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Cisco survey: Cultural differences can complicate IT security when work goes offshore

2008-10-01 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Companies that are globalizing or outsourcing work to offshore locations shouldn't overlook behavioral and cultural differences when setting their IT security plans, according to Cisco survey
 
Tags: cisco survey, cultural differences, security plans, overlook behavioral, offshore locations, companies
 
 
 
 
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Poor security quality in software. Someone is watching over me.

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2008-07-30 14:51:49 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
...offshore development companies and they assume that security testing is taking place as part of the development process. I ask them if they have made security quality part of the requirements of the project and they say no. Then I ask them what evidence does the offshore developer provide to demonstrate they have a certain level of security...
 
Tags: software, approach insecure software, insecure software, repeatable software security, secure online environment, environment, secure, secure software, software assurance
 
 
 
 
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Poor Security Quality In Software; Someone Is Watching Over Me

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2008-07-30 14:51:49 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
...offshore development companies and they assume that security testing is taking place as part of the development process. I ask them if they have made security quality part of the requirements of the project and they say no. Then I ask them what evidence does the offshore developer provide to demonstrate they have a certain level of security...
 
Tags: software, approach insecure software, insecure software, repeatable software security, secure online environment, environment, secure, secure software, software assurance
 
 
 
 
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The Real Migration Problem

2008-09-09 09:38:33 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...offshore, theres enough oil in any near term and even the long term to provide us oil independence. Its the wrong approach because in a world thats hot, flat, and crowded, fossil fuelsand particularly crude oilare going to be expensive and exhausting. Therefore the focus should be on the next great global industry: clean energy technology....
 
Tags: energy, clean-energy technologies, clean energy technology, drill, energy policy, technology, promote energy independence, trench deeper, mccain
 
 
 
 
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New Ban Proposed In UK Against Hacker Tools

2008-01-03 18:54:22 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...offshore or go more underground - which could be bad for investigators, and for researchers alike
 
Tags: site, law, tools, exploitation materials, intent, bet money, scrupulous types, equipment offshore, researchers alike
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...offshore so that they could tap into telephone calls -- a practice prohibited by federal law -- outside U.S. jurisdiction. "They call themselves the bad boys in the Bahamas," he said Even some of the legal methods are controversial within the industry. Certain old-school firms won't stoop to dumpster diving or stealing garbage -- which is...
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Power Networks

2008-01-22 14:24:55 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...offshore in countries like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. It is going mainstream, but this is the first I've heard of it targeting power companies. Certainly possible, but is that part of the CIA rumor or was it tacked on afterwards And here's list of power outages. Which ones were hacker caused? Some details would be nice I'd like a little...
 
Tags: power, power companies, companies, cia actively, power outages, cia, cia rumor, disrupt power equipment, attacks
 
 
 
 
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Latest News on the War on the Unexpected

2008-02-14 06:57:27 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Offshore oil rig evacuated after someone dreamed of a bomb Sheridan College under lock-down because someone notices a tripod Man arrested for posession of an MP3 player
 
Tags: offshore oil rig, sheridan college, mp3 player, posession, bomb, notices, tripod, lock-down
 
 
 
 
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Application Due Care

2008-02-18 08:55:12 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...offshore development, peer review, development tools, security requirements as a part of the design, source code scanning, threat modelling and penetration testing 3. Environment - Application exist in an environment. This brings up several considerations such as operating system, virual operating system(such as VMware), other applications...
 
Tags: application, application due care, development methodology, methodology, application runs, application exist, application security, development, secure application
 
 
 
 
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A Quarter-Billion Later, Navy Scuttles Weapons System

2008-03-26 14:45:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The U.S. Navy decides that a Raytheon-designed, GPS-guided projectile meant to provide offshore support for infantry was more trouble than it was worth
 
Tags: provide offshore support, navy decides, trouble, infantry, projectile, worth