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What's this have to do with infosec?
January 27, 2012
Usually, when we do something off the wall like my article and slideshow on L.A. crime scenes and the psychology of security, some readers are left asking what the subject matter has to do with their cyber-based jobs. The short answer is that CSO covers physical as well as cyber security.
Encryption Controversy Continues
January 25, 2012
As you may have heard, the controversy over whether a court can compel an individual to disclose the encryption key for an encrypted drive continues. In this latest chapter, a district court in Colorado ruled that the Fifth Amendment prohibition against self-incrimination does not preclude a court...
ShmooCon 2012 is this weekend. Boohoo
January 25, 2012
The boohoo is because I can't be at ShmooCon this year. Too many schedule conflicts. Nevertheless, I am a big fan of this event and hope a lot of you will be there.
Some thoughts:
Zscaler ThreatLabZ launches free security service to analyze web risk
January 25, 2012
From the morning email check: ThreatLabZ, the research arm of cloud security vendor Zscaler, is rolling out a free tool IT shops can use to analyze their particular web risks.
Some details the Zscaler folks sent me:
An update for ISACA members
January 25, 2012
I got a note from ISACA yesterday about some new audit/assurance programs it is offering. They include:
PR folks: Read this before making RSA pitches
January 24, 2012
RSA is next month and the PR machine is already carpet bombing us with pitches. Bad pitches. Therefore, I refer you to this post from last year.
More evidence critical infrastructure is a train wreck waiting to happen
January 24, 2012
Need more proof that SCADA systems are seriously vulnerable? Here's the story of how hackers messed with railroad signals for a couple days last month, after breaking into a Northwest rail company's computer systems.
The Proliferation of Cyber Janitors (and the mentality behind this movement)
January 23, 2012
They may mouth the words ‘proactive’ and ‘preventative’ but the products indicate otherwise. They propagate the cyber janitor skillset.
Amazon.com gift card offer on Facebook? Don't believe it
January 23, 2012
We shouldn't trust any "special offers" on Facebook, but since we're human, we all fall for these scams anyway. Here's a new one to avoid.
The message appearing on Facebook over the weekend looks something like this:
DreamHost becomes the latest breach statistic
January 23, 2012
DreamHost has been busy helping customers get new passwords all weekend, after the Web-hosting provider discovered a potential hack into its systems.
Here's the latest from the DreamHost website:
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