Archive for the ‘Enterprise Security’ Category
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
In this land of phishing attacks, root kits, and ponzi schemes, it doesn’t surprise me a bit that the PCI QSA program has gotten as much traction as it has. Just so you know, I’m setting the rant bit to “on” here.
As a point of reference, a ponzi scheme is ...
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
On January 4th as reported on DarkReading and DataBreaches, Lincoln National Corporation notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a major security breach affecting 1.2 million people. In addition to the internal cost of investigating the breach and bringing in an external forensics team; in addition to planning and ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
It’s nice to see the potential for things to go right. What I’m talking about is the appointment of Howard Schmidt to the position of U.S. Cybersecurity Czar. Now, there are those out there that think that this is a bad move. I happen to disagree and I’ll tell you ...
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
So I was talking with the CTO of Intelliden (www.intelliden.com), a guy named Glen Tindal. I spend a lot of time talking with folks trying to understand what’s keeping them up at night and what’s working in their environments. Sometimes, like this chat with Glen, it’s just about why things ...
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Every once in a while I get to watch something that is just eerily fascinating. This is one of those times. Human nature, the economy, and the legal system have come together to create a perfect environment for the destruction of a company. I was always amazed at companies that ...
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