The sessions I don’t want to miss (but probably will). These sessions all strike my fancy in some way, and I would love to make it to them. Some are time competing and others take place after I am gone,…
Economics and Risk, Highlights, Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Research in the age of Embedded Systems (SCADA)
by Pete Lindstrom •
I have a post over at the Verizon Business blog (Considering Vulnerability Disclosure in the Realm of SCADA Systems) about how vulnerability discovery and disclosure impacts risk. Although it provides a basic risk model that can be applied to any situation,…
Highlights, Random, Vulnerability Management
Evaluating the Oracle Security Manifesto
by Pete Lindstrom •
The cool thing about Mary Ann Davidson is she doesn’t mince her words; you know where she stands on every issue and she is willing to own it in the security world. So when I started hearing some buzz about…
Economics and Risk, Highlights, Vulnerability Management
Liability and Secure Software
by Pete Lindstrom •
iang over at Financial Cryptography has a thought-provoking discussion of liability (ht @alexhutton) and its corresponding risks. I think I added a comment (but can’t be sure) that said this: Culture and consciousness is all a distraction and very malleable.…
Economics and Risk, Highlights, Metrics, Random
My Dream Metrics Status Report
by Pete Lindstrom •
“Last month, our IT and information assets generated $20 million in revenue in support of 15,000 people using 350 applications. To accomplish this feat, over 32 million connections were attempted across our systems and we applied specific control measures an…
Highlights
Dr. Laura as Information Security Officer
by Pete Lindstrom •
[One of my first Trend Watch essays circa 2000 or whenever Dr. Laura - the queen of saying "no" - was popular] Dr. Laura: “Hello Kate, you’re on the air” Kate: “Hi, Dr. Laura, thanks for taking my call. My…