See George Hulme, “National Data Breach Law Steps Closer To Reality ” and Dennis Fisher “http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/two-data-breach-notification-bills-advance-senate-110609.” Dennis flags this awe-inspiring exception language: “rendered indecipherable through the use of best practices or methods, such as redaction, access controls, or other such mechanisms, that are widely accepted as an effective industry practice, or an effective industry standard.” [...]
Filed under: breach laws by adam on Friday, November 6, 2009
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Unicorns (of some sort) are not impossible in principle, only non-existent in recent times. As evidence, I offer Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a real dinosaur found in China. Though we may be comfortable with our current “smelly, ugly goat” practices, including the ethically questionable FUD tactic, they only perpetuate the problems and, at worst, are like peeing in the swimming pool.
Filed under: Uncategorized by Russell on Thursday, November 5, 2009
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The previous blog post, “Just say ‘no’ to FUD”, described Richard Bejtlich’s post at Tao of Security as “FUD in other clothing”. That was over-reaching. I apologize. There was an element of FUD, but my main objection to Richard’s post was due to other reasons.
Filed under: Uncategorized by Russell on Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Mini MetriCon 4.5 will be a one-day event, Monday, March 1, 2010, in San Francisco, California. Through the cooperation of RSA, the workshop will be held at the University of San Francisco, within walking distance of the Moscone Center, the location of the RSA Conference, to be held during the same week. Mini MetriCon attendees [...]
Filed under: Conferences by David Mortman on Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Via Schneier: From the Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology, by a large group of authors: “A Call for Evidence-Based Security Tools“: Abstract: Since the 2001 attacks on the twin towers, policies on security have changed drastically, bringing about an increased need for tools that allow for the detection of deception. Many of the solutions [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized by adam on Thursday, November 5, 2009
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For the opportunity to do this:
Filed under: Book by adam on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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