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Effective Security Policy Messaging Important
Information Security Resources —
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By Christopher Burgess , Senior Security Adviser End users tuning you out? Here’s a three-step process for taking human factors into account in your security program (and even using them to your advantage). Let us begin with the premise that security policies exist to protect an entity’s assets as it ...1 day ago -
Windows Security Logs and MS Log Parser
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP When investigating an intrusion in a Windows system, one of the first places to start is the Windows security log. Security event log is also very useful for analysis when searching for anomalies and possible intrusions. Reading through a Windows security log ...1 day ago -
How to make a career in information security field a long term success
IT answers —
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New Question Created by NetworkingATE1 day ago -
Virtualization is Real
Pete Silva —
Authority: 107
I remember back-in-the-day when Virtual meant ‘almost,’ ‘simulated’ or ‘in essence’ as in, ‘I’m virtually there.’ Today, as it has made it’s way into computer terminology, it can mean actual or real things that are done over computers. Virtualization has been the main enabler of Cloud ...1 day ago -
HTTPS Data Exposure - GET vs POST
Information Security Short Takes —
Authority: 418
Here is a quick chart showing the data exposure when considering GET vs POST and also HTTP vs HTTPS. URL arguments refer to arguments in the URL for GET or POST (e.g. foo.com?arg1=something). Body arguments refer to data communicated via POST paramaters in the HTTP request body. NOTE: This chart does not ...1 day ago -
ATM on Craigslist Loaded with Card Data
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert After the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just set it up anywhere. So my search began. I started looking on ...2 days ago -
ISAlliance: Cyber Security is Economic Issue
Information Security Resources —
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By Anthony M. Freed , Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor Internet Security Alliance President Larry Clinton joined several other prominent information security advocates to provide testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security Tuesday. ...2 days ago -
Orchestrated Thievery: Over 2000 ATMs Targeted
Infosecurity.US —
Authority: 135
News , of the hack, crack and subsequent theft, of significant funds utilizing thousands of compromised ATMs. More information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation appears, inclusive of apropos linkage, after the jump. HIGH-TECH HEIST 2,100 ATMs Worldwide Hit at Once It was a highly sophisticated and ...2 days ago -
Drive By: NIST updates information security guidelines
Liquidmatrix Security Digest —
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From Nextgov: The first revision to Special Publication 800-37 — “Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life-Cycle Approach” — will help agencies comply with the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act, which requires them to identify and take ...2 days ago -
Update: Ohio town gets its free WiFi back!
FinanceTechNews.com —
Authority: 131
A flood of bad publicity surrounding the shutdown of free WiFi service in the tiny Ohio town of Coshocton has apparently resulted in the service being re-instated — for now. After a user of the service illegally downloaded a movie using the connection, the powers that be in Coshocton (population: about 12,000) got ...2 days ago -
Security Briefing – November 18th
Liquidmatrix Security Digest —
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Morning all! Sorry to be so spotty lately on posts, I’ve been on the road a lot (flying out again today!). I hope you all miss me as much as I miss you. Keep on keepin’ on. Matt Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest! . And now, the news… Metasploit Framework 3.3 released! – ...2 days ago -
Data Security: T-Mobile Experiences A Data Breach...But Not Really
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 132
There are many aspects to data security, like the use of drive encryption software , antivirus software, firewalls, etc. However, the biggest and central one is monitoring. Basically, making sure that things are going as planned, and looking to see if anything has gone awry. Otherwise, one may end up ...3 days ago -
Innovative Analytic Tool Empowers Investors
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
By Anthony M. Freed , Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor An innovative new investor analytic tool made its public debut today, and it offers an exciting look at what may well be the future of online trading for both market experts and arm-chair analysts alike. Trefis , named for ...3 days ago -
SaaS and the Need for Enterprise Architecture
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
Coby Royer, Technical Product Manager for Symplified Does SaaS Diminish the Need for Enterprise Architecture? This is a good question, but we have to understand what is meant by Enterprise Architecture (EA). It is generally accepted to be a discipline and sometimes that strategically aligns an ...3 days ago -
Novell’s Global Partnership with Atos Origin Supports New SAP Joint Offering
Novell Open PR —
Authority: 490
The IT infrastructure is a mass of incompatible systems with unique risk controls and policies, making compliance and risk management complex, time-consuming and costly. To address this, we recently expand our global partnership with SAP to help customers deliver confident business and IT governance, risk and ...3 days ago -
How to Trust Cloud Computing
Information Security Short Takes —
Authority: 418
Cloud Computing is becoming more and more the buzzword of every conference, meeting and article. Yet it is still in its inception, and there are multitude of issues and problems. Cloud services are springing up like mushrooms after rain, and all the big players want a piece of the pie. Dark Reading discusses ...3 days ago -
New IBM Analytics For Business Intelligence
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
BY Mel Duvall , Chief Content Officer at CIOZone IBM made a series of moves on the business intelligence and analytics front the other week, including launching a new mashup service for its Cognos 8 software. IBM has made analytics one of its focal points this year as companies continue to invest in the ...4 days ago -
Revolving Door of Abuse: Procurement Fraud
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting I recently studied one of the many procurement fraud cases ( US v. Khan ) associated with the LOGCAP III contract, and came away with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I saw groups such as the relatively recently formed National Procurement Fraud Task ...4 days ago -
IT Risks vs. Information Risks
Information Security Short Takes —
Authority: 418
As an Information Security professional I think it is increasingly important to understand the difference between IT Risk and Information Risks. You should also understand the advantages in enabling business strategies by ensuring that you brand each one of these risks accordingly. Here are my high level ...4 days ago -
ISAlliance to Testify for Senate Judiciary
Information Security Resources —
Authority: 533
From The Internet Security Alliance Media Alert: Internet Security Alliance President to Testify at U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA), will testify tomorrow at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Terrorism and Homeland Security ...4 days ago
