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Cross-Device-Type Log Management vs Device-Specific Log Management

2008-06-02 14:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Acceptable - alerts on each log type are handled by different teams Superior - all logs are available for analysis when the alert is triggered Reviewing logs for troubleshooting server problems Acceptable - server logs are sufficient for Better - one can also look at logs from other similar servers Better - but same as device-specific log...
 
Tags: logs, pci relevant logs, log management, database logs, logs remain, gather windows logs, device-specific log management, server logs, type
 
 
 
 
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Missing University of Akron portable hard drive

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2008-01-14 11:33:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...acceptable practice to store personal information on a "portable" hard drive? I assume that there is no encryption Dr. Cynthia Capers, interim dean of the College of Education, said UA felt it was essential to notify students and graduates even though ''we believe this incident puts them at low risk of identity theft Students and graduates...
 
Tags: akron, portable, portable hard drive, hard drive, secure data destruction, data, akron beacon journal, university, akron permits
 
 
 
 
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Is security really a business enabler?

2008-05-01 08:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...acceptable nor acceptable to their regulators without solid built-in security and so in their case it's an enabler. Yes, I agree, however, doing something because you have to is not the same thing as doing something because you want to. The financial services industry is the same as other industries in that profit is the driving force and if...
 
Tags: security, business, security professionals, metrics, meaningful security metrics, solid built-in security, financial services industry, business buy-in, services
 
 
 
 
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Two HSBC breaches with similar circumstances

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2008-06-02 09:40:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...acceptable level" no matter what form the confidential information takes. Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information on paper is just as damaging as unauthorized disclosure of confidential information on a backup tape, CD, laptop, etc he was in the Bayview Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive area when he spotted the redbag at the side...
 
Tags: customers, bank customers, bank, bank officials, bank bag, bag, bank branch after-hours, street bank hsbc, street
 
 
 
 
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Making Risk Measures Agree with Accounting 100%

2006-12-26 05:27:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...acceptable as long as they are reasonable (where you can see the degree of sensitivity to different types of risks). So what is important in risk measurement is not the valuation of your positions to the exact cent but the model on how this value reacts with different types of risk. Contrary to risk measurement, accounting focuses on past...
 
Tags: risk, risk software, software, risk measurement, values, exact market values, exact, exact cent, cent
 
 
 
 
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Spamhaus litigation: Will spammers get a second wind?

2006-10-16 01:38:55 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...Acceptable Usage Policy violations. e360Insight claims that they have not been blocked by even one ISP. Spamhaus at first defended the action but then withdrew its answer and has taken no further action to challenge Plaintiffs allegations. Spamhaus claims that according to U.K. laws e360Insight are sending unsolicited emails and will...
 
Tags: spamhaus, spamhaus litigation events, spamhaus claims, spamhaus website, spamhaus registrar, spam, billion spam messages, e360insight, e360insight claims
 
 
 
 
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Article: Analytics Brief: Securing The New Data Center

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2008-01-07 05:28:32 by Editor in Security Links
...acceptable. Of those without a security plan in place, almost half believe that virtual machines are as secure as traditional servers, while another 18% admit they dont know whether virtualization changes the rules of the game for security (see chart below of responses filtered for no plan in place Theres little doubt that virtualization is...
 
Tags: virtual environment, environment, virtual appliances range, virtual appliances, security, tools, security tools, develop security, security holes
 
 
 
 
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2008-01-17 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...acceptable level. So when folks ask if the future will be more "secure," I love to refer them to Marcus Ranum's quote in the slide above: "...it will be just as i TaoSecurity: Defensible Network Architecture 2.0 5 VoIP threat predictions for 2008 Top 5 VoIP vulnerabilities in 2007 Review: Appliances boost log management - 16 Jan 2008 - IT...
 
Tags: security space saas, security space, security, disruptive innovation, information security risks, disruptive, rational survivability, security altogether, disruptive element
 
 
 
 
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Visa Services Northwest caught throwing info in dumpster

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2008-01-28 16:23:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...acceptable methods for destroying data on all media types (paper, CD, DVD. Flash, hard drives, etc Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, visa services, confidential information, sensitive information, gillett, steve gillett, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Geeks sharing recipes

2008-01-29 09:17:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...acceptable data model for sharing recipes, the next problem would be to agree on a vocabulary for units of measure. I don't think it'll be possible to come up with a list of ingredient names that everyone would agree upon, so the software processing the recipes would have to deal with that What do you think? Is this an intractable problem? If...