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IT and Infosec Insourcing: Could You Do It If You Wanted To?
July 3, 2008 – 6:00 am
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There was an article by Timothy Aeppel on the front page of the June 13, 2008 issue of The Wall Street Journal with the title “Stung by Soaring Transport Cost, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again” (subscription required). The article is about manufacturers bringing back some of their…
Security Mindset: Nature or Nurture?
June 24, 2008 – 6:00 am
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I have been following with interest the discussions started by Ken Belva on this site in response to Bruce Schneier’s initial post on his own blog about the “security mindset” or, to put it another way, “security folks with beautiful minds.”
First, I want to say how…
Protecting the Critical Infrastructure: Beware of Crimeware
June 4, 2008 – 6:00 am
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I first became involved with U.S. critical infrastructure protection in the late 1990s when I joined others in the Banking and Finance Sector to form the FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center). This is how it happened.
In the 1998 timeframe, John Lauria, a colleague…
Bad Behavior - Thoughts on the Malicious Insider
May 30, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Following every high-profile insider security breach, there is usually a slew of vendors who will triumphantly point out that, had they installed their product, the victim company would have avoided the whole painful problem. The adverse publicity, the implementation of new Draconian controls,…
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