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David Laceys IT Security Blog
Information security expert David Lacey discussed the latest ideas, best practices, and business issues associated with managing security.
August 2008
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Offensive strategies
29 Aug 2008 -
It's always two steps forward, another step back
28 Aug 2008 -
Reported breaches will keep growing and growing
27 Aug 2008
You can tell it's still the silly season for news, when items about the science of fly swatting hit the front pages of broadsheet newspapers. At first glance, it seems a trivial story. On second ...
Security technology has a habit of replacing the problem that it solves with an entirely new one. Encryption, for example, hides your data from others, but that also includes the user if he forgets ...
It's essential to keep abreast of surveys of security incidents. They provide a small glimmer of visibility on what's essentially a dark hidden area. There are a few reasons why we're kept in the ...
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Achieving a security culture change
22 Aug 2008 -
Irresponsible disclosure
18 Aug 2008 -
The real Security 2.0
13 Aug 2008 -
Why we really do risk management
09 Aug 2008 -
Data leakage prevention
04 Aug 2008
The latest reported loss of 84,000 unencrypted confidential Home Office records by PA Consulting illustrates the massive challenge of eradicating bad security practices across Whitehall. Massive ...
The arguments continue about the recent court order by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to prevent MIT researchers from revealing flaws in the security of its e-ticketing system. It ...
I note that my fellow blogger Stuart King has been speculating on security topics for 2009. It's natural in his line of business. His company organises many international security events. Stuart ...
It's encouraging to see the Cabinet Office publish a National Risk Register, which sets out the Government assessment of the likelihood and potential impact of a range of different risks that may ...
I see that McAfee has announced that it's buying Reconnex, a data loss prevention firm, for $46 million. It's the latest in a line of similar acquisitions by rival security vendors. Data loss ...