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Our End Users: The Weakest Link

2008-03-12 11:00:18 by Allan Pomerantz in BlogInfoSec.com
 
...users represent the often ignored and weakly defended alternative routes. So, why do the users represent such as easy target? The reasons are many: we should start by recognizing two distinct classes of users, even though the level of damage and the technical defenses are the same The first group consists of users (employees, contractors,...
 
Tags: users, policies, non-existent policies, companys security policies, policies exist, companys security, system users, users represent, security policies
 
 
 
 
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Plan now to eliminate "power users" from your domains

2008-02-11 18:03:17 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Users group -- how powerful is it, really, and why did we remove the group from Windows Vista That group had rights install software and drivers. And if you can install software and drivers, then you can elevate yourself to Administrator or SYSTEM. Vista includes a signed installer that allows standard users to install packages signed by a...
 
Tags: power, power users, powerful, too-powerful power users, rights install software, software, install, install packages, install software
 
 
 
 
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BAM Solutions for CEP Engine Users

2008-01-23 10:50:16 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...Users .The page is well written, reinforcing some of my earlier posts on the value proposition for CEP; so I hope the folks at SL dont mind if I repost their excellentthoughts onBAM and CEP here Solutions for CEP Engine Users by SL Corporation 1999-2008 Sherrill-Lubinski Corporation. All rights reserved Complex Event Processing (CEP) is a...
 
Tags: cep, cep engine users, users, impact, business events impact, bam, cep permits, events, myriad events
 
 
 
 
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Do you listen to your users?

2008-04-04 21:18:17 by Editor in Security x.0
 
...users Committee 8.24. We recommend that the Department for Children, Schools and Families, in recognition of its revised remit, establish a project, involving a wide range of partners, to identify and promote new ways to educate the adult population, in particular parents, in online security and safety. (6.49 Club: "Government advice must be...
 
Tags: internet, personal internet security, software, content control software, software vendors, users, software liability, club, ilkley computer club
 
 
 
 
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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
...users are trying to productively solve. Bottom line, you can't bypass making sure you have the right policies, procedures and education in place for your users (aka non-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...
 
Tags: non-technical controls, technical controls, security, controls, aka non-technical controls, non-technical, quality, quality security controls, technical
 
 
 
 
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Update on the LinkedIn CEP Users Group

2008-06-05 13:26:37 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
There arenow 234 members of the CEP Users Group on LinkedIn. So, if you have not yet joined the CEP Users Group, please do so by clicking here
 
Tags: cep users, linkedin, arenow
 
 
 
 
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Update on the LinkedIn CEP Users Group

2008-06-05 13:26:37 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
There arenow 234 members of the CEP Users Group on LinkedIn. So, if you have not yet joined the CEP Users Group, please do so by clicking here
 
Tags: cep users, linkedin, arenow
 
 
 
 
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Facebook's "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users

2008-01-03 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Facebook "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users into downloading adware, according to Fortinet IT Audit Checklists Advertisement Prepare for your next internal IT audit. Checklists cover security, risk management, PCI, and more
 
Tags: secret crush, audit, checklists cover security, audit checklists, risk management, facebook, advertisement, pci, fortinet
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft sends patch to wrong users

2008-01-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x84707cc in Network World on Security
 
A day after Microsoft accidentally sent a patch to some users running the Windows Vista operating system, the company updated the preview release of Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to a small group of testers, the company confirmed Thursday
 
Tags: vista service pack, windows vista, preview release, users, microsoft, patch, company, sp1, system