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My name is Tzu, how do you do...
Okay, yes: Im willing to flaunt my ignorant western mispronunciation just for the sake of cheap wordplay. (Although nobody around here gets it right, the correct pronunciation of Sun Tzu is closer to "Soon Tzzz.") In his military treatise, The Art of War, Sun Tzu asserted that all warfare...
Tags: Data Breach, pretexting, Security, social engineering, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Tzu, Sun-Tzu, Uncategorized
Blog posts 2007-01-11
Protect your organization against pretexters with help from Sun Tzu and The Art of War
This article is also available as a PDF download.By Calvin SunIn 1978, Security Pacific Bank in California lost $10 millionto an employee who used ruses to trick the bank into wiring the money into hisSwiss bank account. More recently, Hewlett-Packardgained nationwide notoriety in its attempts to uncover "leaks" byits board...
Tags: attacker, Calvin Sun, pretexting, Sun Tzu
Technical articles 2007-01-09
Telecoms feel the pretexting heat
article rootMessage was edited by: The Trivia GeekPretext LawsThis is sure to set off a barrage of discussion in congress. It will be curious to see how this affects gov. agencies like the FBI who hire security sub-contacters who engage in pretexting on a routine basis.
Tags: networking, pretexting, telecommunications, wmlundine@...
Discussion threads 2006-09-28
Photos: Dunn testifies at HP hearing
Congressional panel hears about the pretexting scandal from former chairman, one of few who didn't plead the Fifth.
Tags: chairman, Hewlett-Packard Co., photograph, pretexting
Image galleries 2006-09-28

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Protect your organization against pretexters with help from Sun Tzu and The Art of War
You may have the most bulletproof security systems in place, but a gullible (or even not-so-gullible) employee might be fooled into giving an attacker information that could compromise your company's data or other assets. Find out how to defend against this 'pretexting' by applying rules based on three age-old principles...
Tags: Sun Tzu, Enemy, Asset Management, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations
Download resources 2007-01-08
Newsweek: Catching a spy at Hewlett-Packard
Everyone is complaining about the United States government data mining to protect civilian lives. Invasion of privacy hu? Well, read this article:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14687677/site/newsweek/The guts and the glory of this article is that Hewlett-Packard spied on board member private homesphonesto find out who was leaking information. Yea well, if...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., acuity, corporate america, government, droolin, off-topic, Newsweek, Uranus
Discussion threads 2006-09-06
Leak scandal costs HP's Dunn her chairman's job
Inapropriate Actions by DunnHP's CEO Mark Hurd today (9.13) said "inappropriate investigative techniques will not be employed again, they have no place in HP." It's too bad Patricia Dunn didn't operate on the same corporate governance policies http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=100Betrayal....No kidding! Who would even stop to think that the chairwoman, a...
Tags: hewlett packard hp patricia dunn corporate governance misdeeds, Patricia Dunn, Hewlett-Packard Co., marileev@..., it management, job
Discussion threads 2006-09-13
HP accused of spying on Dell's printer plans
Former HP executive files countersuitKarl Kamb Jr., a former HP executive who has been sued by the company, filed a countersuit that claims HP wanted him to steal trade secrets about rival Dell's printer plans. The complaints in the countersuit come just months after HP engaged in the illegal practice...
Tags: dell, Dell Computer Corp., feedback, Hewlett-Packard Co., hp, it management, lawsuit, news, printer, Sonja Thompson
Discussion threads 2007-01-25
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