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Debunking the Microsoft Monoculture
Written by Kerry Thompson | Added to Microsoft Security by Mitchell
In September 2003 the Computer and Communications Industry Association ( CCIA ) published a paper authored by a number of highly-respected members of the IT security community titled CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly. What follows is an objectiv...


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PDF Format Cybersecurity: The cost of monopoly
Written by Multiple | Added to Microsoft Security by Mitchell
CCIA and the report’s authors have arrived at their conclusions independently. Indeed, the views of the authors are their views and theirs alone. However, the growing consensus within the computer security community and industry at large is strikin...


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Web Application Security: Harder than you think
Written by Kerry Thompson | Added to Web Security by Mitchell
I was reading an advertisement the other day, from some company offering web hosting services. They were offering their services as secure on the basis that they used "SSL Certificates", "Firewalls", and "VPNs" ( plus a few ot...


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Kerberos in Practice
Written by Kerry Thompson | Added to Authentication by Mitchell
Kerberos is technically an authentication protocol. It basically provides a protocol in which users can authenticate themselves to the Kerberos system, and Kerberos will then manage the users authentication to other systems. In short, it is a...


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Getting a CISSP
Written by Kerry Thompson | Added to CISSP by Mitchell
Kerry Thompson provides this first hand account of his experience's with the CISSP. "In March of 2001 I started on a mission : to get a CISSP certification. "Easy", I thought, do some studying, sit an exam, pass with flying colors, t...


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Misconceptions about the importance of IT certifications
It's one of the most highly contested issues in our field. Some people love them, some people hate them, but everyone has passionate theories about their validity.


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HIPAA Security Review
Added to HIPAA by Mitchell
Microsoft recently announced that it is planning to enter the field of managing PHI (Protected Health Information) for consumers of medical care in the USA. That may be welcome news for consumers, since no one can "standardize" us like Micros...


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Is Your Agency Failing FISMA?
Added to FISMA by Mitchell
Is your agency failing to meet its Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements? If so, perhaps it's because you feel that FISMA has become nothing more than a "paper drill." Or perhaps you feel that the auditors have ...


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PDF Format Hacking WEB 2.0
Written by Petko Petkov | Added to Web Security by Jennifer
In this paper, written by Petko Petkov, he outlines some of the dangers of Web2.0 by combining fictional stories with technology that is real. Each story begins with a prologue, which introduces the problem, and finishes with a conclusion, which summ...


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Group Policy related changes in Windows Server 2008 - Part 1: What are Starter GPOs?
Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg | Added to Group Policy
In this article we will discuss “Starter GPOs”. With Starter GPOs you get the ability to save baseline templates to use when creating new Group Policy Objects (GPO). These templates can actually be exported to other domain environments, giving you en...


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Web Application Hacking vs the IDS
Written by Don Parker | Added to Intrusion Detection by Jennifer
This paper discusses the constantly changing landscape of web application hacking and how this can be detected with an Intrusion Detection System (IDS). The author pays particular attention to encoding, or the process by which information is taken f...


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Privacy - Keeping your information confidential
Written by Ricky M. Magalhaes | Added to Privacy by Jennifer
Important tips on keeping your information confidential when using the net.


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PDF Format Recipe for Mobile Data Security
Written by Tom Olzak | Added to Microsoft Security by Jennifer
In this paper, Tom Olzak explores the challenges facing security managers responsible for laptop data security, TPM technology, and how the features of a TPM can integrate with Microsoft’s Bitlocker and Active Directory technologies to provide for mo...


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PDF Format A Practical Application of Background Investigations for Small Company Security Perimeters
Companies spend millions of dollars every year to implement applications and hardware for the sole purpose of preventing outside entities from exploiting their computer resources, yet each year it is reported that the majority of Computer Security I...


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PDF Format The Death of Leadership in Management
Written by Dana L. Hudnall | Added to Management Topics
The intention of this paper is to outline the author's views on leadership techniques when it comes to the management of personnel. It will also describe the differences one faces between managing personnel and managing processes to include wha...