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- Does IT security really need more whistle-blowers?
- The fact you disagree with management's interpretation of risk, and the security controls they refuse to implement, does not necessarily constitute corporate negligence. Weigh your options carefully if you're inclined to report your boss to an outside agency. by Tom Olzak
- Tags: IT Security, Financial, Information Technology, Professional Development, Financial Accounting, Security, Career, Finance, Tom Olzak
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Facebook addiction in the office
- If you are considering banning certain social networking sites from work, you might be interested to know that a poll conducted late last year by IT security and control firm Sophos had 14.8% admitting to accessing Facebook from work "all the time." Another poll pertaining to Facebook shows that...
- Tags: Facebook, IT Security, Sophos Plc., Social Networking, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- The best security essay of 2007 (isn't about security)
- Security professionals everywhere, myself included, might want to think long and hard about why the best security essay of 2007 wasn't even about security. It is a late entry to the running for 2007, published on a personal weblog on the 14th of December. The author,...
- Tags: Essay, IT Security, Security, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-12-31
- What my grandmother taught me about IT security
- The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 passed the Senate by unanimous consent. As is often the case in our nation's legislature, the two houses of the federal legislature -- the House of Representatives and the Senate -- are working at roughly redundant purposes, and have each...
- Tags: Cybercrime, IT Security, Information Technology, U.S. Congress, Lesson, Data Security, NIST, Key, House, Dual_EC_DRBG, NSA, Government, Identity Theft, Security, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Teach a man to fish
- There's an old saying, usually attributed to Confucius, that goes something like "Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you've fed him for a lifetime." There's an important life lesson in that simple statement. Some people...
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Automation, Strategy, Security, Management, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-11-25
- Top 10 news items, September 15: What's interesting in IT security this week
- There's always a lot going on in the world of IT security. In any given week, I read about literally hundreds of vulnerability disclosures, high-profile security breaches, and changes in the security landscape for information technology. Press releases with a lot of spin on them, the boring minutiae of patch...
- Tags: Software, Malicious Code, Security, IT Security, Information Technology, Vulnerability, MhZ91, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-09-15
- Security specialists' salaries are up... so what?
- good articleThe article is well writen and to the point. To the point about being unemployed when the security frenzy cools, the one advantage we have as security individuals is that we can fit into other IT sectors when there is a Security job downswing. And we...
- Tags: halibut, Security Specialist, security, information technology, IT security
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- The three elements of access control
- Effective security starts with understanding the principles involved. Simply going through the motions of applying some memory set of procedures isn't sufficient in a world where today's "best practices" are tomorrow's security failures. IT security is a fast-moving field, and knowing how to perform the actions necessary for accepted practices...
- Tags: Security, Access Control, Authentication, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Security and customer service: Why they go hand in hand
- On July 30, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “Ten Things Your IT Department Won’t Tell You." The article discussed ways users could circumvent IT security and other restrictions, in the interest of getting their work done. Reaction came swiftly, in particular from TechRepublic editor Jason Hiner, in...
- Tags: Security, Customer Service, Information Technology, Help Desk, Calvin Sun
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Who is liable when computer tech swipes files?
- GEEKS MIGHT HAVE TO BE LICENSED BY THE FCCBest Buy is a high tech paradise.If you want high tech they've got it at Best Buy.Some judge in a court room may want to know what a Geek is.RE: Who is liable when computer tech swipes files?Answers from my perspective!Although I...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, BALTHOR, Best Buy Co. Inc., computer tech, computer, IT security
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Role of IT security personnel
- What are the main duites for an IT Security OfficerIT SecurityDepends on the role:Compliance OfficerAuditordata security analystSecurity Officer - hardwareSecurity Officer - otherthere are more flavours of security officer than I care to think about. in some cases we have a finite set of duties, whereas in other cases,...
- Tags: carlnjam@..., IT security, security, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- IT Security, What qualifications should I get?
- Afternoon All,Im 20 and Im currently working in a Desktop Support role for a major company in Australia.Im currently studying my MCSE and Ive done a network administrator certificate at tafe college.What Im looking to do long term is move into IT Security, I want to focus on server security...
- Tags: IM, james.trevaskisja@..., security, career, information technology, IT security
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- Security alerts often go unnoticed by IT pros. Why?
- In a time when data security is so important, how well does your company monitor who is accessing your data? My guess is not very well at all. Even though corporate compliance laws such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley help keep data protection fresh on the minds...
- Tags: alarm, Analysis, Audit, Beliefs, Bill Elmore, Compliance, Data, Data Breach, Data Security, Enterprise, Hipaa, Identity Theft, information technology, IT Security, Privacy, Security, security alert, Sox
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- Is fingerprinting IT employees an extreme or just another security practice?
- I completed a questionnaire the other day regarding whether the IT employees in my organization are fingerprinted at the time of employment and furthermore, did I think it was a good idea to do so? The answer to the first question is no; we perform a thorough background check, but...
- Tags: information technology, IT employee, IT Security, Risk Management, security
- Blog posts 2007-01-07
- IT Auditor hacks the network
- Hi All,I'm a young IT auditor working for a large enterprise. I used to be a network engineer. No certs, just natural talent, so to speak.Recently, during the network penetration audit, I 'hacked' all the domain controllers in under 3 hours, no special tools were used, and gained...
- Tags: audit, career, hacking, information technology, IT Auditor, job, natural talent, nerdyninny, network, network penetration, security, talent
- Discussion threads 2006-10-05
- IT Security
- blog root
- Tags: SECURITY, sanmiogun@..., IT security, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- Fight Off Security Threats with Updated Tools and Sound Security Architecture
- IT security professionals know that two of the most important factors for performing adequate penetration testing are: 1) keeping your skills and tool kit current; and 2) effective countermeasures. This sample chapter from Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing describes ways to keep current on the latest tools and techniques...
- Tags: countermeasure, Addison-Wesley, security issue, Hack I.T., information technology, IT security, Penetration Testing, security, technique, tool
- Download resources 2006-05-31
- MS in IT Security
- Is a masters in IT security good? Should I get a CISSP as well.?Yes it isA masters in IT Security will essentially open a lot of doors for you and lead to a lot more opportunities, however it is still essential to develop your professional skills further and for...
- Tags: information technology, IT security, career, master, kdrew225@..., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-24
- FDIC compliance and disaster recovery
- If you are an IT professional for a member institution of the FDIC, there are some pretty stringent guidelines for disaster recovery preparation. Make sure you know the questions auditors will be asking when it's your turn to be grilled. Rounding out our discussions of regulatory compliance and ...
- Tags: FDIC, Y/N, Mike Talon, IT security, compliance, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-03-06
- I was most surprised when
- I read the title of your post ... Microsoft releasing source code?? That would be like Man going to the Moon .................. without a rocket :D]:)Yes .... VeryI am going to pass it around in my tech department ... God knows we could use a laugh :D]:)Microsoft Releasing Source Code?In...
- Tags: Evaluation Criteria, information technology, ISO/IEC, IT security, Jaqui, legal, Microsoft Corp., open source, operating system, Security, Security technique, Security Techniques, source code, standards, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-01-26
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