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The C-I-A Triad weighed and found wanting

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2007-04-12 04:54:18 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...suggests, it is the quality of being the real deal. When something does not possess authenticity, it is said to be fraudulent.Examples of a lack of authenticity include the reproduction of employee ID badges, calling into a help-desk and posing as another individual, and modifying records Utility : Usefulness of information for a...
 
Tags: information security, information, parkerian hexad, parkerian hexad model, control information, principles, security principles, personal health information, parkerian hexad augments
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...suggests that a wave of munitions using reactive materials may be headed for a battlefield near you The material can dramatically magnify the yield of conventional bombs, and do away with the waste embodied by a bomb's inert metal skin. The U.S. Air Force's 5,000 BLU-122 bunker buster, for example, contains just 780 pounds of explosives; the...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Model Validation - Not Just for Quants

2006-12-26 05:10:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...suggests that model validation is too important to be narrowly defined or left to the quants For both best practice and regulatory compliance reasons, senior bank executives must begin to take a more commanding role in ensuring that model validation is aligned with the overall interests of the bank and that the banks investment in sound risk...
 
Tags: model validation, bank, senior bank executives, compliance, regulatory compliance reasons, purely quantitative endeavor, bank losses, poor, article recently
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...suggests those who implemented the site were (possibly grossly) negligent and totally clueless about security. This error should have been caught in basic testing. A penetration test should have caught it. Clearly testing was neglected." - Anonymous Coward, commented on The Register Story Comfyllama] Excellent point! If you run a site that...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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Phish and Foul

2007-07-20 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...suggests, most "phishing" e-mail goes wide of the mark, arriving as spam unconnected with the recipient's bank. A phishing expedition, though, can be profitable with only a few successes.) The remedies offered by the security community are numerous. Most prevalent are various types of red flags
 
Tags: sites, criminal sites, information, enter password information, online con game, e-mail, e-mail messages, security community, term suggests
 
 
 
 
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Security World: PCI expert suggests retailers address both security and business availability

2007-12-13 18:35:12 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
The holiday shopping season is again putting the spotlight on PCI compliance, including the measures retailers must take to ensure the confidentiality of consumer data. However, IT management expert J
 
Tags: pci compliance, management expert, measures retailers, consumer data, holiday, ensure, confidentiality, spotlight, season
 
 
 
 
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Article: Analytics Brief: Securing The New Data Center

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2008-01-07 05:28:32 by Editor in Security Links
...suggests, VMs with a minimized and hardened operating system thats been configured to precisely meet the needs of the appliances one application. The idea is to minimize or eliminate any operating system configuration work on the part of the end user, permitting rapid and consistent deployment with relatively little expertise required from...
 
Tags: virtual environment, environment, virtual appliances range, virtual appliances, security, tools, security tools, develop security, security holes
 
 
 
 
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Passes 1000 Vulnerabilities

2007-10-16 17:23:36 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...suggests that Microsoft wasnt able to fix more Windows flaws than the number of open software flaws fixed by the major open source companies. Red Hat, having forty times less employees than Microsoft, did the best job, by fixing and closing the most security bugs, also closing even minor bugs - where Microsoft didnt even fix one minor bug in...
 
Tags: red hat, fixed, software flaws fixed, red hat truth, team fixed, microsoft, security vulnerabilities, team, minor bugs
 
 
 
 
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WiFi flu: viral router attack could hit whole cities

2008-01-03 16:40:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
New research from a team at Indiana University suggests that malware attacks specifically focused on wireless routers could do significant damage on a city-wide scale. There are tools to limit the damage such attacks could causebut only if consumers use them
 
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