General Security

General Security
Even Thor Couldn’t save “Blackhat”

Let’s face it here, the term “Blackhat” is related to hacking but it’s clear they didn’t have anybody on the set that knew what that meant

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Obama to Announce Cybersecurity Plans in State of the Union Preview

Obama to Announce Cybersecurity Plans in State of the Union Preview

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Delayed or Slow SSH Connection on Mac OS X Systems Fix

Delayed or Slow SSH Connection on Mac OS X Systems

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Happy Holidays from SecurityOrb.com

Happy Holidays from securityorb.com/

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What's Needed for a Successful Information Security Policy?

What's Needed for a Successful Information Security Policy?

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Complementing a Security Management Model with the 20 Critical Security Controls

Complementing a Security Management Model with the 20 Critical Security Controls

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The Three General Categories of Policies

The three general categories of policies involved with information security are: (a) general or security program policies, (b) issue-specific security policies, and (C) system-specific security policies.

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The U.S. Military Classification Scheme

The U.S. military classification scheme relies on a more complex five-level classification scheme as defined in Executive Order 12958. This posting will list the classifications and briefly describe each of them.

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The Four Basic Strategies to Controlling Risks

An organization must choose four basic strategies to control risks such as risk avoidance, risk transference, risk mitigation and risk acceptance. Below these for basic strategies are explained in detail.

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Dozens of Chinese Held in Kenya 'Cyber Bust' Dozens

At the beginning of the month, the Kenyan Police located 77 Chinese nationals operating a cyber crime network and a command center in the country’s capital, Nairobi. According to police reports, the equipment recovered from the incident are sophisticated, high-end telecommunication gadgets. The equipment can infiltrate bank accounts, ATM machines, and Kenya’s Mesa system. Mpesa […]

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