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Is FUD Always With Us?

December 29, 2008 – 6:00 am – In March, 2008, Alan Shimel-who blogs at http://www.stillsecureafteralltheseyears.com/ – wrote a fascinating entry with the provocative title:  “Sitting on Your Hands is Not an Option-FUD, Compliance, What will it Take to Sell Security?”  Unfortunately, the text is no longer…
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The Difference between Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Analysis and Why It Matters (Part 1)

September 4, 2008 – 6:00 am – Many discussions of security risk analysis methodologies mention a distinction between quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, but virtually none of those discussions clarify the distinction in a rigorous way. The purpose of this 3-part series is to clarify that distinction and then show why…
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