Security Ripcord


Archive for September, 2007

Security Ripcord New Look

Friday, September 28th, 2007 Posted in Wordpress | 644 views No Comments »

Did you notice? I decided to update so that I could start taking advantage of Wordpress Widgets. I also am following a suggestion of a web developer friend ... Read more..

Michael Farnum - an Email Interview

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Interviews, Logging, Security | 587 views 1 Comment »

I was going to post a comment to Michael's Computer World post titled "OK CXO, does this incident convince you of the need for security???" when I decided not to ... Read more..

Considerations for an Information Assurance Laboratory

Friday, September 21st, 2007 Posted in Education, Hacking, Patch Management, Penetration Testing, SANS, Security | 489 views 1 Comment »

I find it interesting what professors will say and do when it comes to providing an educational experience to their students. On one hand I can understand that the ... Read more..

The Next Phase in Patching

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Apple, Microsoft, Patch Management | 743 views 2 Comments »

Recent hardware and software problems got me thinking about patch management. Some companies have a handle on this effort. SMBs, SOHOs, and home users, however, are a bit ... Read more..

Information Security Consultancy - Market Analysis Summary

Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Management, Security, consulting | 3,388 views 3 Comments »

In an attempt to understand the business process better I have recently been working on a business plan for an information security consultancy.  I have based the plan I am ... Read more..

The Benefits of Security Blogging

Saturday, September 8th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Encryption, Tools | 488 views 1 Comment »

To increase the security within my organization I decided to have PGP come down and give our administrators and IT manager a demonstration on all of the services that PGP ... Read more..

BackTrack 2.0 Final - Hard Drive Install Considerations

Monday, September 3rd, 2007 Posted in BackTrack, Penetration Testing | 1,431 views 1 Comment »

BackTrack 2.0 Final has really pushed security toolkits to the next level. I get a couple hundred hits a day about installing BackTrack to a hard drive. I ... Read more..

Security Websites and Web Bugs

Saturday, September 1st, 2007 Posted in Logging, Web | 457 views 4 Comments »

Okay, so the title is a little bit of a misnomer.  I have not found any security websites using web bugs.  Where this stems from is my own pondering.  At ... Read more..