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30 Jan 2013What’s your communication style?
Great IT & infosec-related quote:"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -PlatoGood communication is arguably the most important factor for success....
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29 Jan 2013
Introducing the brand new Hacking For Dummies, 4th edition
Well, it's here...the fourth edition of my book Hacking For Dummies is officially available today!Starting summer of 2012 and ending just before Christmas, I put in over 200 hours of blood, sweat, tears, and occasional cussing into this edition...more than any previous updates to the book. That said, my savvy technical editor, Peter Davis, and the wonderful editors at Wiley, Becky Huehls, Virginia Sanders, and Amy Fandrei were the real ...
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21 Jan 2013
Student information systems rife with security flaws
Here's an interesting story from Slashdot today about a college student being expelled after pointing out flaws in his college's student information system.What he's seeing is no surprise. Starting with my days working for IBM's EduQuest division, for the past 20 years or so I've seen numerous K-12 and higher education student information systems chock full of security flaws. Stupid, silly security flaws like SQL injection, cross-site request forgery, URL ...
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18 Jan 2013
Dear Neal Boortz,
With this being your final day on the air, I thought it would be appropriate for me to send you a note of thanks for all you've done for me the past 20 years or so that I've listened to your radio show. Rather than wax poetic in paragraph format I want to list out the things you've taught me that have greatly enhanced my life.Neal, you have taught me:To ...
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14 Jan 2013
How are you getting your points across?
Here's a great point to remember regarding information security:"A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves." -Harvey Mackay...
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21 Dec 2012
IT security careers, committees, and corruption
Here are some new pieces I've written on IT and security leadership (or lack thereof). Enjoy!What to do when the CIO gets in the way of enterprise IT securityHow to form a functional enterprise IT security committeeUnderstanding management gets your IT department what it needsFive Concepts for IT Security SuccessAs always, check out principlelogic.com/resources for links to all of my information security whitepapers, podcasts, webcasts, books, and more....
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09 Dec 2012
What do credibility, BYOD, & mobile security have in common?
They're the topics of three new pieces I've written!I can't believe I've been writing more than ever lately but haven't kept up with my posts accordingly. In the interest of catching up, here's some new content I've written on mobile security, BYOD, and IT/security careers:Credibility is the cornerstone of your careerAs BYOD, cloud change networking, VPN management still indispensibleTop 10 reasons we have our heads in the sand over mobile ...
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26 Nov 2012
Fix for painful authenticated web vulnerability scans requiring MFA
Authenticated web security scans are one of the most frustrating parts of web security assessments. I mean they're downright painful, oftentimes seemingly impossible - especially if multi-factor authentication (MFA) technology is in use. Yet authenticated scans are critically important. It's scary how many times I uncover serious flaws (i.e. SQL injection) while logged-in as a typical user of a web site/application. That is if I can get my web vulnerability ...
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13 Nov 2012
Are you doing enough to protect your secrets? It’s unlikely.
If the person who heads the CIA can't keep his "secrets"; nothing's secret. It's as simple as that.What are you doing to ensure your intellectual property is protected?Lawyers will claim their contracts are enough. Management will leave their heads in the sand and claim their IT folks are handling it. Neither are enough.Fix the silly/ridiculous/inexcusable low-hanging fruit on your network and then put the proper technologies and procedures in place ...
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10 Oct 2012
Arguing for infosec’s limitations
Here's a powerful information security-related quote that underscores many of the challenges we face:"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can." -Willis R. Whitney Is your management on board with security or not? They're either part of the solution or part of the problem. It's up to you to take the appropriate steps to ...
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“A business associate referred our company to Principle Logic when we were seeking a resource to perform vulnerability /penetration testing for our external and internal networks. We found Kevin Beaver to be professional, well informed, and easy to work with. His testing did not disrupt our networks, and his progress updates were timely.
His final report was very thorough and included security recommendations for our network environment. The executive leadership was so impressed with Kevin’s security expertise, they have extended their agreement to continue to perform periodic testing. We highly recommend Kevin Beaver and Principle Logic as a resource for network security testing.”
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Kevin has written/co-written 12 books on information security including one of the best-sellers of all time:
