Author Archives: White Badger

A Cost-Based Analysis of User Effort in Security

This article does a fantastic job of quantifying the somewhat nebulous idea of why end users generally tend to make decisions about security that seem poor. Looking at the cost analysis comparing the price of end user time to the … Continue reading

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SSL is now Vulnerable… What’s your Plan B?

There have been numerous reports recently that a new Man-in-the-Middle attack has been developed which works on the previously secure SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0. The details of exactly what can be done with this attack have yet to be … Continue reading

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A Place for Everything, Everything in its Place

As with all New Year seasons, everyone chimes in with predictions for the year to come, along with retrospectives of what the previous year brought. While not strictly a seasonal occurrence, many such writings/articles/declarations/rants/etc. contain rather outlandish predictions and assertions … Continue reading

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Another Good Reason to Stay Paranoid

This article on physorg.com was posted a little while ago and gives an excellent example of how important it is to stay paranoid (or develop a healthy sense of it). In short, a photograph of physical keys can be used … Continue reading

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Compliance is Just the Beginning

You might have noticed our new web site and its central flash animation. At the conclusion of each round of frames, we declare the following: Compliance is just the beginning! Know your enemy. Know your weaknesses. Have a plan. Behind … Continue reading

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