these servers at cost-plus, and so this is deliberately positioned as a convenience to our customers and channel and not as a core money-making strategy Untangle...
 
Tags: software untangle, software, core software, source security software, commercial, commercial product, source, source code, larger commercial customers
 
 
 
 
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Fiber: Review of Optics, Cables & Connectors

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2008-04-05 03:22:59 by JJ in Security Uncorked
...larger diameter core or the area in the middle the light travels through. The larger diameter- think of it as a big tunnel- lets the light take different paths, creating multiple rays, or modes. The light bounces around more, which means the connectors and splices for multimode are more forgiving than for singlemode, but the bouncing causes...
 
Tags: cables, simplex fiber cables, fiber, connectors, fiber cables, short fiber runs, short, single-mode, single-mode fiber
 
 
 
 
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To sleep, power off or hibernate - cold boot and user behaviour..

2008-03-14 16:14:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...larger hibernation file Larger hibernation file -> longer time to encrypt, i.e. close Larger hibernation file-> much longer time to decrypt and open Hmm... I see sleep or power off as the only viable options for most folks with FDE Now how does that compute with the risk scenario from the cold boot attack.. If I were an IT pro in a large...
 
Tags: larger hibernation file, hibernation, larger hibernation file-, power, cool, chips, cold boot attack, power modes, cold boot risk
 
 
 
 
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Risk Preferences in Chimpanzees and Bonobos

2008-04-17 06:20:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...larger ones, and risk larger losses rather than accepting smaller losses. Lions chase young or wounded wildebeest because the investment needed to kill them is lower. Mature and healthy prey would probably be more nutritious, but there's a risk of missing lunch entirely if it gets away. And a small meal will tide the lion over until another...
 
Tags: risk preferences, risk, relative risk preferences, risk-prone behaviour, approach, people approach risk, people, losses, risk larger losses
 
 
 
 
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Auditing open source software

2007-10-08 16:13:00 by Panayiotis Mavrommatis in Google Online Security Blog
 
...larger dimensions than those in the TIFF header. Presumably the intent here was to support broken files where the embedded JPEG had smaller dimensions than those in the TIFF header. However, the consequences of larger dimensions that those in the TIFF header had not been considered We can draw some interesting conclusions from these bugs. The...
 
Tags: image, malicious image file, libtiff image, values, jpeg image, tiff header values, source, evil tiff file, evil
 
 
 
 
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Stolen UK Ministry of Defence laptop affects up to 600,000

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2008-01-20 14:51:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...larger. There is very little mention about what MoD's policy and procedure is with regards to confidential personal information. If the Navy officer was following procedure or wasn't aware of the procedure, then the issues are much larger in scope and more difficult to address The MoD would benefit from encrypting all mobile devices whether...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, extensive personal data, personal data, personal, information held, data protection practices
 
 
 
 
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RIP Cisco PIX

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2008-02-06 06:46:31 by HASH0x8bc6004 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...larger analyst firm, he said their position is that UTM will never catch on in the enterprise. Even if they buy a UTM box, they will not turn on the other features. So ASA boxes will just be used for firewall and VPN and perhaps IPS Here is the Shimel analysis for what it is worth. I think the larger analyst firm is wrong. I think they have...
 
Tags: pix, box, utm box, utm, pix boxes, boxes, pix owners, utm duty, analyst
 
 
 
 
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RIP Cisco PIX

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2008-02-06 07:00:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...larger analyst firm, he said their position is that UTM will never catch on in the enterprise. Even if they buy a UTM box, they will not turn on the other features. So ASA boxes will just be used for firewall and VPN and perhaps IPS Here is the Shimel analysis for what it is worth. I think the larger analyst firm is wrong. I think they have...
 
Tags: pix, box, utm box, utm, pix boxes, boxes, pix owners, utm duty, analyst