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| Researcher Attempts To Shed Light On Security Troll | ||
23rd, October, 2006
The troll--as such taunting posters are dubbed--would frequently ignite massive angry e-mail responses, or flame wars, at times limiting the usefulness of the Full Disclosure list. Over time, n3td3v took on multiple online personalities, or gained members of the n3td3v group, and attempted to create an online security hub. The group's favorite targets included Yahoo!, Google, other researchers and security news reporters, including this one. Even after n3td3v gave up the virtual ghost in September 2006, no one knew the name of the person who infuriated, and amused, so many researchers. |
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| Sharp Rise in the Cost of Data Breaches | ||
24th, October, 2006
PGP Corporation, Vontu and The Ponemon Institute released the 2006 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach. This benchmark analysis details the financial impact of data loss incidents on affected companies. According to the study's 2006 findings, data breaches cost companies an average of $182 per compromised record, a 31 percent increase over 2005. The Ponemon Institute analysed 31 different incidents for the study. Total costs for each ranged from less than $1 million to more than $22 million. |
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| British Standard Produces Network Security Book | ||
24th, October, 2006
The British Standards Institute has released a new book on the latest networking standards and their importance in security. "Delivering and Managing Real World Network Security" provides an overview of guidance given in the five parts of the BS ISO/IEC 18028 standard, including network security risks faced by modern infrastructures using LANs, WANs, wireless, broadband and VPNs as well as internet security. |
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| How Do I Get Started In IT Security? | ||
25th, October, 2006
After graduating in computer science earlier this year, I have been working in desktop support and doing minor project work. I would like to move into security and possibly get certified as an MCSA. What is the best way to do this? It is not uncommon for security professionals to come from a support background. The key is to determine what part of security interests you, as there are a number of different areas within IT security. Prospective employers in many of these areas are keen to take on junior candidates to train and develop. Areas that you should look at include governance, legislation, technical security (including administration, design, penetration testing and network security), pre-sales and consultancy. |
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| Are You Sure You're As Prepared As You Think You Are | ||
28th, October, 2006
Recently, the area I live in experianced a power outage due to a surprise storm that came through and snapped trees like they were matchsticks. When those trees broke, they took thousands of power lines with them. At one point, there were nearly 500,000 households and businesses without electricity - including of course, my employer. There are quite a few things we've learned as a result of this, so I'm going to point them out as the story moves along. As in many companies, our first line of defense is a UPS. On any normal day according to the display on the unit we should have about 45 minutes of runtime available at full capacity. |
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| The Changing Faces of Internet Security Threats | ||
23rd, October, 2006
Increasingly, organizations are developing comprehensive security strategies and implementing a variety of online and on-demand security applications and services across the entire range of their IT operations. The need for fast, efficient and unobtrusive protection has led some security systems developers to become managed security service providers (MSSPs). In addition to delivering patches and system updates via automatic or on-demand downloads, MSSPs are broadening the range of security management services they provide. |
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| The Four Key Qualities of Effective Host Intrusion Prevention (HIP) Solutions: Defining Deep HIP | ||
24th, October, 2006
Unrelenting and increasingly sophisticated attacks against enterprise networks have dramatically raised organizations |
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