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OMG, Log Management TLR

2008-02-29 09:09:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
OMG, OMG, OMG! :-) This will be an event of the century (... at least until the next one Log Management Thought Leadership Roundtable Webcast " will features such log management / SIEM personalities as Hugh Njemanze, Anton Chuvakin , Chris Petersen and Mehlam Shakir, discussing what is and will be the coolest things in log management Date:...
 
Tags: log management, omg, anton chuvakin, leadership roundtable webcast, chuvakin, siem personalities, march 5th, 2pm est, 11am pst
 
 
 
 
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On Idiots and Logs

2008-08-15 11:51:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
How on Earth can someone even utter the phrases " scalable log management " and " Microsoft Access for data storage " in one sentence? OMG, OMG, OMG MS Access, for God's sake! I wonder if they tried storing logs in Excel spreadsheets Yeeeeesh About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: microsoft access, omg, access, scalable log management, logs, data storage, excel spreadsheets, yeeeeesh, phrases
 
 
 
 
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OMG, This Is So 20th Century :-)

2007-12-11 23:32:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
SANS folks debunk the old idiocy There is nothing on my computer that a hacker would be interested in Holy chao! :-) I was hoping that people - by now!!! - would already know that their CPUs, disks, connections are pretty useful to criminals .... And, yes, so is their data Forward the SANS piece to all you non-computer / non-IT friends ......
 
Tags: folks, sans folks debunk, non-it friends, non-computer, holy chao, sans piece, computer, sadly, connections
 
 
 
 
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DMCA vs MPAA: Alien vs Predator :-)

2007-12-04 17:29:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
OMG, this is just awesome - quoted from Rich Mogul's blog : " The MPAA illegally used GPL licensed code in their University Toolkit (the license required release of the source code for any derivatives). They refused to respond to requests to comply with the license, and a developer issued a DMCA takedown notice to the MPAAs internet service...
 
Tags: dmca takedown notice, code, source code, mpaa, rich mogul, university toolkit, license, comply, derivatives
 
 
 
 
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OMG, This is Funny: BullshIT Awards :-)

2008-01-15 23:31:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Nick Selby delivers: " The 2007 BullsIT Awards: The Top Ten Tech-Flack Quotes of the Year! Annotated Examples: "Our offering is very unique in the origination space." (#10) or "Its a single, interoperable, scalable, extensive security framework that protects the data today and tomorrow as the infrastructure changes." (#3) and of course his old...
 
Tags: nick selby delivers, extensive security framework, development cycle, bullsit awards, tech-flack quotes, origination space, relationship, research, protects
 
 
 
 
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Baboon for a Manager?!

2008-01-23 17:44:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
OMG, this is both funny and true: " Baboons can demonstrate the same risk management skills as some managers " draws "an interesting parallel between the wild baboons from his native [ South Africa ] land and the counter-productive habits of many businesses today About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: wild baboons, baboons, risk management skills, south africa, funny, habits, org, businesses, parallel
 
 
 
 
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MUST-DO Logging for PCI?

2008-02-11 10:46:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...OMG, no!", but will not write your logging policy for you. With them, the best approach is: define your logging policy, then show to auditor, if they are happy - now you know what you MUST do As a final word: still, I dislike the above compliance-induced daze as much as the next guy. I much prefer that people think what they want from their...
 
Tags: pci, pci dss rules, pci dss compliance, pci dss guidance, compliance, log, must-log-this, pci book, log management
 
 
 
 
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CEE Log Standard Update

2008-02-12 15:02:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
OMG, I forgot to blog it! :-) Here is my "CEE Logging Standard: Today and Tomorrow" presentation given at Security Forum & Identity Management Forum meeting at 17th Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference by OpenGroup in San Francisco (Feb 2008 In this presentation I explained the CEE logging standard to the OpenGroup folks and also...
 
Tags: cee, standard, cee standard, standard effort, opengroup, list archives, opengroup folks, list, identity management forum
 
 
 
 
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OMG, Security ROI Comes Back - And It is Mad As Hell :-)

2008-03-11 00:58:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
OK, not really mad :-) In fact, pretty intelligent :-) But a new salvo has been fired in a "great security ROI war." Counter-salvos have been fired as well The salvo is the paper called The Fallacy of Information Security ROI by Jon Pols ("ISSA Journal", February 2008) where Jon argues against the ROI for security (since there is no money...
 
Tags: security, roi, security roi war, pro-roi counter-point, roi proponents, information security roi, roi war, issa journal, return