d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on January 27th, 2010

President Ronald Reagan said, “Trust, but verify.” I used to hold fast to that, but recently have learned that you cannot, nor should you, always verify. Trust is a critical foundational element of life, government and information security. Things would be different if trust was non-existant… Husbands and wives would always be paranoid. Negotiations between [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on January 8th, 2010

I received a call this week from a friend who works in a small office. She had been out for a few days, and when she returned it became obvious that someone had been rummaging through the stuff on her desk. Then, she started telling me that when she turned her computer on there was [...]

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