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Whats driving the MSSP craze - critical, but non-core functions are fair game for outsourcing

2008-06-13 03:29:37 by HASH0x8bb419c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
I don't know what it is, but lately everyone I am speaking to is talking SaaS, outsourcing and MSSPs. Just today I was reading Neil Roiter's column on the latest acquisition by Perimeter eSecurity. The MSSP acquisition kings have now bought Edgeos, a vulnerability scanning service. I don't really know alot about them, but it seems their...
 
Tags: critical, non-core, core, critical activities, non-core activities, activities, security, mssp, outsource core
 
 
 
 
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Al Qaeda Recruiting Non-Muslims

2008-01-24 08:55:00 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is an about non-Muslims being recruited in the UK: As many as 1,500 white Britons are believed to have converted to Islam for the purpose of funding, planning and carrying out surprise terror attacks inside the UK, according to one MI5 source This quote is particularly telling: One British security source last night told Scotland on Sunday:...
 
Tags: british security source, real potential danger, people blend, mi5 source, white britons, non-muslims, domestic security, sunday, islam
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
These groups and fractions of religiously brainwashed IT enthusiasts utilizing outdated ping and HTTP GET flooding attack tools, represent today's greatly overhyped threat possed by the cyber jihadists whose cheap PSYOPS dominate, given the lack of strategical thinking, and the lack of sustainable communication channels between them, ruined all...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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EarthLink Will Shutter Philadelphia Network, Company Says

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2008-05-13 09:48:07 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
It's the end of the cycle, folks: The first shall be last and the last shall, apparently, be first to sue. The Philadelphia Wi-Fi network will be shuttered under plans by EarthLink that they announced via press release today The company plans to pull all its gear from the poles starting 12-June-2008. The company's press release said it offered...
 
Tags: network, wi-fi, philadelphia wi-fi network, earthlink, network provider, philadelphia, public access network, company, earthlink filed
 
 
 
 
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NAPA Shows How the Government is Using Web 2.0

2008-07-16 20:45:37 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
Back in April, we attended a session at the FOSE conference that highlighted Web 2.0 usage in the public sector . We also found through a survey of government workers that 65% of government IT workers surveyed said that Web 2.0 tools are important to their operations. The overall message was that all IT, government included, have too many...
 
Tags: web, government, web page, government web, collaboration, mass collaboration, collaboration project seeks, government employees, enhance government transparency
 
 
 
 
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July 2007 - Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard

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2007-08-16 22:47:26 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
Summer and work travel have really had an impact and I've missed a couple of months of scorecards, so last weekend, I decided to dig in and catch up to July. I hit a few road bumps Sun changed their Security Alerts web site, making it a bit more challenging. I gave up for now, but will try to add them back with subsequent scorecards Novell, in a...
 
Tags: server, linux server builds, server charts, charts, ytd charts, non-linux products, linux products, linux products comments, common server roles
 
 
 
 
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K.I.S.S. the castle (analogy) good-bye! Okay, done - now what?

2008-03-30 12:50:51 by Thomas Raschke in Security & Risk Management
 
Think for a moment about the very simple, used-to-death castle analogy with its walls, gates, guns, guards, etc. and how these parts related to early network security. The analogy certainly had its shortcomings already back then but it nevertheless got popular because of its inherent simplicity In todays complex data and identity driven world of...
 
Tags: castle, castle metaphor, security, non-security folks, analogy, todays security, castle simply, network security, used-to-death castle analogy
 
 
 
 
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10 Myths About Life As An IT Security Professional

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2008-04-25 23:08:41 by Craig Balding in Security Wannabe
When you picture the future, what do you see yourself doing? If you find the subject of IT security fascinating, you may be considering a career as an IT Security Professional. To help you decide, here are 10 myths about life as an IT Security Professional IT Security is basically about Passwords and Anti-virus . This is completely untrue. You...
 
Tags: security, company security policy, security policy, technical security skills, technical security, policy, security professional, platform specific security, cool
 
 
 
 
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What Are You Managing Towards? (And On Disproving Risk Management)

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2008-06-03 14:41:11 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
First, Id like to thank Steve McCalmont for including FAIR in his excellent article in the May 2008 ISSA Journal, Streamlining the Risk Management Process. Three quick things to anyone who has read it and is visiting our blog for the first time We dont believe that the goal of Quantitative Risk Analysis is to be precise. We believe the goal is...
 
Tags: management, risk management, term risk management, management focuses, management approach, risk management process, patch management, cost management, upper management