Network surveillance
Most companies have reasonable perimeter security – i.e. a firewall and IDS (intrusion detection system) or IPS (intrusion prevention system). Although security people often view an IPS as the next generation of IDS; it’s important to distinguish between the roles of detection and prevention. Detection helps you understand what kind of attacks are being mounted […]
Business threat modeling
These are dangerous times for a business. Every day brings another threat. The sub-prime crisis, the crash of world financial markets, the price of oil (going way up and now going down again), an impending crash of the US sub-prime credit card market (like how long can you charge 35% over the top interest rates?), […]
