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Common Criteria and answering the question 'Is it Safe'

2007-12-20 16:57:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...questions that may come up is Is it Safe? (Apologies for the lame and over-used Marathon Man movie reference ) . I choose this imprecise reference to safe since most people dont think deeply about what it means beyond I dont want bad things to happen to me or people/property/data I care about. In terms of software security, all of the...
 
Tags: criteria, fails, common criteria fails, common criteria, common criteria arguably, common, arguably, arguably deficient, security
 
 
 
 
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A question of trust and identity

2008-06-10 00:00:00 by Andreas M. Antonopoulos in Network World on Security
 
What is the right balance between security and privacy? This is a common starting point in many policy discussions, especially in government. Its a trick question because it presets the conversation as a balancing act between two values as if they are antithetical they are not. In practical terms, privacy is security
 
Tags: policy discussions, practical terms, security, privacy, trick question, government, antithetical, values, common
 
 
 
 
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A Question of Integrity: To MD5 or Not to MD5

2008-06-25 19:50:57 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
 
...questions are asked as to whether the corruption caused by the loadbalancer was affecting both incoming and outgoing traffic. The conclusion was yes. If you are hosting media on S3, and the browser is using partial GET requests (to download in chunks) then the corruption will not be automatically detectable If your business relies on Cloud...
 
Tags: amazon prior, amazon, aws, aws status page, md5, load balancer, single load balancer, status, data
 
 
 
 
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Senators question NebuAd, targeted ad privacy

2008-07-10 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Senators question NebuAd on its information collection practices at a hearing in which the company's CEO said it does not collect personally identifiable information or keep the information it collects for an extended time
 
Tags: information, senators question nebuad, identifiable information, information collection practices, collects, time, ceo, collect, company
 
 
 
 
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How To Become A Security Blogger?

2008-08-29 11:07:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...question since you rarely seek to become a blogger - you just become one However, I got a few emails from my readers asking me something along these line, thus this post. For example, I got asked "Should I focus more on targeting security professionals or general IT users?", "Any pitfalls I should be aware of?" as well as general questions...
 
Tags: security, blogger, security blogger, posts, bloggers posts, longerdeep posts, security professionals, site design, design
 
 
 
 
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Senator Obama's security concerns

2008-08-29 18:42:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Question is; how real was it It would certainly appear that the suspects were preparing for something out of the ordinary as they were reported as having a bullet proof vest and a high powered rifle with telescopic scope in their possession when apprehended. The fact that one of the them was described by his cohort as a "white supremist"...
 
Tags: assassination, senator obama, assassination plot, potential terrorist plot, based, law enforcement officer, inferior based, lee harvey oswald, bullet proof vest
 
 
 
 
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Don't Panic

The Article has images
2008-08-29 17:03:16 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...question Click to Enlarge As you can see, there's the mix-tape being advertised and a link to Mediafire, where the mix-tape is hosted. Click the Mediafire link, and all that happens is you'll see an advert for various antispyware tools - some of them on the Rogue Antispyware list , some of them not on the list but known to be of little...
 
Tags: mediafire link, link, browser, mediafire, browser session, rap mix-tape supposedly, mix-tape, mediafire logo, browser compatible
 
 
 
 
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FaxBox: the latest in password scams

2008-01-07 18:09:34 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Question It [mailto:question it@fanboxapps.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:34 To: Steve Riley Subject: Ratul has asked you a question on FanBox Ratul asked you a question. View the question and answer it FanBox.com is the web-based desktop that instantly turns every computer into your computer. It includes over 10,000 web applications...
 
Tags: email, question itfanboxapps, email address, question, fanbox, junk email folder, faxbox, ratul, named ratul
 
 
 
 
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Fun TLR Log Management Questions

2008-03-14 12:04:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...questions from the audience during our "Log Management Thought Leadership Roundtable Webcast" ( recording , some comments ). Since they would be useful to my readers, I am answering some of them here (questions are anonymous and slightly rewritten for clarity Q1: When you mention "forensics", are you speaking in term of legal forensic...
 
Tags: log, log ownership issues, log services, log messagessecond, log management, log management solution, management, log sources, incident response team
 
 
 
 
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Should We Treat Contractors The Same as Employees?

2008-03-26 13:47:43 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is