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Social contracts for cyber security
An information security industry trade association (the ISAlliance – Internet Security Alliance) has been promoting the notion of a social contract between government and the private sector to improve...
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Obama cyberspace policy review
Last week, I got an email from the Internet Security Alliance (a trade association of companies like Raytheon and Northrup-Grumman that lobbies the government on cyber-security issues) with Melissa...
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Cyber crime costs over $1 trillion
A pitch from Alex Whitson from SC TV for a Webinar on the LinkedIn Information Security Community piqued my attention with the following teaser: As you may have read recently, Cybercrime is now costing...
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Why your IT vendor doesn’t want you to do a risk analysis
Did you ever have a feeling that your IT integrator was treating you like a couple of guys selling you a Persian rug? “Take it now – it’s so beautfiful, just perfect for your living room, a steal...
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Offensive security
I have written several times in the past here, here and here about the notion of taking cyber security on the offensive James Anderson, president of Professional Assurance LLC, says that there is no...
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A strategy for combating cyber terror
Instead of getting some real work done this morning, I started collating some thoughts on cyber security strategy. I guess it’s a lot easier to think about strategies than to fix buggy, risky code....
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Message queuing insecurity
I met with Maryellen Ariel Evans last week. She was in Israel on vacation and we had coffee on the Bat Yam boardwalk. Maryellen is a serial entrepreneur; her latest venture is a security product for...
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The valley of death between IT and information security
IT is about executing predictable business processes. Security is about reducing the impact of unpredictable attacks to a your organization. In order ot bridge the chasm – IT and security need to adopt...
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The megaupload bust
My daughter was distressed yesterday after the Feds shutdown the megaupload file sharing site – “How am I going to see all those series and Korean movies I love? It’s not fair!” The FBI have been after...
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Is cyber security and mobile device management important in the healthcare...
Is cyber security and mobile device management important in the healthcare industry? Healthcare and technology go hand in glove more than almost any other sector in today’s business world. This...
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