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Trump Fires Casino CIO as cost cutting measure, won’t replace

July 3, 2007 – 7:04 am – A trend? Last week, the company laid off two executive vice presidents as part of cost cutting moves, and said it would not fill either position. Let go were Paul B. Keller, who oversaw design and construction, and Virginia McDowell, its chief information officer. …
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A 2 for 1 Post: Richard Clarke - Right & Wrong / My Thoughts on the Future of Infosec

June 14, 2007 – 7:19 am – This blog post pointed me over to a techtarget article that interviewed Richard Clarke. Clarke is reported as saying: “That illustrates the problem,” he said. “It’s about what you don’t know, or what you don’t see or can’t prove. Industrial and national…
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Kevin Mitnick in Playboy Magazine

May 14, 2007 – 7:07 am – It’s hard to believe: I purchased the June 2007 issue Playboy magazine for the articles! Yes, it’s true! After someone alerted me to the fact that a profile of Mitnick was in the magazine and I discovered there was a new short story by Woody Allen as well, I decided to purchase it. (I…
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PC World Knocks Apple Security

May 11, 2007 – 6:26 am – In 10 Things We Hate About Apple, PC World writes: 7. Give Me a Sign Does anyone want to tell us when the next Mac OS X software updates will hit? What security vulnerabilities Apple is working on fixing? In April, Apple released a patch that plugged more than two dozen…
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Comments on Insecure Magazine #11: Security ROI/Enablement and Schmidt Interview

May 11, 2007 – 6:18 am – Insecure Magazine 11 was released earlier in May 2007. I read through it and two articles caught my eye. As a coincidence, both relate to my paper on Virtual Trust that was also published in the 9th edition of Insecure Magazine. The first was Security Economics (55-57). The second was the Howard…
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