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Updated Microsoft Security Assessment Tool

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2008-12-02 04:13:03 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...additional industry guidance. These resources may assist you in keeping you aware of specific tools and methods that can help change the security posture of your IT environment There are two assessments that define the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool Business Risk Profile Assessment Defense in Depth Assessment (UPDATED The questions...
 
Tags: security, security world, additional security resources, tool, security posture, identifiable information whatsoever, assessment, information, tool offers
 
 
 
 
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User Experience in the Identity Community

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2008-12-02 06:00:00 by Eric Sachs in Google Online Security Blog
 
...additional work required by users. We have also pulled together a set of videos showing how a number of these different approaches work with both web-based and desktop applications. We hope this information will be helpful to other websites and enterprises who are concerned about phishing
 
Tags: identity community, community, user experience, infocard community, identity standards, internet identity standards, openid community, openid, people
 
 
 
 
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Will Code Malware for Financial Incentives

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2008-11-18 13:57:55 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...additional functions that a buyer may want or not want, increase or decrease the price respectively. Others, tend to leave the price open topic by only mentioning the starting price for their services and they increasing it again in open topic fashion Let's take look at some recently advertised (translated) "malware coding for hire"...
 
Tags: malware, code, source malware, malware attacks, malware bot, proprietary malware tools, source code, complete source code, tools
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from Workers Compensation Fund auditor

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2008-01-03 11:25:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...additional levels of password protection Evan] I wonder how many auditors this entails. Additional levels of password protection could add more risk by increasing a user's chances or writing passwords down. In a recent security audit we found that 20% (13 of 65) of one company's field laptop users were writing passwords down on Post-It notes...
 
Tags: store personal information, personal information, information, information security matters, workers, workers compensation fund, laptop, security, security tokens
 
 
 
 
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Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing

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2008-01-21 09:44:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...additional controls such as encryption must be prohibited. This is accomplished through policy, training and awareness, standards and procedures, and technical controls. The fact that this statement is made by Stockport PCT demonstrates a fundamental mis-understanding on information security roles and responsibilities Indeed the security of...
 
Tags: senstive personal information, personal information, information, medical information, information security matters, information security, information security management, information line, management
 
 
 
 
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IT Vendor VAR Relationships 101

2008-05-31 20:52:07 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...additional discount to a specific product line or type. Other times the Distis may be offering a volume discount or bundles. Sometimes the incentives are for the Reseller, and some times theyre designed to pass through to the Customer. Its a good idea to just ask your Reseller if there are any additional discounts that could be applied...
 
Tags: manufacturer, manufacturer directly, manufacturer partners, specific, specific product line, manufacturer sales rep, reseller, manufacturer relationship, resellers relationship
 
 
 
 
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Eight Steps to Responsible Surfing

2008-08-07 00:30:41 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...additional protections against new attacks by disabling their known protocols. For example, Trend Micro Internet Security encrypts keyboard traffic, protecting personal data from keyboard logging programs that might go unnoticed. Users should update their scanner and virus definitions as frequently as possible to ensure the best possible...
 
Tags: mainstream web sites, sites, adult internet sites, web sites, web surfers, surfers, surfers disable, security, computer security
 
 
 
 
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How can we co-operate to tackle phishing?

2008-10-27 12:47:06 by Tyler Moore in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...additional 100 sites missed by A. Likewise, suppose another 500 phishing sites impersonate bank B1, and that B identifies 300 while A identifies an additional 200 sites missed by B. B has received a net of 100 useful phishing sites more from A than B has given to A. Consequently, B should pay A a previously-agreed finders fee for identifying...
 
Tags: companies, take-down companies provide, hired take-down company, take-down company, take-down companies, company, feeds, entire feeds, url feeds completely
 
 
 
 
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Do you trust the merchants to protect your credit cards?

2007-12-11 09:01:26 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...additional security measures in place. Merchants would need to retain a non-sensitive (and useless to identity thieves) transaction/approval numbers, rather than very sensitive cc numbers and identifying info. This would significantly reduce the risk of the security breaches, which is the ultimate goal of PCI The opponents of this proposal...
 
Tags: card industry, card, payment card industry, credit card, merchants, credit card companies, provide merchants, merchants change, security
 
 
 
 
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