Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Secure Reads: InfoSec Career Hacking"
This article is part of the October 2005 issue of Security 7 Award winners unmasked
InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul By Aaron W. Bayles, Ed Brindley, James C. Foster, Chris Hurley and Johnny Long Syngress, www.syngress.com, 441 pages, $39.95 A surprising number of security pros enter the corporate world each year with little to no idea how it works. Drop them at any shell prompt, and they'll quickly master an unfamiliar operating system, but ask them to write an effective rÉsumÉ or plan a meeting, and suddenly they're alone in the dark. InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul is like a corporate GPS to successfully navigate the hazards of an infosecurity career. @exb InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul @exe This is a book for geeks, and if that term sounds insulting, find another book. The authors make it no secret that the intended audience revels in their geekdom. Most concepts are expressed in terms calculated to put fledgling light-side hackers at ease, like the "don't trip the sensors" method of blending in with a professional environment; mostly they're gimmicks that help set ... Access >>>
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Security Seven Awards
Seven winners. Seven verticals. Countless achievements.
Education: Dave Dittrich
Financial Services: Christofer Hoff
Telecommunications: Edward Amoroso
Government: Charles McGann
Energy: Richard Jackson
Manufacturing: Hans-Ottmar Beckmann
Health Care: Patrick Heim
Profiles by Michael S. Mimoso, Bill Brenner, Herman Mehling, Susan Hildreth, Mark Baard -
SQL Server 2005 Premieres
Next month, Microsoft adds a star-studded cast of security features to its database system.
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Secure Reads: InfoSec Career Hacking
Read a review of the security book: "InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul"
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Antivirus: F-Secure's Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0
F-Secure's Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0
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Recent Releases: Security product briefs, October 2005
Take a look at the security products released in October 2005.
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Security Seven Awards
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Antispyware: Blue Coat Systems' Spyware Interceptor SI-1
Blue Coat Systems' Spyware Interceptor SI-1
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Security Hang-ups
Will VoIP's shortcomings give businesses a wake-up call?
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Hot Pick: Hercules 4.0 Enterprise Vulnerability Management Suite
Citadel Security Software's Hercules 4.0 Enterprise Vulnerability Management Suite
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Digital Rights Management: Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services
Microsoft's Windows Rights Management Services
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Security Gateway
Finjan Software's Vital Security Appliance NG-1100
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Antispyware: Blue Coat Systems' Spyware Interceptor SI-1
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Columns
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On The Radar: Tools to survive the security wilderness
Ice Breakers
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Perspectives: The Rise of Dataflation
Dataflation is the destabilizing tendency of data to lose value due to factors such as large-scale unauthorized access, excessive abuse and loss of confidentiality.
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Editor's Desk: The need for constant vigilance
Crib Notes
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Ping: Jennifer Granick
Jennifer Granick
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On The Radar: Tools to survive the security wilderness
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