Category Archives: Security Training, Awareness and Reports
Trend and Risk Reports, by IBM X-Force
IBM X-Force is regularly publishing Trend and Risk Report. According to their own definition: The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all … Continue reading
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Unfortunate and Commonly used Passwords
Studies reveal that people can be careless and lazy (?) when selecting their passwords. Scary Logins: Worst Passwords of 2012 1 password 2 123456 3 12345678 4 abc123 5 qwerty 6 monkey 7 letmein 8 dragon 9 111111 10 baseball … Continue reading
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General Documents and Guidance on Security, by US-CERT
US-CERT’s Security Publications site contains good introduction and guidance material around computer security for any user. General Documents Securing Your Computer Recovering from an Attack General Internet Security Technical Documents The site also provides links to their other pages, worth … Continue reading
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Keep Yourself Safe Online, Book from Microsoft
Microsoft has published a good book called Own Your Space, Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online The book is aimed for teens, but is good material for anyone. Especially if you are thinking of Security Awareness Training.
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True Cost of Compliance, by Ponemon & Tripwire
Ponemon Institute has created a report, commissioned by Tripwire, about the cost of compliance. This is good material to look for any security manager. Ponemon Institute and Tripwire Inc. conducted The True Cost of Compliance research to determine the full … Continue reading
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McAfee’s Risk and Compliance Outlook Report
Report produced by McAfee is interesting reading for having a view on risk and compliance challenges within companies. McAfee retained Evalueserve to conduct an independent assessment of the factors organizations that use risk and compliance products face in 2012. This … Continue reading
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Verizon’s Payment Card Industry Compliance Report
Verizon’s Payment Card Industry Compliance Report 2011 is available. It is good material to look if one wishes to have a view on PCI status. This report analyzes findings from actual Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) assessments … Continue reading
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