Physical Security: War & Biodiversity

In a tour dé force piece – published in The Atlantic – Ed Yong illuminates the horrifying truth of human warfare’s murderous effect on animals in the wild; in this case, a study of the nearly total decimation wildlife populations within protected… Continue reading Physical Security: War & Biodiversity

Sonic Weapon, The Deployment

Superbly crafted piece – by Emily Waltz, writing at the IEEE’s Spectrum Magazine – on the alleged sonic weapon deployed and implemented in Cuba, targeting lawful United States of America Department of State diplomats (and other countries career diplo… Continue reading Sonic Weapon, The Deployment

CMU/SEI, Tracy Cassidy’s ‘Technical Detection of Intended Violence: Workplace Violence as an Insider Threat’

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Superbly researched deep dive within the Insider Threat realm, this time by Tracy Cassidy (Insider Threat Researcher at the CERT National Insider Threat Center. A Good and Necessary Read.
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Loss Prevention Trends to Watch During the Holiday Shopping Season

Physical theft accounted for two-thirds of inventory shrinkage in 2016, suggesting that retailers need to improve their loss prevention strategies.

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Sneakers: a Love-Fest

“A TURNIP KILLS ELVIS” begins the opening credits, an intriguing beginning to a smart and still timely film that was released around 25 years ago. If you’ve never seen the movie, I’m about to spoil the hell out of it.

Sneakers features the title characters, hackers who work the 1992 gig economy as freelance penetration testers. They work for Martin Bishop, a hippie hacker Obi Wan who works San Francisco’s gray market, doing good deeds and helping banks improve their security.

While there is a fair amount of cheese in Sneakers, a lot of the problems the characters face …read more

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Microsoft’s Approach to Keeping Your Data Safe in Azure Active Directory

As the move to the cloud continues to grow, many companies hesitate because of concerns about the security of their data in the service providers data centers. Microsoft explains their approach to data center security in a new blog post this week on … Continue reading Microsoft’s Approach to Keeping Your Data Safe in Azure Active Directory

Microsoft’s Approach to Keeping Your Data Safe in Azure Active Directory

As the move to the cloud continues to grow, many companies hesitate because of concerns about the security of their data in the service providers data centers. Microsoft explains their approach to data center security in a new blog post this week on … Continue reading Microsoft’s Approach to Keeping Your Data Safe in Azure Active Directory