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educational-security-incidents-year-in-review

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

The Educational Security Incidents Year in Review - 2007 is out. As Adam points out, not everyone cares that incidents were up 67.5%. I'm not sure that I would either - the total number of incidents was 139, which seems small relative to the number of colleges and universities out there. My guess is that the incidents have to make it to the news. Perhaps incidents are becoming less news-worthy.

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computers-to-hand-out-death-penalties

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

Yet another sign that China will surpass the US in technological expertise: They will soon be using computers to hand out death penalties.

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computer-crime-and-security-survey-shows-increase

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

The annual CSI survey is (almost) out and it shows a big increase in reported costs. Companies reported average annual losses of $350,424 in the past year, up sharply from the $168,000 they reported the previous year.

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drive-neutral-the-economics-of-carbon-neutrality

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago
My wife and I have 3 kids and thus we have a big car. We bought the Suburban 5 years ago and the guilt has been building up. I'm a big believer in driving cars forever, so what do do?

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flaw-in-mail-list-compromises-password-file

Posted by: admin 16 years, 3 months ago

There are a number of things that make passwords increasingly unusable. One of the biggest problems with passwords is that you're supposed to use different ones for different systems. It's a no-no to use the same password in multiple places because if one gets compromised, then the other systems are compromised.

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