Art of Information Security

Ok… I know we have all gotten “pep talks” like this, but I suspect no one is testing them on marketing first…

BTW, someone decoded the meaning of “Run IT like a business” for me today, evidently that means “chargebacks”. 

Cheers, Erik

My apologies for the slight outage of Art of Information Security last night, I had an almost flawless transition from the older version of Linux to Ubuntu 8.10.

The Beauty of Virtualization
AoIS is hosted by Linode, which is a Linux virtual host service provider. The beauty of this was the fact that I could:

• Spin up a new host in 10 min
• Configure and test the box, without interrupting the “hot” server
• Move the configuration, data, sites, etc.
• Test, test, test
• Transition the IP addresses

All of the advantages of having a clean freshly build physical server, but with a pro-rated cost of under $5 !

FYI… As this is a security blog, you can image that I am somewhat obsessed with OS system protection, more on that soon…

Cheers, Erik

Rebecca Harold (aka The Privacy Professor) has just been recognized by a Computer World survey as one of the “Top Privacy Advisors in 2008 (link to article)“. Congratulations Rebecca !

I had the pleasure of working with Rebecca on a paper earlier this year. Rebecca and I were among the collaborators on a  paper focused on generating organizational support for Information Security Awareness efforts (link to paper) for ENISA (The European Network and Information Security Agency). The effort greatly benifited from her participation. And after collaborating with her is it clear to me why should would have been nominated for and received the high marks she did in the Computer World survey.

Rebecca is also the author of Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program. I purchased a copy of this book while working on the ENISA paper, and wow is it a detailed guide to managing these programs. Rebecca has included information from the high-level “concepts” down to detailed sample checklists and plans.

Congratulations again !

FYI, for additional information:

• LinkedIn profile and bio
• Rebecca Herold & Associates, LLC.

Cheers, Erik