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Measuring Vulnerability

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2008-04-14 14:31:38 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...shaped (i.e., the majority of threat agents fall somewhere below those who are most capable and above those who are least capable A 100% secure control (if such a thing existed) could be illustrated as existing outside of the threat community capability distribution. It would be 0% vulnerable More realistically, we can in most cases expect...
 
Tags: threat capability curve, capability, human capability, human threat capability, describe control strength, control strength, capability curve, threat community capability, control
 
 
 
 
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Hedge Funds Semantics

2006-08-25 01:48:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...shape if the hedging instrument is taken together with another position, and their reaction to changes in market factors should cancel each other out Hedge funds act in the same way. Taken alone, hedge funds are risky investments. But when combined with conventional funds, they can provide diversification benefits and even enhanced returns...
 
Tags: hedge, hedge funds, hedge funds act, funds, conventional funds, assets result, assets, risky investments, conventional assets
 
 
 
 
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Review of My 2007 Security Predictions: Too Wimpy

2007-12-23 15:46:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...shape or form - will become more common, but only after it sinks into the "trough of disillusionment", pardon my Gartnerese PVI. 0-days : 2006 was the year when this previously obscure term fell victim to malignant marketeers. 2007 will see more of the same, no doubt. But what about the real 0-day-wielding attackers, poking jokes at the above...
 
Tags: status check iii, status check, status check viii, security, security predictions, status check vii, check, predictions, status
 
 
 
 
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Your Brain on Fear

2008-01-09 06:10:54 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...shape in the alley is just a trash can"), it takes great effort and persistence. Instead, fear tends to overrule reason, as the amygdala hobbles our logic and reasoning circuits. That makes fear "far, far more powerful than reason," says neurobiologist Michael Fanselow of the University of California, Los Angeles. "It evolved as a mechanism...
 
Tags: fear, brain, amygdala, amygdala hobbles, fear circuitry, amygdala sprouts, brain regions, overrule reason, cortex
 
 
 
 
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Wrapping up Threat Modeling

2008-02-14 22:51:35 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...shape it to help people get to the results that we want. I hope that our readers have enjoyed the series, which weve converted into a downloadable document ( here
 
Tags: threat, threat modelers, threat models, threat model, design, design specification, specification, set, challenges set people
 
 
 
 
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Windows Server 2008: The shape of the world to come

2008-02-28 00:00:00 by M. E. Kabay in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008 (formerly known as Longhorn) this week. Unlike many previous versions of its predecessors, the move to this new Microsoft server is likely to trigger a radical shift in the business and social spheres far beyond the usual set of mundane issues related to IT system administration. Windows Server 2008 will...
 
Tags: windows server, mundane issues, usual set, microsoft server, previous versions, system administration, radical shift, social spheres, trigger
 
 
 
 
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Help me with my UTM+ research

2008-03-05 07:42:04 by HASH0x8b60558 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...shape the future of this market. Take a moment and leave me a comment on what you think a great UTM should have Oh by the way, what is the "+" for? It is for going beyond what most UTM is today. What else would you want on a gateway networking/security device? I am interested in all of your opinions on this, so please let me know. You can...
 
Tags: utm, solutions, source security solutions, utm market, market, people, integration, true integration, waste time
 
 
 
 
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Snoop Dogg's out-of-shape bodyguard

2008-03-17 03:50:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
Last week was my "WJFK Radio week". I was listening to the Sports Junkie's morning radio show on Friday as I drove to an event. They happened to be talking about the entertainer, Snoop Dogg A couple of the D.J.'s were commenting on the singer's reality t.v. show and the fact that he did not appear to be doing that well, financially speaking,...
 
Tags: snoop dogg, wjfk radio week, radio, bodyguard, personal protection specialists, protection, week, sexton executive security, unfit
 
 
 
 
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Help me with my UTM+ research

2008-03-05 08:42:04 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...shape the future of this market. Take a moment and leave me a comment on what you think a great UTM should have Oh by the way, what is the "+" for? It is for going beyond what most UTM is today. What else would you want on a gateway networking/security device? I am interested in all of your opinions on this, so please let me know. You can...
 
Tags: utm, solutions, source security solutions, utm market, market, people, integration, true integration, waste time
 
 
 
 
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Fiber: Review of Optics, Cables & Connectors

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2008-04-05 03:22:59 by JJ in Security Uncorked
...shape, but quite a bit larger. We suggest using the mnemonic Square Connector to remember SC Last- and possibly least- we have ST , which really means Straight Tip, but many folks have a better time thinking of Stab and Twist. You stick it in and lock it in place by turning the outer barrel, sort of like BNC did. And yes, Im old enough to...
 
Tags: cables,