“Security Experts Warn Firms of the Higher Risk of Lower-Risk Flaws” Is it a paradox or something Confucius would say? I am going to meditate on it overnight and write something tomorrow.
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Does it work? Washing your hands edition
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This just in (sort of) from Slate.com (via Overcoming Bias): How to Sell Germ Warfare A Columbia University study also found no reduction in common infections among inner-city families given free antibacterial hand soap, detergent, and cleaning supplies. The same…
Does it work? P.S.A. Prostate Cancer Tests Edition
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This just in (sort of) from the New York Times: The Great Prostate Mistake EACH year some 30 million American men undergo testing for prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme made by the prostate. [...] The annual bill for P.S.A. screening is…
Are you a “whore” or a “prude”?
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I was talking to my friends Tony and Mike today at our local ISSA meeting and the subject of social networks came up. I was explaining that it makes me uncomfortable to get LinkedIn requests to get connected from people…
Advanced Persistent Threat – a rose by any other name
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It is a curious thing, watching and reading and listening to folks debate the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). with all the brouhaha, I don’t really believe there is a whole lot of difference in belief between the skeptics and the…
Security Budget Planning in Three Easy Steps
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Gunnar Peterson has a great post on security budgeting. His essential point is to apply a “flat tax” to all IT spending. The value is in its simplicity. We can get a lot more complex (and often do), but this…
RSA Conference 2010 – Ghost of Conference Past
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I was talking with my buddy Ben Rothke tonight about the security graveyard – companies that are no longer with us (he’s been a part of a number of them, but I’m not making any connections . He also challenged…
More Breach Costs “per record”
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Ponemon Institute has issued its annual report on the cost of data breaches. I wrote last year about using per record costs for data breaches. An excerpt: It is common when estimating costs of data breaches to quote costs “per…