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A Five-Step Plan to Help You Stay Ahead of Security Attacks, Risks ...

 The SANS Institute, in conjunction with the Center for Internet Security, offers the Security Consensus Operational Readiness Evaluation, which seeks to provide a minimum standard for information security procedures and checklists. ... -  more information

Information Security Career Progression Survey Results

 ISACA has released the results of a survey of the job responsibilities and career progression of those holding its Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designation. The report provides an illuminating picture of the changing ... -  more information

Adobe Acrobat and Reader 9 Released

 Adobe Acrobat and Reader 9 were released this week. I received an update notification from a Sr. Product Manager at Adobe, it advises that "once a major new version such as this comes out, you have 6 months to update from the older ... -  more information

Director, Information Security

 Greater Toronto Airports Authority / GTAA (Mississauga ON): "The Director, Information Security is responsible for identifying and articulating risk to, and risk mitigation strategies for information and Information Technology assets, ... -  more information

IT Auditing: Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth ...

 A compilation of the fundamental knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools require by all security professionals, Information Security Handbook, Sixth Edition sets the standard on which all IT security programs and certifications are ... -  more information

IT Auditing: Information Security: Design, Implementation ...

 Fortunately, Information Security: Design, Implementation, Measurement, and Compliance outlines a complete roadmap to successful adaptation and implementation of a security program based on the ISO/IEC 17799:2005 (27002) Code of ... -  more information

The Information Security Management System

 Information security is now too important to be left to the IT department. This is because information security is now a business-level issue: Information is the lifeblood of any business today. Anything that is of value inside the ... -  more information

The SC World Congress

 Paul DeGraaff, chief security officer, American International Group. Paul DeGraaff is globally responsible for AIG’s Information Security Program. Paul has received several security awards, such as an award from The Secure Software ... -  more information

Network Security Model

 Category: Security Modeling. Paper Added: July 3, 2008. -  more information

Detecting Hydan: Statistical Methods For Classifying The Use Of ...

 Category: Steganography. Paper Added: July 3, 2008. -  more information

There's a hole in my infrastructure? The road to PCI Compliance

 Category: Security Policy Issues. Paper Added: July 3, 2008. -  more information

A Tribute to Don Evans

 Many information security professionals have done much good for the information security profession, so many that to single them out would take forever. Some have done so much, however, that they deserve special recognition. ... -  more information

Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail’s CAPTCHA Broken

 It's one thing to start efficiently registering thousands of email accounts at reputable email providers by automatically breaking their CAPTCHA authentication, and entirely another to build a business model on the top of it next to the ... -  more information

IS Analyst 3 Job (Baltimore, MD, US)

 An Information Security Officer is responsible for assuring the proper executions and reporting of the Information Security strategies, programs, policies and standards associated with the corporation and the business. ... -  more information

Make you think: Top 10 modern business information security risks

 Point is, each of the items pointed out is very much worth considering and reviewing in your business security program. Just don't forget to look at them in the big-picture perspective of the business. And now for the list: ... -  more information

Firefox 2.0.15

 Open Firefox, select Help and Check for Updates. This update fixes 12 security vulnerabilities, 3 of which are described as critical. To update, open Firefox, select Help and Check for Updates or install Firefox 3. -  more information

Covering Up Cyber Assaults

 For some reason there is an abundance of “I know more than they doâ€� types in information security. If that is not bad enough, the second most prominent attitude is “It can’t happen hereâ€� followed closely by “I will address it when it ... -  more information

Chinese Bloggers Bypassing Censorship by Blogging Backward

 With China trying to silence over 30000 rioters during the weekend, by deleting forum postings and deactivating accounts mentioning the riot, Chinese bloggers have started using a widget they originally came up in order to bypass the ... -  more information

ISEC 2008(Information Security Conference) Guide

 Bugtraq: ISEC 2008(Information Security Conference) Guide. -  more information

Boston Security Community

 IANS Forum - IANS is a Boston-based research company that focuses exclusively on the fields of information security, regulatory compliance and IT Risk Management. IANS mission is to deliver technical and business insights that assist ... -  more information