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Tag Archives: Awareness / Education

ID Thieves: Now Getting Married Under Your Name!

August 27, 2007 – 6:00 am – The NY Post reports: Thirty-five couples who were denied marriage licenses in New York City have appealed those denials in the past 10 months on the basis that they were victims of ID theft. The prevailing theory is that thieves used the stolen names to get married for the purposes of green cards…
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The term ‘Hacker’ expanding in scope?

August 23, 2007 – 6:00 am – The term Hacker is generally reserved for skilled computer programmers or technically proficient computer security experts. There are also references to the term applying to anyone who is curious about anything and seeks to gain knowledge about something. Generally, the term hacker is used by…
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Please Read: My Policy on Publishing Email Correspondence

August 21, 2007 – 6:00 am – The other weekend I had an interesting experience. I always assumed that blogging is public and that any email correspondence between bloggers should be kept private — that’s why it’s sent via email and not posted on the blog! — unless one asks and is granted permission to…
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Dr. Gordon: Information Security can have a positive return

August 20, 2007 – 6:00 am – Before I begin, I’d like to thank Dr. Gordon for an interesting exchange of emails regarding information security economics, specifically enablement and positive return through information security assets. The information security ROI debate was quite heated at times, sometimes bloody.…
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Some Insight (Incite?) on the WSJ IT Security Controls Article

August 6, 2007 – 6:00 am – Alex at RiskManagementInsight noted that the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article explaining to users how they can circumvent their organization’s IT security controls. The other night I met an individual who was very close to the creation of the WSJ article linked above. Said…
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