19 hours ago

Submitted by Anthonymfreed from blog: By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Shipping scams are a common tactic criminals use in which they employ mules to receive goods bought with stolen credit card numbers, who then ship to people who buy them in online auctions. The mules in this process are essentially facilitating selling hot goods and money launde (Read More)

1 day ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCPWhen investigating an intrusion in a Windows system, one of the first places to start is the Windows security log.Security event log is also very useful for analysis when searching for anomalies and possible intrusions.Reading through a Windows security log or any other log can be very (Read More)

1 day ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Christopher Burgess, Senior Security AdviserEnd users tuning you out? Here’s a three-step process for taking human factors into account in your security program (and even using them to your advantage).Let us begin with the premise that security policies exist to protect an entity’s assets as it pursues the normal conduct (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Anthonymfreed from blog: By Anthony M. Freed, Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor "First, the President is correct in his appreciation of the need to view cyber security as not just a technical and security issue, but as an economic one as well. In the 21st century - the digital century - economics and security are opposite sides of (Read More)

2 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft ExpertAfter the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just set it up anywhere. So my search began.I started looking on E-bay and found plenty of n (Read More)

3 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Anthony M. Freed, Information-Security-Resources.com Managing EditorAn innovative new investor analytic tool made its public debut today, and it offers an exciting look at what may well be the future of online trading for both market experts and arm-chair analysts alike.Trefis, named for its focus on trends, forecasts, a (Read More)

3 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - Coby Royer, Technical Product Manager for SymplifiedDoes SaaS Diminish the Need for Enterprise Architecture? This is a good question, but we have to understand what is meant by Enterprise Architecture (EA). It is generally accepted to be a discipline and sometimes that strategically aligns an organization to its technology (Read More)

4 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - BY Mel Duvall, Chief Content Officer at CIOZoneIBM made a series of moves on the business intelligence and analytics front the other week, including launching a new mashup service for its Cognos 8 software.IBM has made analytics one of its focal points this year as companies continue to invest in the technology despite cutt (Read More)

4 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Michael Connor, President of IronClad ConsultingI recently studied one of the many procurement fraud cases (US v. Khan) associated with the LOGCAP III contract, and came away with mixed feelings.On the one hand, I saw groups such as the relatively recently formed National Procurement Fraud Task Force (NPFTF) and Defense (Read More)

5 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - From The Internet Security Alliance Media Alert: Internet Security Alliance President to Testify at U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee HearingLarry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA), will testify tomorrow at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing titled, “Cybers (Read More)

5 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMII’ve had about half a dozen folks ask me how things are going with the work I’m doing with the NIST Smart Grid privacy group, and if I could provide an update since my last couple of posts on the topic here and here.The time is going by much too quickly, (Read More)

5 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft ExpertYears ago (like 20) a friend was graduating from college and moving away and a bunch of friends were throwing a party for this person. Collectively they asked me if I’d write a small speech as a version of “This is your life”. Stymied as to why they would ask me to do it I asked ”Wh (Read More)

6 days ago

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-HarvestOn October 28th President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (655 page PDF here ).After removing the Department of Energy allotment of $122 million it appears that the DoD is not gearing up in a major way for cyber defens (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft ExpertAnti-virus protection, critical security patches and a secure wireless connection have always been essential processes on my networks. My main concern has always been to protect my bank account by keeping the bad guy out.In my presentations, I’ve always stressed the importance of ma (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

CIO - Blogs and Discussion - By Doug Pollack, Chief Marketing Officer for ID ExpertsSeptember 23, 2009 marked a major milestone for patient rights.That is when the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act took effect, requiring healthcare organizations to take more responsibility for protecting patient records and (Read More)

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