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• Online Money Mules Aide Theft and Fraud

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Mules are relatively unaware people who get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a criminal enterprise. The mules often respond to “help wanted” ads from online job placement sites. Shipping scams are a common tactic ...
  22 hours ago

• Effective Security Policy Messaging Important

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  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

• WARNING: Security Device Enclosed

  
  Lori MacVittie — Authority: 557
  If you aren’t using all the security tools at your disposal you’re doing it wrong. How many times have you seen an employee wave on by a customer when the “security device enclosed” in some item – be it DVD, CD, or clothing – sets off the alarm at the doors? Just a few weeks ago I heard one young ...
  2 days 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 — Authority: 533
  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

• Beware of ‘Free’ InfoSec

  
  MSI :: State of Security — Authority: 112
  It’s tempting to gravitate toward security vendors who offer assessments on the “we find holes or it’s free” basis. I wanted to take a moment and express my thoughts on this approach. First off, security testing choices should not be based on price. They should be based on risk. The goal is to reduce the risk ...
  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 ...
  4 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 ...
  4 days ago

• Its Alan and Mitchell podcast time again!

  
  StillSecure, After All These Years — Authority: 126
  True to our word, Mitchell and I are back for another podcast! We are going to really try and do one a week for as long as possible.  Mitchell and I have so much to catch up on that it is again just the two of us this week. But for right after Thanksgiving we have a special guest lined up to appear. Anyway, for ...
  4 days ago

• Cloud computing officially enters pop culture

  
  StillSecure, After All These Years — Authority: 126
  OK its official, Cloud Computing is just not cool anymore.  Nothing that goes too mainstream pop can be cool. Too commercial. Watching Monday Night Football tonight, I saw the IBM commercial for cloud computing.  Personally I think it is the kiss of death. Does this signify critical mass or a fad that ...
  4 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 ...
  5 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 ...
  5 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 ...
  5 days ago

• Increase Your Information Security IQ

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Years ago (like 20) a friend was graduating from college and moving away and a bunch of friends were throwing a party for this person. Collectively they asked me if I’d write a small speech as a version of “This is your life”. Stymied as to why they ...
  5 days ago

• Fifteen More Smart Grid Privacy Concerns

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Rebecca Herold ( The Privacy Professor ) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI I’ve had about half a dozen folks ask me how things are going with the work I’m doing with the NIST Smart Grid privacy group , and if I could provide an update since my last couple of posts on the topic here and here . The ...
  5 days ago

• 2010 Defense Authorization Act Spending

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest On October 28th President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (655 page PDF here ). After removing the Department of Energy allotment of $122 million it appears that the DoD is not gearing up in a major ...
  6 days ago

• What Could Possibly Be Worse Than A Virus?

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Anti-virus protection, critical security patches and a secure wireless connection have always been essential processes on my networks. My main concern has always been to protect my bank account by keeping the bad guy out. In my presentations, I’ve always ...
  1 week ago

• DLP is Short for Disturbing Lack of Process?

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Danny Lieberman , Security Expert and Founder of Software Associates Ted Ritter has suggested that we rename DLP a Disturbing Lack of Process … Indeed DLP is not a well-defined term – since so many vendors (Kaspersky anti-virus, McAfee anti-virus, Symantec anti-virus, Trend Micro Provilla, CA ...
  1 week ago

• HITECH Act and Protecting Health Privacy

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Doug Pollack , Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts September 23, 2009 marked a major milestone for patient rights. That is when the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act took effect, requiring healthcare organizations to take more responsibility for protecting ...
  1 week ago

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