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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Go Ask Alec Baldwin
SSL apostate Ian G. refers to an article on estimation of loss due to a privacy breach.I think we are measuring the wrong thing, and operating on these assumptions is dangerous. From the article, a Forrester analyst says: “After calculating … Continue reading
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Tagged disclosure laws, identity theft, privacy, sb1386, security
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The Red, Yellow and Green Legos of Judgment
I’m out here in Coyote and Roadrunner land, knee deep in internal auditing. I co-presented yesterday on privacy, as a co-author of an Institute of Internal Auditing publication.It’s been a interesting couple of days, driven in part by the isolation … Continue reading
Apocalypse Pooh
It’s a grim world around us. A mass murder turns into a cynical ploy to promote and condemn any issue you care to name, or exploit the grief for naked profit. How can I deal, in the short term, except … Continue reading
Sweet Fancy Moses
Lots of odd stuff (mostly from Pogo & Fergie): Why Justice Went Blind The courthouse security folks in El Paso County can see you nekkid.“The new machine will not replace the metal detectors already in use at the judicial complex. … Continue reading
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In defense of controls
Alex is pretty down on ISO 17799. I think the reasons are that he sees organizations substituting ISO 17799 for risk management FAIR style. Instead of calculating a realistic, customized risk profile, an organization pulls ISO 17799 (or COBIT, though … Continue reading
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Invincible
New York Magazine article “The Young Invincibles: A Generation Uninsured” discusses the way uninsured 20-30 year olds in New York deal with health risks (link and commentary from Concurring Opinions.) The article is interesting study of people who do not … Continue reading
One Man’s Trash
The righteous fury of Texas Attorney Abbott was last month stymied by an elite cadre of county clerk ninjas who conjured a shambling legislative behemoth to crush his valiant effort to protect the privacy of Texans.Abbott screwed his courage to … Continue reading
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Tagged consumer, identity theft, internal auditing, physical security, texas
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The One In Five 