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Tag Archives: information security
I just read an article on LinkedIn about the negative impact caused by the recent Home Depot breach. Here are my thoughts about how all the 2014 breaches should change some C level and Information Security paradigms. These could cause a major … Continue reading
The Insider Threat is Alive and Well – a summary taken directly from Raytheon’s How to Build an Insider Threat Program (2014) …
Aspects of human nature further complicate matters: Well-intended managers resist any notions of “their people” doing “bad things.” They screened them. They hired them. They work with them side-by-side and – if they’re good bosses – have developed a genuine interest … Continue reading
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Tagged compliance, cyber security, Cyber Security Incident Response, Incident Response, information assurance, information security, Information Security Policy, information system security, Information Technology, Policy, risk, risk assessment, risk management, Security
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A day in the life of a senior Cyber Security Incident Responder
The day was proving to be an exciting one for team Havoc, the Company’s cyber Red Team, as the L2 report he had just read showed that 4 of the core company servers were vulnerable to a very common … Continue reading
The Cyber Security CIA explained via Calvin and Hobbes
Leave it to my son Kody, who is starting his Cyber Security career to come up with this novel way to explain the CIA triad for Cyber Security. In InfoSec terms, CIA refers to Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. To illustrate … Continue reading
Compliance does not Equal Security
When I read items like this: Agarwal said NoMoreRack is now in the process of certifying itself this time as a Tier-1 merchant, even though the number of credit and debit cards it processed in 2013 placed it squarely in … Continue reading
Excelsior National Cyber Security Institute
In December 2013 I was named a fellow for the Excelsior National Cyber Security Institute. http://www.nationalcybersecurityinstitute.org/fellows/
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Tagged cyber security, Cyber Wargames, information assurance, information security, Security
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Short ISO Presentation
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Department of Homeland Security, Fusion Centers & the Cyber Security Liaison Program: A sharing of intelligence
Department of Homeland Security, Fusion Centers & the Cyber Security Liaison Program: A sharing of intelligence By: Kevin L. McLaughlin March 9, 2013 The amount of data available through electronic means is hard to wrap your mind around … Continue reading
Why Is It?
Why is it that Internet Crime statistics continue to show that for the criminally inclined internet crime is a very viable and fast growing field? Why is it that millions of dollars are stolen from end users who simply fail to … Continue reading
The Talent Within
11/8/2012 In his book “Topgrading: How leading companies win by hiring, coaching and keeping the best people” (2005) Dr. Smart talks about how important it is for a company to not only hire A level talent but then keep and … Continue reading
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