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Product Vendor's sloppiness vs. Hacker's intelligence

2007-01-08 07:01:06 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...vendors are blamed for their tardiness in response. The story repeats again ad infinitum. Am I excited to hear the story over and over again? No way! I am bored of repetitions Consider this scenario: Hacker finds a vulnerability with a product from a vendor Vendor has access to all the source codes. Vendor has the knowledge about the...
 
Tags: vendor, hacker, product, product vendors, resources, functional design, information asymmetry, valuable resources, product offerings
 
 
 
 
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Personal information stolen from State Street mystery vendor

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2008-06-03 11:28:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...vendor hired "to provide legal support services Victims employees and some customers of the former Investors Financial Services Corp. (IBT Number Affected more than 45,000 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, and, in some cases, Social Security numbers Breach Description State Street Corp. (STT) sent notices to employees and...
 
Tags: information, personal information, street, legacy ibt customers, ibt, street corp, customers, information protection strategies, data
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from Minnesota Department of Commerce vendor

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2007-12-29 00:01:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...vendor used by the Minnesota Department of Commerce to manage licensing data for the real estate, mortgage, and debt collection industries in Minnesota The theft of this computer has been reported to the Philadelphia Police Department and at this point it has not been recovered. Regrettably, Promissor waited until December 21 to alert the...
 
Tags: minnesota, minnesota real estate, sensitive personal information, personal information, minnesota department, department, minnesota licensees, real, information
 
 
 
 
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IT Vendor VAR Relationships 101

2008-05-31 20:52:07 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...vendor/VAR -> distributor -> manufacturer relationship. The rest have no clue So, if youre in the rest category, heres a quick overview of how the chain of love works top-down from manufacturers to VARs to you Manufacturer -> Reseller First its important to note that most IT Manufacturers have some level of Partner Programs . These programs...
 
Tags: manufacturer, manufacturer directly, manufacturer partners, specific, specific product line, manufacturer sales rep, reseller, manufacturer relationship, resellers relationship
 
 
 
 
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Making Security Vendor Review a Continuous Process

2008-10-16 15:23:23 by Posted By: Greg Young, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...vendors used, including open-source projects. Don't just do due diligence with new vendors. Do a vendor check when you are renewing support or upgrading a product, and ensure that you check the status of all your vendors at a regular frequency. Have any vendors been acquired? Are they suddenly cool? Having problems with product...
 
Tags: security vendor, vendors, big-ticket support agreement, support, product vulnerabilities, product, annual internal budget, vendor check, check
 
 
 
 
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Download: H1 2008 Desktop OS Vendor Report - Vulnerabilities and Days-of-Risk

2008-10-27 07:00:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...vendor level, the report examines all vulnerabilities as well as Days of Risk (DoR) associated with those vulnerabilities. The report further drills down to examine just those issues affecting the commonly installed desktop operating system components. The key findings for 1H08 The four vendors fixed a total 585 vulnerabilities in 1H08. 26.8%...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities fixed, report, windows vista customers, windows vista, fixed, days, windows, average days
 
 
 
 
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NAC vendor changes stripes, promises improved security technology

2008-01-08 00:00:00 by Tim Greene in Network World on Security
 
It seems to be getting harder to make it as a NAC-only vendor, as evidenced by Vernier Networks unceremoniously changing its name and working on new technology it says goes beyond its current gear
 
Tags: vernier networks unceremoniously, current gear, nac-only vendor, technology, harder
 
 
 
 
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Perimiter eSecurity buys e-mail compliance vendor

2008-01-15 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Looking to expand its presence among New York financial companies, security services vendor Perimiter eSecurity has acquired Secure Electronic Communications Compliance Archival System (SECCAS), a small seller of e-mail management products
 
Tags: york financial companies, e-mail management products, seller, expand, seccas, presence
 
 
 
 
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Theft from vendor affects Modesto City Schools employees

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2008-02-12 15:03:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...vendors We want to do the accountable thing, which is to let everyone know so they can take their own steps to protect themselves," Modesto City Schools Superintendent Arturo Flores said Director of Business Services Dennis Snelling said no cases of identity theft connected with the data breach have been reported Were keeping an eye out,"...
 
Tags: district officials, district, district employees, school district, school district employees, employees, sensitive personal information, information, provide information