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Do You Speak E-Discovery? You Should, Even in Europe

2008-07-24 12:05:25 by Posted By: Carsten Casper and John Bace in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...pays to deliver that information quickly. Gartner has seen many cases where enterprises simply didn't know how to find the requested information or couldn't produce it for several days - just long enough to generate some damaging media coverage The second lesson: It also pays to be able to deliver precisely the information requested. Law...
 
Tags: e-discovery, e-discovery simply, e-discovery actions, sensitive information, information, include information, discovery, produce relevant information, e-discovery claims
 
 
 
 
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Security ROI

2008-09-02 06:05:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...pays off. And in response, vendors are providing ROI models that demonstrate how their particular security solution provides the best return on investment It's a good idea in theory , but it's mostly bunk in practice Before I get into the details, there's one point I have to make. "ROI" as used in a security context is inaccurate. Security is...
 
Tags: security, security countermeasures, countermeasures, incident, security incident, individual security countermeasures, security measure cuts, security measure reduces, security vendors
 
 
 
 
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Are fund managers really overcompensated?

2006-08-11 07:55:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...pays well I think it's all a matter of supply and demand. As more and more fund managers are needed, it becomes more difficult to get really good managers. The lack of supply raises the price for talents. The lack of supply also forces some funds to employ sub-standard managers (whether intentional or not) which results into Mr. Biggs...
 
Tags: hedge funds cfa, hedge funds, managers, funds, hedge fund fees, forces, hedge fund, competition forces fees, fees
 
 
 
 
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An Option with a Negative Value?

2006-07-28 08:38:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...pays the option buyer. This results into a "free lunch" as described by one of the posters (waiter222). The option buyer will always win out in this case. He can exercise and make money when "in-the-money". He also has an instant gain even when the option expires worthless due to the initial cash flow. Indeed it is unfair Mathematically, an...
 
Tags: option, negative option, option seller, option writer sells, option buyer, option position, negative, position, writer
 
 
 
 
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Skipton Financial Services personal customer data on stolen laptop

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2008-01-04 22:21:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...pays a consultant because they believe that the consultant is an expert and knows how to do work at a high-level I am a consultant and look, my laptop is encrypted Organizations that employ consultants which access confidential information resources MUST ensure that the consultants follow proper information security policies and...
 
Tags: skipton, information includes names, information, information security practices, skipton financial services, financial giant skipton, store confidential information, skipton spokesman, security
 
 
 
 
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The Trouble with Threat Modeling

2007-09-26 19:11:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...pays dividends. In the next posts, Ill talk about what weve done to improve things, what the process looks like now, and perhaps a bit about what it might look like either in the future, or adopted by other organizations
 
Tags: threat, threat models, threat model, reasons threat, service threat, term threat, threat effectively, playsound threat model, development process
 
 
 
 
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How aware are your employees on IT security and risk policies?

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2008-01-08 18:50:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
...pays off in several ways -- employees learn how to protect the data theyre working with, and their awareness reduces the threat of the insider threat (either malicious or unintentional), says Johnson. Many times the malicious insider can be stopped, if the people working with them are trained and are aware of the red flags that show the work...
 
Tags: employees, theft red flags, malicious insider, insider, red flags, prevent identity theft, identity theft, security, risk
 
 
 
 
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BNY Mellon Shareowner Services loses backup tape

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2008-03-27 15:52:10 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...pays for it. So with credit monitoring, affected persons would be notified AFTER they become an identity theft victim, IF they become an identity theft victim. The monitoring lasts for 12 months, at which time what happens We have received no indications that there's been any inappropriate use of the data on the tapes The company backs up...
 
Tags: tapes, tapes held, bank, possibly bank account, computer data tapes, information, personal information, data, assists clients
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Topless Meetings; Projects-Fi; Boston Launch; Rural-Fi; Chrysler-Fi; Wi-Fi Chip-Fi

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2008-03-31 15:53:51 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...pays attention to anything any more. Banning laptops might be an advantage to promoting shorter meetings--people will be jonesing so hard for their 'top that they'll cut to the chase Internet Archive offers fiber-based service to public housing project: Forget Wi-Fi. How about 100 Mbps to each apartment in a 260-unit project (Valencia...
 
Tags: wi-fi, chrysler, 440m wi-fi chipsets, service, ground service, pilot project, project, term wi-fi, push service
 
 
 
 
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Positive Approach to Security Requests

2008-04-14 11:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog