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determining-an-appropriate-cost-of-capital-for-an

In my first post, I discussed the short-comings of ROI as an analysis tool for information security projects because it doesn't include a cost of capital. Using a cap rate will increase the accuracy of your analysis, but how do you come up with a good cap rate?

wikid-strong-authentication-3-0-rc1-rpms-released

Just a quick note about our 3.0 RC1 RPM release: Please test it!. We should have a new ISO and VMWare image by Monday or Tuesday of next week.

tjx-sales-not-affected-by-breach

Continuing the discussion about Brand Damage,breach costs and The PCI security standards, TJX reported higher sales despite suffering the largest breach known. Same store sales increased 6%, higher than analysts expected. Consumer sentiment seem to confirm my contention that information security is not a key element of the TJX brand:

schwarzenegger-vetoes-pci-esque-legislation

Legislation that would have made merchants responsible for card-reissuance and other identity theft costs was vetoed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.

on-the-short-tenure-of-cisos-and-low-frequency

I came across this post which pointed to this article on how to hedge funds can write a series of naked puts on low-probability events and look like geniuses. I have equated this to the information security market before and I have pointed out other posts about low-frequency, high-impact events.

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