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Users continue to ignore security policies, while security organizations are overlooking non-technical controls

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2007-12-13 12:37:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
...technical controls After reading this I decided to do some searching around for some type of survey numbers around technical vs. non-technical controls. I didn't see much out there but did come across this (" Is Information Security Under Control ') from IEEE Computer Society published in early 2007 The survey focused in on 80 of the...
 
Tags: non-technical controls, technical controls, security, controls, aka non-technical controls, non-technical, quality, quality security controls, technical
 
 
 
 
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Quantitative Analysis = "Highly" Technical Analysis (?)

2007-02-07 09:34:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...Technical Analysis" will probably bring in some violent reactions from quants . But I just want to point out the similarities that they share. In fact, it can be seen that Quantitative Analysis is a higher form of Technical Analysis Technical Analysis is commonly described as Charting . It is the study of charts (graphical representation of...
 
Tags: technical, technical analysis, quantitative analysis, quantitative, technical indicators, indicators, survey results, results, reversal models
 
 
 
 
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Technical glitch blamed in The Princeton Tower Club breach

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2008-05-13 09:20:10 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...technical glitch," Tower graduate board chair Greg Berzolla 87 said Evan] Really? A technical glitch? These types of breaches are usually the result of human error The [spreadsheet] file wasnt even available on the hard drive [of the computer that sent the e-mail]," Berzolla said. "[The e-mail system] took an old e-mail and used it as a...
 
Tags: princeton tower club, tower club, club, club technical chair, e-mail system tower, e-mail system, tower, system, current club
 
 
 
 
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AIB technical problem discloses details of bank transfers

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2007-11-28 17:08:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...technical problem occurred in the issuing of these advice notices to some AIB customers that made international payments between the 13th and 15th November 2007. This affected 15,000 payment advices, which were sent in error to the wrong customers Reference URL The Irish Times Story Computer Weekly Story RTE Business Story Report Credit The...
 
Tags: bank, account, bank account details, aib bank, bank account, aib, details, wrong customers, customers
 
 
 
 
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Show 010 - A Panel Discussion with Fortify Softwares Technical Advisory Board

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2007-01-22 19:59:59 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...Technical Advisory Board , several of whom have been featured on previous episodes. The group discusses what commercial software tools can learn from academic research, the state of software security in China, real world lessons learned while using static analysis tools, and software security pedagogy Participating members of the Technical...
 
Tags: software security, software security pedagogy, security, computer security, security products trainer, professor, static analysis tools, static analysis, tenable network security
 
 
 
 
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Daily Mail publisher admits to stolen laptop

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2008-07-05 12:55:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...technical issue, already further strengthened procedures Evan] This breach was caused by a "technical issue"? Like what? I presume that the technical aspects surrounding this breach were working exactly as they were designed to in the manner of which that they were implemented. Without further elaboration, "strengthened procedures" is...
 
Tags: information, personal information, daily mail publisher, daily mail, personal, store confidential information, laptop, personal data, laptop company computer
 
 
 
 
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Understanding and Selecting a Database Activity Monitoring Solution: Part 6, The Selection Process

2008-04-01 23:06:40 by rmogull in securosis.com
 
...technical stakeholders , and one or two non-technical business units. On the technical side its important to engage the database and application administrators with systems that may be within the scope of the project over time, not just the one database and/or application you plan on starting with. Although many DAM projects start with a...
 
Tags: selection process, process, determine protection, determine, specific, specific technical features, determine compatibility, determine technical requirements, technical requirements
 
 
 
 
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Our End Users: The Weakest Link

2008-03-12 11:00:18 by Allan Pomerantz in BlogInfoSec.com
 
...technical controls, such as hardening servers, more aggressive patching, and deployment of a vast array of security devices / appliances, they have two choices. A small number of highly technical, motivated crooks will find ways to defeat our defenses directly. However, the majority will simply follow the Germans World War II approach to the...
 
Tags: users, policies, non-existent policies, companys security policies, policies exist, companys security, system users, users represent, security policies
 
 
 
 
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10 Myths About Life As An IT Security Professional

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2008-04-25 23:08:41 by Craig Balding in Security Wannabe
...technical demonstration (look how easy that was to break into!), humour and relationship building. And sometimes, the policy is wrong and you have to big enough to admit it and fix it. One thing to note: in a crisis or other time sensitive incident, it may be time to bark the orders. Most reasonable people will understand that after the...
 
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