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On Government Employees, Culture, and Survivability

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2008-07-21 13:46:05 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
...Survival at Home photo by Uh Bob Now Im not trying to stereotype, but you need to know the organizational behavior pieces to understand how government security works. And in this case, the typical government employee is about as survival-aware as their Afghani counterpart Best advice I ever heard from a public policy wonk: the key to survival...
 
Tags: government, government employees, government security, culture, government culture, security, typical government employee, promote security, silent culture
 
 
 
 
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Security vs. Privacy

2008-01-29 05:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...survival, not just of people but of every living thing. Privacy is unique to humans, but it's a social need. It's vital to personal dignity, to family life, to society -- to what makes us uniquely human -- but not to survival If you set up the false dichotomy, of course people will choose security over privacy -- especially if you scare them...
 
Tags: privacy, security, security affects privacy, people, people choose security, choose security, anti-privacy, afford privacy, security theater
 
 
 
 
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Hedge Funds Semantics

2006-08-25 01:48:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...survival rate is not encouraging. So why are they called "hedge" funds in the first place When we hear the word "hedge" we usually think of protection and safety. In finance, a hedge, usually in the form of derivatives, is used to protect an investment from loss. But it also limits the gains of the position as well. This makes potential...
 
Tags: hedge, hedge funds, hedge funds act, funds, conventional funds, assets result, assets, risky investments, conventional assets
 
 
 
 
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Revolution through Competition?

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...survival of the fittest, has been around far longer than humans, but humans are unique in setting up artificial competitions and awarding prizes for success. The Olympic Games is perhaps the oldest competition that continues to this day (albeit with a hiatus of two millennia), though no doubt it wasn't the first. Technological competitions...
 
Tags: competition, artificial competitions, humans, olympic games, technological competitions, form, day, survival, unique
 
 
 
 
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Nuclear War Survival Myths

2008-01-12 18:46:58 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
I did not write this article, and while it's not about computer security it is about security. My interest in this subject was renewed after watching the TV series Jericho (watch it so it stays on the air). I thought this article was interesting enough to warrant mirroring, and it seems to jive pretty well with what I have read from other...
 
Tags: tv series jericho, computer security, security, jive pretty, article, subject, fan, pgpgpg, paranoid
 
 
 
 
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NGO Security Scenario #18 - High Seas Horror

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2008-02-11 02:43:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
...survival instinct? How did the majority of passengers react? What does the behavior of the passengers playing slot machines in the upper right corner of the video suggest? Have you ever been in a crisis situation where you've witnessed similar behavior as shown in the video? Share your thoughts and observations in the COMMENTS below
 
Tags: video, security video footage, behavior, human behavior, crisis situation, similar behavior, ship, passengers, passengers react
 
 
 
 
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Risk of Knowing Too Much About Risk

2008-03-06 06:24:50 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...survival mechanism. In the presence of uncertainty, fear is a valuable defense. Our brains react emotionally, generate anxiety and tell us, "Remember the news report that showed what happened when those other kids took the bus? Don't put your kids on the bus The second way we process risk is analytical: we use probability and statistics to...
 
Tags: intuitive, intuitive risk processors, analytical, analytical rigor, intuitive response, brains process risk, brains react, images, dreadful images
 
 
 
 
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2008-04-04 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Survival Guide William Vambenepes blog Blog Archive Another IT event standard? Ill believe it when I CEE it Worst practices: Recognizing the biggest compliance mistakes Tenable Network Security: CyberCrime, CyberTerror, CyberEspionage, and CyberWar The final point I'd like to make on cybercrime is that the current set of problems show us...
 
Tags: security, security professional, tenable network security, compliance, compliance reasons, information security, compliance mistakes, compliance technology, safety belt laws
 
 
 
 
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Risk Preferences in Chimpanzees and Bonobos

2008-04-17 06:20:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...survival strategy to -- all other things being equal, of course -- accept small gains rather than risking them for larger ones, and risk larger losses rather than accepting smaller losses. Lions chase young or wounded wildebeest because the investment needed to kill them is lower. Mature and healthy prey would probably be more nutritious, but...
 
Tags: risk preferences, risk, relative risk preferences, risk-prone behaviour, approach, people approach risk, people, losses, risk larger losses
 
 
 
 
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Crimeware in the Middle - Zeus

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2008-04-24 04:37:46 by HASH0x8ae4648 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...survival of your botneta in 90% of cases Ability to work with any browsers / programs work through wininet.dll (Internet Explorer, AOL, Maxton, etc Intercepting POST-data + interception hitting (including inserted data from the clipboard Transparent URL-redirection (at feyk sites, etc.) c task redirect the simplest terms (for example: only...
 
Tags: zeus, file, remote file, zeus trojan, binary file, file system32 drivers, kit, metaphisher kit, configuration file