The Brave New World of InfoSec

By Jeff Bardin
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A seasoned security pro's take on events around the world.

Jeff Bardin

No Value to Jihadist Websites?

April 05, 2012 |   In my experience, the forums produced information through the initial sharing of public keys for Mujahideen Secrets that led to three layers of penetration that took nearly four months. This included multiple encrypted discussions held outside the forums as my persona was passed from one contact to...

Cyber Shafarat 2012: Cyber Warfare, OPSEC and Intelligence

February 01, 2012 |   Ask yourself, have the standard course offerings on the market for the last several years served to enhance organizational security postures? The state of cybersecurity and available metrics would say otherwise.

Cyber Shafarat 2012

January 26, 2012 |   The Cyber Shafarat 2012 initiative will greatly accelerate the effort of filling the skills gap. It will also bring new energy to Treadstone’s longstanding effort to educate learners across the United States and around the world.

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.

Foxnews.com - Drones, Malware and a Continued Lack of Infosec - Rinse and Repeat

October 12, 2011 |   Treadstone 71 tapped for Foxnews.com interview on drone malware and Japanese hacks (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)http://video.foxnews.com/v/1212998285001/how-do-we-police-hackers/

Hey, what’s for supper? We are having a risk-based pot roast tonight! Roll the dice.

October 01, 2011 |   Risk is choosing what part of your house you ‘bet’ will fail based upon chance. Will it happen when you sleep at night? Will it occur while you are away? Will it happen during the day when the baby is sleeping or at dinner time when your family is there for Thanksgiving? And you say you don't...

Cyber Surveillance & Warning Striker

September 20, 2011 |   Cyber Surveillance & Warning Striker

When to Strike Back!

September 16, 2011 |   Seed the movement--Once the decision to launch a cyberattack is made, start it off right. Purchase or steal botnets covertly from criminal networks to launch attacks, feed 'patriotic' blogs to incite attacks and list targets, etc. Treadstone 71

Information Security Program Management Maturity Model

August 15, 2011 |   Information security is treated as a standardized building code where each function of the systems/software development lifecycle must meet building code standards prior to moving to he next step.

Cyber Militias - How Would you Establish Yours?

August 15, 2011 |   Volunteer based non-state actors have played an important part in many international cyber conflicts of the past two decades. In order to better understand this threat I describe three theoretical models for volunteer based offensive cyber militias: the Forum, the Cell and the Hierarchy. - Rain...

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