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Why Information Security Professionals Should Learn Texas Hold ‘em Poker
June 11, 2008 – 6:00 am
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“Mathematics and psychology.” That’s poker (including Texas Hold ‘em) according to the legendary poker player Mike Caro. That could also describe the field of information security. In this column, while I’ll show some of the overlap between Texas Hold ‘em Poker…
Risk Assessment Gone Awry: The Costly, and Unpleasant, Consequences of Good Intentions
May 21, 2008 – 6:00 am
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We are all well aware that information security controls should be “risk-based.” Innumerable email messages received from vendors stress this apparent truth, and conference speakers are forever reminding us that risk assessment must serve as the foundation of an effective—and…
Fitting the CIA Triad in a Business Context: The Concept of Agile Security
May 20, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Last year, Harvard Business School Press published a very interesting book entitled IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage by George Westerman and Richard Hunter. Westerman is a Research Scientist at the Center for Information Systems Research at the MIT Sloan School of…
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