SEARCH RESULTS
 
Showing 1-10 of 50 records
 
Expand article

Measuring the Wrong Things?

2008-03-24 21:04:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...Treat the Numbers' Approach Challenged ". The main idea in the story is that doctors have been treating patients and using the results of certain tests as the metrics by which they judge health. They treat a patient with drugs, therapies, etc. to get to the diagnostic numbers they want, but now we're finding out that perhaps the numbers are...
 
Tags: security, security comparable, metrics, security metrics, drug, cholesterol drug, cholesterol, lowers cholesterol, workshop held
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Security Matters: Airport Pasta-Sauce Interdiction Considered Harmful

2008-09-18 18:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...treat it as dangerous and treat anyone who tries to bring it on as potentially dangerous. If it's not dangerous, then stop trying to keep it off airplanes. Trying to have it both ways just distracts the screeners from actually making us safer Bruce Schneier is chief security technology officer of BT. His new book is Schneier on Security
 
Tags: security, security screeners, airport security checkpoints, checkpoints, airport security, screeners, liquid, london liquid bombers, airport screeners
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The Two Classes of Airport Contraband

2008-09-23 05:47:04 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...treat it as dangerous and treat anyone who tries to bring it on as potentially dangerous. If it's not dangerous, then stop trying to keep it off airplanes. Trying to have it both ways just distracts the screeners from actually making us safer
 
Tags: airport security checkpoints, checkpoints, airport security, screeners, security screeners, liquid, london liquid bombers, airport screeners, plot
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Really Good Point From Schneier ...

2008-10-01 14:36:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...treat it as dangerous and treat anyone who tries to bring it on as potentially dangerous. If it's not dangerous, then stop trying to keep it off airplanes. Trying to have it both ways just distracts the screeners from actually making us safer Doesn't it just make sense About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: dangerous, hurts innocent people, screeners, airport screeners, treat, airport security, mildly annoys, consequence, terrorists
 
 
 
 
Expand article

An Option with a Negative Value?

2006-07-28 08:38:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...treatment of that option can be negative or positive depending on whether you treat is as an asset or liability. Does this make sense Tags: finance derivatives options valuation
 
Tags: option, negative option, option seller, option writer sells, option buyer, option position, negative, position, writer
 
 
 
 
Expand article

On virtualisation

2007-05-29 16:20:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...Treat virtual machines as services that can be compromised Most administrators will take steps to limit the impact of a compromise of a network facing daemon, such as using chroot() or running the daemon as a low privileged user. These same tactics can be applied to your virtual machine. As always, try to minimise what has to run as root or...
 
Tags: machine, virtual machine process, virtual machine software, host machine, host, software, virtual machine, low, low level access
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...treat it as identical text So, for example, this section from Wikipedias page on Windows Server 2003 Released on April 24, 2003, Windows Server 2003 (which carries the version number 5.2) is the follow-up to Windows 2000 Server, incorporating compatibility and other features from Windows XP. Unlike Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003s...
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Data as Pollution

2008-01-30 12:35:00 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...treat personal electronic data with the same care and respect as weapons-grade plutonium -- it is dangerous, long-lasting and once it has leaked there's no getting it back I said something similar two years ago: In some ways, this tidal wave of data is the pollution problem of the information age. All information processes produce it. If we...
 
Tags: information processes produce, weapons-grade plutonium, information age, cory doctorow, pollution, eventual disposal, pass laws, tidal wave, data
 
 
 
 
Expand article

NGO Security Scenario #14

The Article has embedded video
2008-01-14 01:38:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
...treat the woman and child? What other threats to safety are present? Considering the environmental conditions, what safety measures would you suggest your organization implement when you reach the office? Share your thoughts by clicking on COMMENTS below
 
Tags: safety, safety measures, play button, heavy snow, environmental conditions, winter storm, office, organization implement, reach
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Bruce Schneier's Security Matters: When the Internet Is My Hard Drive, Should I Trust Third Parties?

2008-02-21 02:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
When you treat the internet as an external hard drive, you must be prepared for stuff to disappear. And we don't know which bits we want until they're no longer there. Commentary by Bruce Schneier
 
Tags: bruce schneier, external hard drive, internet, treat, disappear, commentary, stuff, bits