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Security Function as a Business Enabler

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2008-06-27 20:50:00 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...objectives of the IT and the whole organization. There needs to be a cohesive security strategy in order to align the various comoponents. One good way of understanding the business objective is why is the business parting with money for deploying a specific security component. Why is business giving me money for Compliance? Why is business...
 
Tags: security, view security organization, security organization, business, information security function, organization, information security, cohesive security strategy, strategy
 
 
 
 
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Unprofessionally Piggybacking on my Research

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2008-03-05 13:32:05 by HASH0x8b0effc in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...objective, is what I wanted to achieve. And I did. Thankfully, there're Sophos , TrendMicro , McAfee and Commtouch realizing that corporate blogging evolved from hard selling and the basics of marketing, to a complex PR platform, and therefore quote and link to my blog, to have me link back, so that a conversation emerges . Redefining the...
 
Tags: post, original post, blog post, post yesterday, blog, chia, iframe-ed results, full-disclosure, link
 
 
 
 
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Software Security Metrics and Commentary on "Metrics Framework" Paper

2007-09-17 20:41:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...objective measures of something. Whereas some of the metrics described in the paper are quite objective, others are more than a little fuzzy and I don't think represent reasonable ways to measure security First, the Top-10 and associated metrics from the paper (and you'll have to bear with me as I try to create tables in blogger OWASP Item...
 
Tags: metrics, software security metrics, metrics framework, metrics miss, design-time metric, design, upstream sdl metrics, application, web application security
 
 
 
 
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Oh No! Security Metrics!

2008-04-18 12:43:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...objective data when trying to discuss this complex subject. Our customers constantly tell us to reduce the number of patches they need to apply to their products once in deployment. It costs them time and money to deploy security updates. The primary metric that matters to customers is the number of security updates they need to apply. And...
 
Tags: bugs, implementation bugs, fewer security bugs, fewer, security bugs include, security, metrics, security metrics, security bugs
 
 
 
 
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Little Snitch 2.0.3

2008-05-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473784 in Network World on Security
 
...Objective Development Software GmbH's Little Snitch 1.2 for Macworld two years ago, it helpfully filled a gap in the ipfw firewall software Apple provides with Mac OS X. The built-in firewall monitored, and blocked, only incoming network traffic, and Little Snitch was one of the available options for dealing with outbound network traffic....
 
Tags: traffic, outbound network traffic, network traffic, snitch, mac, objective development, built-in firewall, common types, worthy successor
 
 
 
 
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Summarizing July's Threatscape

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2008-08-01 16:08:24 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...objective 05. Lithuania Attacked by Russian Hacktivists, 300 Sites Defaced This attack is a good example of a decent PSYOPS operation. Of course they have already build the capabilities to deface and even execute DDoS attacks against Lithuania, so why not put them in a "stay tuned" mode, by speculating on the upcoming attack and then...
 
Tags: malware, profitable malware operations, malware authors, malware tools, malware coder, malware kit, malware infection, neosploit malware kit, spam
 
 
 
 
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The Pentagon's World of Warcraft Movie-Plot Threat

2008-09-18 13:29:12 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...objective is to set off a "Dragon Fire spell" inside, and make off with "110 Gold and 234 Silver" in treasure. "No one will dance there for a hundred years after this spell is cast," one player, "war monger," crows Except, in this case, the White Keep is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. "Dragon Fire" is an unconventional weapon. And "110 Gold and...
 
Tags: world, warcraft, plot, play world, warcraft players discuss, movie-plot threat, online world, meatspace plot, dragon fire
 
 
 
 
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"Tiger Team" Reality TV Show

2007-12-26 07:50:42 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
On Court TV: This vérité action series follows Tiger Team a group of elite professionals hired to infiltrate major business and corporate interests with the objective of exposing weaknesses in the worlds most sophisticated security systems, defeating criminals at
 
Tags: tiger team, vrit action series, elite professionals hired, security systems, court tv, major business, weaknesses, objective, criminals
 
 
 
 
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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
...objectives. They're also promoting the buzz word "E-MUJAHID" to summarize all the possible taska and objectives one would have. This is how they define E-JIHAD JIHAD is the term used for struggle against evil. Electronic jihad or simply, E-JIHAD, is the jihad in cyberspace against all the propagandas and false allegations against the message...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad