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The keys-to-the-kingdom/Authentication-in-depth
Posted by: admin 15 years ago
The New York Times has an article with new details about the Google attack. The key take-aways:
Best Practices
Posted by: admin 15 years, 1 month ago
There were a number of tweets yesterday about "best practices". This took me back to Adam Shostack's post at New School on his best practice: Think. Now I am throwing my hat in the ring with:
Secure internet access from security conferences
Posted by: admin 15 years, 2 months ago
Have you ever been on the Wall of Sheep at a security conference? Do you go without Internet to avoid the same? Well no more (at least for RSA/BsidesSF).
Security Missteps Made in the Name of Compliance
Posted by: admin 15 years, 2 months ago
In the Five Security Missteps made in the Name of Compliance, Bill Brenner lists "How to Botch Multi-factor Authentication" first. The point is that if you open holes for users that have forgotten their hardware tokens, you have circumvented your own security, eliminating the value of two-factor authentication.
More on PCI: The Costs of Credit Card Fraud
Posted by: admin 15 years, 2 months ago
For all the circus atmosphere of the PCI debate at Shmoo, I got the feeling that most everyone agreed: PCI is getting the worse security offenders up to speed. There is no guarantee that they are 'doing it right', but most are doing it better. If the payment system had been designed correctly, then all of this effort to secure payment data would not be necessary. Sadly, it is too late to fix this because of cost. Oh, wait. Stop. Actually, that last point was somewhat contentious.
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