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22 Feb 2010Failure is always an option
Michael Eisner once said "Succeeding is not really a life experience that does much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience."This is something we often take for granted...and something that's facilitated by our society of not wanting people (especially our kids) to fail.I wouldn't trade my failures in life for anything...they've gotten me to where I am today. Failure's always an option and not something to be ...
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17 Feb 2010
What’s your certification worth? Nothing.
According to Global Knowledge (you know, the training/certification folks), IT and security certifications are worth tens of thousands of dollars and, in some cases, over $100,000.Man oh man if it were only that easy to jump in and make that kind of money - and be able to sustain it. I say that certifications such as CISSP, ITIL, or PMP are worth absolutely nothing unless you make it so. What ...
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14 Feb 2010
Great tool for seeking out sensitive info on your network
One of the greatest risks in business today is the issue of unstructured information scattered about the network waiting to be misused and abused by rogue insiders and other outsiders that have gained "internal" access.Reality has shown us that we absolutely cannot protect what we don't acknowledge. The best way to minimize this risk is to search your network far and wide for PII and other sensitive business information you ...
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05 Feb 2010
My latest information security content
Here are my latest information security articles covering policies, internal threats and employee monitoring, and (when all else, fails) incident response. Enjoy!Security policy oversights and mistakes we keep makingThe real deal with internal security threatsMonitoring user activity with network analyzersLack of incident response plan leaves hole in compliance strategyIncident response – the often overlooked component of business continuityAs always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information ...
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05 Feb 2010
My new trade rag column
I've got a new monthly column in Security Technology Executive magazine called Get with IT you may want to check out. It's a real gem of a magazine!...
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05 Feb 2010
Looking past Layer 7 – Web security is more than the app
Here's a bit I wrote on why we need to look deeper than the application when testing our Web security:Looking past Layer 7...it's the little, often overlooked, things that'll get you....
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02 Feb 2010
What part of No Truck Crossing do you not understand?
Check out this wild video of a train crash yesterday. It's a great example of the fact that just because you have a policy (i.e. the no truck crossing sign) doesn't mean that people will abide by (i.e. the dummy driver who probably thought "Aw, I can make this."). Some people just believe that they are exempt from certain things.Keep this in mind for your information security matters...you can't save ...
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01 Feb 2010
Deep thought of the day
All we have are our knowledge and our time and we don’t have a grip on managing our day-to-day tasks and projects we’ll let both go to waste and drive ourselves crazy. Get to know the basics of time management soon. This knowledge will do wonders for your career....
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01 Feb 2010
Relying on users to wipe out wimpy passwords??
I just came across a Dark Reading piece by Adrian Lane on wiping out wimpy passwords. Adrian says that user training is needed so people know how to create strong passwords. I'm not picking on you Adrian however this has become a downright ridiculous approach, one that's been proven time and again not to work. My take is if you have to set your users up for success and, therefore, ...
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26 Jan 2010
Webinar on database security this week
Here's a webinar put on by Application Security, Inc. that I'm participating in this Thursday (1/28/10) in case you're interested...should be enlightening.Five Burning Questions Series: 2010 IT Security Auditor’s Roundtable...
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