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The Ethics of Vulnerability Research

2008-05-14 11:29:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...research new vulnerabilities Unequivocally, yes. Despite the risks, vulnerability research is enormously valuable. Security is a mindset, and looking for vulnerabilities nurtures that mindset. Deny practitioners this vital learning tool, and security suffers accordingly Security engineers see the world differently than other engineers....
 
Tags: software security experts, software, vulnerabilities nurtures, vulnerabilities, exploitable vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities lie dormant, security vulnerabilities, computer, computer security experts
 
 
 
 
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New Research Outlines Key Steps to Protect Sensitive Data - December 5, 2007

2007-12-28 12:18:16 by zaruba in Security Links
 
Research from the IT Policy Compliance Group illustrates what works to protect sensitive data CUPERTINO , Calif. - Dec. 5, 2007 - The IT Policy Compliance Group today announced the availability of its latest benchmark research report titled Core Competencies for Protecting Sensitive Data (PDF 1.5MB). The report, which incorporates responses from...
 
Tags: research, benchmark research, sensitive data, protect sensitive data, benchmark research report, policy, policy compliance, report, institute
 
 
 
 
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Spaf on Academic Security Research (... Silliness)

2007-12-20 13:07:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...research. He says : "As I write this , Im sitting in a review of some university research in cybersecurity. [...] What strikes me about these efforts representative of efforts by hundreds of people over decades, and the expenditure of perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars is that the vast majority of these efforts have been applied to...
 
Tags: security, worthwhile security, efforts representative, efforts, security economics, people, rigorous academic approach, academic research, dirt pile
 
 
 
 
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To believe or not - new research from Ponemon

2008-05-07 17:52:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...research from Ponemon on consumer behavious post breach breach - apparently over 31% of those surveyed terminated ties with an organization that had a breach Not sure to fully believe it when consumers say such stuff (I did not mean the Ponemon research itself:)) - I think consumers say what they think is the right thing to say. I think...
 
Tags: ponemon, research, ponemon research, breach information, breach, pain directly, consumers, ties, time
 
 
 
 
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Top US military research labs infiltrated by hackers

2007-12-10 14:10:09 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, two of the leading military research facilities in the United States, were recently infiltrated by hackers
 
Tags: military research facilities, hackers, recently
 
 
 
 
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NSF wants $6.85 billion to fund cybersecurity, other research

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b53e94 in Network World on Security
 
The National Science Foundation asked the federal government for a $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year 2009 -- a 13% increase over its actual fiscal 2008 budget and a 6.5% jump over what it requested a year ago -- in an effort to fund more research into cybersecurity, advanced processors, new energy technologies and more
 
Tags: billion budget, actual fiscal, national science foundation, budget, fiscal, fund, research, federal government, cybersecurity
 
 
 
 
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Research on Malware Distribution

2008-02-26 06:23:48 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...research, we have investigated not only the prevalence of drive-by downloads but also how users are being exposed to malware and how it is being distributed Draft paper , and some data
 
Tags: malware, malware distribution sites, million unique urls, urls, web pages, drive-by downloads, infect vulnerable hosts, draft paper, research
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon: $520 Million for Space Weapons Research

2008-03-13 19:30:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Center for Defense Information releases its survey of the Pentagon's 2009 budget, highlighting research that could lead to arms in space
 
Tags: defense information releases, pentagon, research, space, lead, budget, center, survey, arms
 
 
 
 
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New Research Results for Electronic Voting

2008-05-22 14:32:01 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...research around the subject of elections, a subject that has turned out to be more complex and deeper than anyone would have predicted a decade ago. Here we present a sample of some of the finest recent work on election technology from authors on three continents
 
Tags: election, election technology, punch-card systems, systems, multiple election disasters, decade ago, electronic, subject, privacy research
 
 
 
 
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Security Research Shows 75 Percent Of US Bank Websites Have Flaws

2008-07-26 12:39:14 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Researchers from the University of Michigan found 75 percent of bank sites surveyed had at least one security flaw. The report was presented Friday at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University. According to the research, vast majority of US bank websites jeopardize the security of their online customers by