Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.
Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.
- Exception, variance, these words are the bane of the information security professional. We all have to deal with them. Jarrod offers some thoughts on the topic. You will benefit from reading them.
/dev/null - ramblings of an infosec professional: Security Exemptions
Tags: ( policy ) - Ben shares his method for writing along with some thoughts on writing in general. It's a good read and I bet you can find some things in there that can be applied to your own writing.
The Writing Funnel (The Falcon's View)
Tags: ( general writing ) - A bit ago, a forensic contest was opened with the winner getting a free SANS course. That contest is now over. Here is the cool part, they took the finalist's answers and made a website out of them for the rest of us to learn from. Check it out.
Network Forensics Puzzle Contest
Tags: ( forensics contest answer ) - This boggles the mind. A judge has ordered that Google deactivate an account because the account holder received an email not intended for them. I seriously hope this gets challenged. Otherwise, we are in for a very rocky time.
Judge Orders Gmail Account Deactivated After Bank Screws Up | Threat Level | Wired.com
Tags: ( cloud privacy ) - Hoff has penned a post that, along with the attending comments, is something that you should read. Seriously, go read it.
Incomplete Thought: Virtual Machines Are the Problem, Not the Solution... | Rational Survivability
Tags: ( virtualization ) - Shrdlu offers some guidance on how to implement new policies. I have used this same method in the past.
The policy bootstrapping problem.
Tags: ( policy ) - Next month is Cyber Security Awareness month. The Internet Storm Center handler's diary will again be making deep dives into various security issues during the month. If you aren't a subscriber now, I suggest you rectify that lapse.
Cyber Security Awareness Month
Tags: ( awareness ) - Wade talks about the difference between Management Science methods of making decisions and engineering methods. He then ask the question "..how does your company make 'Should we do X, Y, or Z?' decisions?" (slightly paraphrased) He offers a few he has seen. Stop by and offer your input.
Verizon Business Security Blog >> Blog Archive >> Security Decisions - How do you make them?
Tags: ( risk-management )
That's it for today. Have fun!
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Kevin
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