Welcome to the new home of the InfoSec Perception column, a weekly commentary on information assurance (IA) topics. To start the new series, I’d like to articulate some of the key ideas about writing on IA that I have accepted or developed in thirty years of work in the field. To start with, the InfoSec …
Ira Winkler, a respected information assurance professional – and a long-time colleague starting in the early 1990s, when we were both involved with the National Computer Security Association – recently wrote, “Let’s scuttle cybersecurity bachelor’s degree programs.” (November 9, 2011, Computerworld). Since I was responsible for creating the original Bachelor of Science in Computer Security …
All of us involved in any kind of business may have to confer with our colleagues in real time, as opposed to the asynchronous communications supported by e-mail. However, it seems to me that traveling to professional meetings has become a burden, especially if the locations are far enough to warrant air travel. Airport security …
Virtual Meetings for IA Professionals | InfoSec Perception Read More »
Recently I was asked to prepare a Webinar for the Master’s in Public Administration on lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew, the massive storm that devastated the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands and then hit the Florida coast with unparalleled intensity in August 1992. The tropical storm that was to become Andrew was noticed in early …
In the preceding articles in this column, I introduced some of the events of the great storm of 1992 that swept through the Caribbean and part of the south-eastern United States and reviewed some of the valuable lessons learned at that time and how they have improved emergency response in the decades since the early …
Starting in 2003, employees – including editors – of the now-defunct News of the World newspaper in Britain, controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation became embroiled in a series of scandals involving bribery of police officers, illegal access to telephone voicemail, dishonestly suing truthful news organizations for libel, lying to parliamentary and congressional investigating committees, …
News of the World Hacking Debacle: Groupthink in Action | InfoSec Perception Read More »
In the preceding articles in this column, I introduced some of the events of the great storm of 1992 that swept through the Caribbean and part of the south-eastern United States and reviewed some of the valuable lessons learned at that time and how they have improved emergency response in the decades since the early …
Hurricane Andrew (August 1992): Organizational Issues | InfoSec Perception Read More »
In the preceding article in this column, I introduced some of the events of the great storm of 1992 that swept through the Caribbean and part of the south-eastern United States. Today I’ll review some of the valuable lessons learned at that time and how they have improved emergency response in the decades since the …
Hurricane Andrew (August 1992): Lessons Learned | InfoSec Perception Read More »
In the preceding articles in this column, I introduced some of the events of the great storm of 1992 that swept through the Caribbean and part of the south-eastern United States and reviewed some of the valuable lessons learned at that time and how they have improved emergency response in the decades since the early …
Recently I was asked to prepare a Webinar for the Master’s in Public Administration on lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew, the massive storm that devastated the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands and then hit the Florida coast with unparalleled intensity in August 1992. The tropical storm that was to become Andrew was noticed in early …