http://www.security.vt.edu/briefs-online_templates/indexers/blog_indexer.html en Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:59:49 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/account_lockout_has_time_passed_it_by.html <p>When I first got into the cybersecurity arena, I read all the books that I could find on the subject. There weren’t many back then in 1991. A number of the books dealt with securing Unix systems and they all had a section on Account Lockouts.</p> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:44:48 -0500 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/account_lockout_has_time_passed_it_by.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/Account_Sharing-What_the_Real_Purpose.html <p>MHO, items listed in a IT security, data security or IT acceptable use policy must be enforceable. The “stick” might be another organizational policy, local, state, or federal laws. If a policy item isn’t enforceable, then the policy is worthless.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:03:00 -0500 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/Account_Sharing-What_the_Real_Purpose.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/are_we_hampered_by_insecure_software.html <p>Well, it’s that time of the year when EDU IT staff recover from the initial “school’s back in session” marathon. Now, we get to evaluate vendor software offerings for a wide range of IT services ranging from remote desktop support, data encryption to physical surveillance.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:57:00 -0500 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/are_we_hampered_by_insecure_software.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/banning_b2b.html <p>I decided to take a break from cyber geek stuff and spend a little time talking about the RIAA/MPAA’s efforts to cure the illegal movie/music downloads by forcing sites to ban P2P or they’ll get sued.</p> Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:09:24 -0400 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/banning_b2b.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/local_admin_rights.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:02:00 -0500 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/local_admin_rights.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/security_and_the_business_practice.html <p>We’re often asked to provide an opinion on the security of a software product. We do a preliminary analysis of the software for common software vulnerabilities and hopefully, we don’t find any. However, there have been cases when we do find one.</p> Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:55:46 -0400 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/security_and_the_business_practice.html http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/why_security_is_difficult.html Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:00:13 -0500 http://www.security.vt.edu/resources_and_information/blog/why_security_is_difficult.html