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01 Jul 2009The definitive secret to success in your job and career
It all comes down to this. I couldn't agree more."Eighty-five percent of the reason you get a job, keep that job, and move ahead in that job has to do with your people skills and people knowledge." - Cavett Robert...
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30 Jun 2009
Tool to take the pain out of threat modeling
Can you tell I'm getting caught up on talking about some neat security tools worth checking out!? Well, here's another one: Amenaza's SecurITree that I first wrote about in my book Hacking For Dummies, 2nd edition. It's a decision support tool you can use to analyze specific threats to your business and the likelihood of attack. Threat modeling is something that many people do in their head "qualitatively" (or not ...
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29 Jun 2009
Great way to maintain desktop security & integrity
If you're looking for a way to keep your Windows desktops locked down, safe from abuse, and clean reboot after reboot, check out Faronics Deep Freeze. It can save you a ton of time and headache......
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29 Jun 2009
Great source code analysis tool
Finally, I've found an affordable and effective static source code analysis tool! It's called CxDeveloper - a product Israel-based Checkmarx that's distributed/supported by U.S.-based Security Innovation. Whew....it's a little confusing but what can you do.I've used CxDeveloper for over a year now and, like most products, it's not perfect. It crashes unexpectedly every now and then, it generates false-positives, its licensing process is kludgy and old-fashioned, and its reporting capabilities ...
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26 Jun 2009
My latest security content
Here's my latest information security content you may be interested in: Testing rich Internet applications for security holes The pros and cons of host-based vs. appliance-based tape encryption As always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information security articles, podcasts, webcasts, screencasts and more....
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24 Jun 2009
My latest security content
Here's my latest information security content you may be interested in:Gathering and documenting your Windows desktop security policiesSecurity essentials for Active Directory on LinuxWindows server hardening: How much is enough?Top Windows server hardening standards and guidelinesCommon Active Directory security oversightsDesktop security preparation for a new wave of Windows appsWindows desktop security standards documentation best practicesAs always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information security articles, podcasts, ...
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23 Jun 2009
Running a computer without malware protection?
I'm so glad other people are experiencing anti-malware bloat as well. It seems like I'm having to disable real-time anti-virus, etc. protection quite often to get certain things done. I'm sure Microsoft's forthcoming MSE will fix this. [not holding my breath...]...
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22 Jun 2009
Charles Schwab hard drive removed & then stolen
Yet another one for the hall of shame list. You know how I am about it, I'm sure this hard drive was encrypted. ;-)...
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22 Jun 2009
My latest security content
OK, I've been busy and my articles have been stacking up. Here's the first set that were recently published. More to come later this week.Dumb things IT consultants doWhy it may not be ideal for your lawyer to be your compliance officerKeys to finding your IT consulting nicheIs all the PCI DSS compliance whining and complaining justified?Scoping your Web app security assessments for successEnjoy!As always, be sure to check out ...
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22 Jun 2009
Windows BitLocker’s false sense of security
In this piece Tony Bradley provides some great insight into how Windows BitLocker "drive" encryption works in Vista and Windows 7. Actually BitLocker is not drive - or whole-disk - encryption after all...As Tony states it's more like whole-volume encryption.Keep this in mind when securing your laptop and mobile drives. This could create a pretty serious false-sense of security that everything's locked down when indeed it's not. Same as the ...
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I’ve written/co-written 12 books on information security including one of the best-sellers of all time:
