SecurityRatty: tag: security

5 Must-Do Cyber Security Steps for Obama

2008-12-03 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1c9a8 in Network World on Security

As President-Elect Barack Obama looks for ways to deal with a shattered economy and an ongoing war on terrorism, security experts are urging him to pay attention to something that has a big impact on both: The nation's growing -- and fragile -- cyber infrastructure

Tags: president-elect barack obama, security experts, cyber infrastructure, nation, attention, terrorism, economy, war, deal

Misconceptions about outsourcing security

2007-12-13 14:05:54 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management

...security. Here are the most common ones that I come across Outsourcing security is cheaper than doing it internally. Cost is usually the one of the reasons business gets interested to outsource but Forrester has consistently found that for security managers cost is not the primary reason they want to outsource. and outsourcing may not always...

Tags: security processes, establish security processes, security, processes, security controls, security managers cost, cost, security operations, security services

Ask the Auditor: Who is Responsible for Information Security?

2007-12-29 06:24:50 by Editor in Security Links

...security By Dan Swanson A Reader Asks: Who is responsible for information security The Auditor Responds: In short, the board of directors, management (of both staff and business lines), and internal audit functions all have significant roles in auditing information security. The big question for many companies is how these stakeholders should...

Tags: information, information security, information policy, information security risks, information assurance, information security governance, information security managers, information security management, assign information security

Blue Box #73: SIP security issues at IETF 70, Skype security, vulnerabilities in Cisco and Nokia phones, Vietnam's cyberdissidents, VoIP security news

2007-12-31 18:08:58 by HASH0x89ff4a8 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast

...security issues at IETF 70, Skype security, vulnerabilities in Cisco and Nokia phones, Vietnam's cyberdissidents, VoIP security news, listener comments and more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #73, a 44-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show here (MP3,...

Tags: voip security news, news, voip, protect voip communications, security, sip, skype security, sip security issues, voip news

Blue Box #71: VLAN Hopping, SIP Digest vulnerability, VoIP security hype, Skype security, Google's latest moves, listener comments and much more...

2007-12-17 19:59:44 by HASH0x89e9d58 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast

...security hype, Skype security, Google's latest moves, listener comments and much more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #71, a 51-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show here (MP3, 21MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically You...

Tags: voip, voip security hype, online voip, voip supplier, voip-news, voip security news, security, voip security industry, skype security

Security is not all about Security Updates

2007-12-17 12:58:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle

...security updates?" So I want to make sure people understand the goals of the SDL and perhaps more importantly, the non-goals There are three major security-related disciplines here at Microsoft and people outside the company often confuse the three 1. Security feature development 2. Security response 3. Secure software engineering The first...

Tags: security, end-user security documentation, security response, fix security bugs, response, security fix, implementation vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, security feature development

Reliability Vs. Security

2007-12-07 16:46:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle

...security versus reliability debate would be very one-sided. After all, reliability is the attendees mainstay and if there is one group of folks on the planet who would see security as a subset or subsidiary concern, it might be the industry and academic experts that attend this prestigious IEEE conference I gave the industry keynote to open...

Tags: folks, reliability folks deal, reliability, reliability folks, security, bugs, reliability bugs, reliability analysis, software reliability