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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.
December 2011
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Six security forecasts for 2012
29 Dec 2011 -
Security Forecasts for 2011 - Right or Wrong?
26 Dec 2011 -
No fix in sight for SCADA security
16 Dec 2011
My crystal ball tells me that 2012 is a relatively predictable one. That's largely because we've experienced significant changes in the political, business and security landscapes, ones that are ...
As we near the close of 2011, I find it instructive to look back and see just how accurate my forecasts proved to be. At the start of the year I forecast three major shifts in thinking during 2011. ...
Well done for Shell for drawing public attention to the serious hazards presented by cyber attacks on physical machinery. Unfortunately it's much too late. Today's critical infrastructure is ...
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Small businesses need better security advice
13 Dec 2011 -
Following the rules of the game
11 Dec 2011 -
Communicating information quickly and efficiently
10 Dec 2011 -
Another elephant in the Cloud
07 Dec 2011
I was concerned to read a recent report of a study by SecurityMetrics, a vendor of merchant data security solutions, which claims that 71% percent of the merchants who took part were found to store ...
Michael Colao's excellent presentation to the ISSA-UK Chapter last week on the legal implications of social networking got me thinking. Not so much about the letter of the law, but more about the ...
Information security practitioners have long been poor at developing awareness materials. Partly this is because misguided governance systems focus on legalistic policies and procedures that no one ...
Experienced professionals don't need Machiavelli to point out that introducing change is difficult, not just from a technical perspective but also from a political or legal one. Outsourcing and ...