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Security Consultant Hacks: Size Matters

2007-12-20 05:16:07 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
This is part of my occasional series on security consultants and how best to employ them Security consulting operations come in the standard small, medium and large sizes. Small shops are less than 30 consultants, medium 31-200, large 201 Small shops: Sometimes known as boutique firms or lifestyle firms (since the people that run them take jobs...
 
Tags: security consultant, security consultant hacks, security, web application security, security consultants, consultants, grumpy security guy, medium shops, employ
 
 
 
 
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Top 11 Reasons to Analyze Your Logs

2008-02-20 16:56:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...matters, but a large aggregate does (e.g. from one "connection allowed" firewall log to a scan pattern). Thus, the only way to extract that insight from a pool of data is through algorithms (or, as some say , visualization Ever did a manual log baselining? This is where you read the logs and learn which ones are normal for your environment....
 
Tags: time, real-time analysis, analysis, analyze, log analysis systems, logs, analysis tools, log analysis expert, suddenly analyze logs
 
 
 
 
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Appropriate funding

2008-05-13 12:24:49 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
 
...matters , and it should be crystal clear that complaints of being underfunded have to be cast in the light of Compared to what?. Compared to what we think it ought to be? Compared to some industry baseline of questionable applicability to our organization Of course, I struggled to get management support for years. I tried leveraging fear,...
 
Tags: risk, risk information, risk tolerance, risk-domains management, management, business considerations management, business, business objectives, business issues
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading on Logs and Log Management

2008-06-30 16:09:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Matters - Part 1 " and " Why Logs Matter - Part 2, A Letter " present really good intro logging for compliance and other purposes (even specifically saying " what you do with the logs that matters Smart Business Leaders Support Effective Log Management Practices and Necessary Resources " from Rebecca Herold is a nice basic piece, especially...
 
Tags: logs, log management, logs matter, baum laments logs, fun, nice basic piece, piece, ransom, siem
 
 
 
 
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Type II Reverse Engineering

2008-10-08 04:42:08 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...matters in information technology (IT)and IT might soon be where counterfeiting matters most
 
Tags: reverse, ordinary movie piracy, matters, digital world, human temptation, information technology, compare, punchline, front
 
 
 
 
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Larry Sutos Paper Drama

2008-01-02 14:53:30 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...matters . How you chose to measure that is your own religion. Im not saying the inverse isnt true, EG: if you cant exploit it, it doesnt matter how good your crawler is. Im just saying if you havent thought of the crawling depth metric you probably should Anyway, enough drama already! Id suggest, for those of you who worry about alien...
 
Tags: paper, larry sutos paper, scanners, commercial scanners, test environment, environment, test, time, people
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from Workers Compensation Fund auditor

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2008-01-03 11:25:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...matters. CEOs need to understand that ultimately, the information security buck stops with them Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: store personal information, personal information, information, information security matters, workers, workers compensation fund, laptop, security, security tokens
 
 
 
 
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging seniors affected by stolen laptop

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2008-01-03 17:18:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...matters very seriously. Maybe the four breaches occurring at the State of Pennsylvania in the past four months spurred the changes, or maybe they were already in the process of making changes and these are unfortunate circumstances It stinks that these 21,000 seniors were on a computer that had not yet been encrypted Past Breaches December,...
 
Tags: pennsylvania, pennsylvania department, department, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, computer, laptop computer, medical information
 
 
 
 
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Diminutive XSS Worm Replication Contest

2008-01-04 16:28:08 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...matters digi7al64 has already posted a sample piece of code, setting the baseline. His code is an impressively small 292 characters. Theres no prize here, however, I will definitely be talking about the winners code. The winner will be announced on the 10th after all submissions are in and posted. Visit the thread for more details. This...
 
Tags: xss worm, propagation, worm propagation issues, code, diminutive, live worm code, xss worm propagation, winners code, diminutive perl contests
 
 
 
 
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5,000 Health Net employees affected by stolen laptop

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2008-01-05 19:04:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...matters, it shows that they recognize that the "buck stops" with them I am taking bets on how many mobile devices containing personal will be lost this year that were not encrypted. This is #5 on The Breach Blog in 2008 and we are only five days into the year, and I am sure we can find more. Give me a number Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: employees, health net employees, health net, company vendor, vendor, health net vendor, information, personal information, laptop