Societe Generale bolsters internal controls, discovers second insider
SearchSecurity.com | 27 May 2008 ARTICLE - Trader Jerome Kerviel conducted more than $7 billion in fraudulent trades with the help of an assistant, according to an investigation conducted by banking giant Societe Generale
Companies still monitoring email manually, survey finds
SearchSecurity.com | 20 May 2008 ARTICLE - In addition to monitoring email as a result of an investigation, companies are hiring people to audit content in outgoing messages, according to a new survey.
Security pros focused on internal threat, training
SearchSecurity.com | 05 May 2008 ARTICLE - A recent survey shows organizations are worried about risks posed by employees and increasingly interested in training as the network perimeter continues to crumble.
Windows Update attacks: Ensuring malware-free downloads
20 Sep 2007 TIP - Attackers recently discovered how to exploit Windows Update to push malware. Contributor Michael Cobb investigates who is to blame: the service itself or uninformed users.
Are senior level executives a target for social engineering attacks?
17 Sep 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - In this SearchSecurity.com Q&A, security management expert Mike Rothman discusses why senior level executives are a target for social engineering attacks, and unveils how to increase security awareness among them.
Social engineering
By Dan Sullivan, Realtimepublishers | 26 Jan 2007 BOOK CHAPTER - The fith tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats".
Security Wire Weekly
23 Feb 2006 FEATURED TOPIC - Get a brief recap of the week's top information security news as reported by SearchSecurity.com's award-winning news team. Listen from your PC or favorite MP3 player.
Managing Human Resources: Termination Procedures
29th Street Press | 04 Oct 2005 BOOK CHAPTER - In this excerpt from Chapter 6 of The Little Black Book of Computer Security, author Joel Dubin provides an outline of security measures to take when terminating an employee.
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Security Awareness Training Essential Part of Infosec Program
Information Security Magazine | 01 Jun 2008 FEATURES - AWARENESS TRAINING Nothing circumvents pricey defense-in-depth faster than people; educating workers about security is essential.
Secure Reads
Information Security Magazine | 01 May 2007 HOT PICK & PRODUCT REVIEWS -
Face-Off
Information Security Magazine | 01 Apr 2006 COLUMNS - Is User Education Working?
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Total Information Awareness
26 Sep 2003 WORD - Total Information Awareness (TIA) is the name of a massive U.S. data mining project focused on scanning travel, financial and other data from public and private sources with the goal of detecting and preventing transnational ...
National Computer Security Center
02 Feb 2001 WORD - The National Computer Security Center (NCSC) is a U.S. government organization within the National Security Agency (NSA) that evaluates computing equipment for high security applications to ensure that facilities processing ...
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