The New School blog will shortly be publishing a stunning expose of Anonymous, and before we do, we’re looking for security advice we should follow to ensure our cloud-hosted blog platform isn’t pwned out the wazoo. So, where’s the checklist of all best practices we should be following? What’s that you say? There isn’t a [...]
Symantec’s new Norton Cybercrime Index looks like it is mostly a marketing tool. They present it as though there is solid science, data, and methods behind it, but an initial analysis shows that this is probably not the case. The only way to have confidence in this is if Symantec opens up about their algorthms and data.
HEY Y’ALL @securosis’ own @rmogull for today’s “al desco” SIRA meeting. Details, details: SIRA’s February monthly online meeting is TODAY; February 10th from 12-1 PM EST. We are excited to have Mr. Rich Mogull from Securosis talk to us with a behind-the-scene look at Securosis’ “2010 Data Security Survey”. Block off your calendars now! The [...]
If a CISO is expected to be an executive officer (esp. for a large, complex technology- or information-centered organization), then he/she will need the MBA-level knowledge and skill. MBA is one path to getting those skills, at least if you are thoughtful and selective about the school you choose. Other paths are available, so it’s not just about an MBA credential.
Otherwise, if a CISO is essentially the Most Senior Information Security Manager, then MBA education wouldn’t be of much value.
In “Close Look at a Flu Outbreak Upends Some Common Wisdom,” Nicholas Bakalar writes: If you or your child came down with influenza during the H1N1, or swine flu, outbreak in 2009, it may not have happened the way you thought it did. A new study of a 2009 epidemic at a school in Pennsylvania [...]
Hey, I know it’s late notice, but I’ll be speaking at 10:30 EST today on EBRM and the Verizon DBIR: https://www.techwebonlineevents.com/ars/eventregistration.do?mode=eventreg&F=1002809&K=CAA1BC&tab=agenda Alex
Self Promotion time, sorry for the spam, but I think the stuff I’ll be participating in at RSA is pretty NewSchool. Here’s an interview that talks about both of the things I’ll be doing and you can see if they’ll be interesting: http://itacidentityblog.com/rsa-podcast-alex-hutton-principal-in-research-and-risk-intelligence-verizon-business