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Risk Management with Stuart King and Duncan Hart
Dealing with the operational challenges of information security and risk management.
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About the blog
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Did I miss anything?
07 Sep 2009 -
They've all lost their mojo
- Reed Elsevier 21 Apr 2009
Dealing with the operational challenges of information security and risk management.
Don't be alarmed, I am still alive! After a long absence I'm back after an unofficial hiatus. Past six months have been particular busy and it's been awhile, but that's always the risk of writing a ...
I'm currently recruiting a Security Director to replace me as I move on to pastures new. I must admit to being wholly underwhelmed by many of the CVs that have come my way and also rather upset by ...
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PCI at the House of Representatives
- Reed Elsevier 06 Apr 2009 -
Ranums's Rant - Risk Takers and Security Disasters
- Reed Elsevier 30 Mar 2009 -
GhostNet
30 Mar 2009 -
Far from smart phones
24 Mar 2009 -
Security, scale and functionality - Part 3: Functionality
23 Mar 2009 -
Top 5 information security annoyances - #2
- Reed Elsevier 21 Mar 2009 -
Laptop with personal data stolen
- Reed Elsevier 20 Mar 2009
From Computerworld.At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing yesterday, federal lawmakers and representatives of the retail industry challenged the effectiveness of the PCI rules, which are ...
An interesting rant on Information Security from Marcus Ranum online here. I picked up on the following quote:The security team explained why it was a bad idea; in fact they wrote a brilliantly ...
Loads of coverage of the GhostNet story at the weekend. The FT, NY Times, Sydney Morning Herald and BBC all highlight the Munk Centre for International Studies report on the cyber 'spying' network ...
Does anyone know of a smart phone or mobile device that enforces account and privilege separation? It's been a long held good practice to run user accounts with least level of system privilege and ...
I love system functionality, it's a great thing. It brings a rich and dynamic user experience or empowerment through seamless processes to get things done. Whether it be business functionality or ...
Few of my blogs have generated so much venom to be thrown in my direction than this one from last week. One blogger from America has gone so far as to write two very lengthy pieces in response ...
Another third party vendor failing to implement decent security around sensitive data. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7954393.stmYou've got to check out your vendors! The vendor might ...
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BBC, BotNets and legal hacking
- Reed Elsevier 17 Mar 2009 -
Top 5 Information Security Annoyances
- Reed Elsevier 17 Mar 2009 -
BBC violate Computer Misuse Act
- Reed Elsevier 16 Mar 2009 -
Security, scale and functionality - Part 2: Scale
16 Mar 2009 -
Council staff face Facebook ban
- Reed Elsevier 11 Mar 2009
On Monday I remarked on the BBC Click botnet investigation. I slightly regret my post because, in fact, I think they did a great job in bringing to life the potency of botnets. Legalities aside, ...
I'm generally a tolerant and easy going sort of person. There's a fairly short list of things that get my goat. For instance, our local doctors surgery has a call queuing system with 6 different ...
Software used to control thousands of home computers has been acquired online by the BBC as part of an investigation into global cyber crime. The technology programme Click has demonstrated just ...
Scale, whether it is physical or logical, brings some interesting security challenges. The fundamental issues are oversight, assurance and misplaced trust. Extended enterprises and supply chains ...
Hampshire County Council is threatening to block staff from using the social networking site Facebook. Bosses said they noticed an increase in use and during monitoring 46 employees were found to ...