February 01, 2003
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Imagine if CSOs had to deal with the security landscape as depicted by Hollywood. Corporate security systems would be riddled with easy-to-exploit holes. Sinister government techies would joyfully ruin credit ratings of innocent citizens. And most of the security guards at front desks around the world would suffer narcolepsy. OK, so Hollywood has been known to distort reality a bit from time to time. Still, movies do offer a few genuine pearls of security wisdom
Security lesson: Fire, bad! Firewall, good! Nnnnnhgh!
Security lesson: 800-pound gorillas are a significant threat to infrastructure.
Security lesson: There is no better password than Rosebud.
Security lesson: Security staffing budget must include salary for Q.
Security lesson: Leave the virus. Take the cannoli.
Security lesson: Protect key intellectual property, like diagrams that show how to blow up your Death Star.
Security lesson: If your computer asks to play either Tic-Tac-Toe or Global Thermonuclear War, pick option A.
Security lesson: Even though PCs and Macs can't communicate here on Earth, your average virus-equipped laptop will easily interface with, and incinerate, enormous alien spacecraft.
Security lesson: The blueprints, schematics, systems architecture and security practices of major hotels and casinos in Las Vegas are generally available on the Web.
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Other stories by Scott Berinato
- The CISO's Survival Guide to Securing Data
- Data Privacy and Protection in Production Environments: New Research from Ponemon Institute
- FireEye Advanced Threat Protection KnowledgeVault
- Five Tips to Consider in a Data Security Strategy for Smartphones and Tablets
- Moving Your Email to the Trusted Cloud
- Comprehensive Server Protection
- Farmers Triples Email Usage and Meets FINRA Requirements with Integrated Messaging Solution
- The Hidden Costs of Self-Signed SSL Certificates
- Microsoft Hosted Exchange - Market Quadrant 2011
- How To Select And Evaluate Mobile Collaboration Vendors
- Content Sharing 2.0: The Road Ahead
- Less Secure Than You Think
- Howard Schmidt went the distance
With Howard Schmidt leaving the White House at the end of the month, the critiquing of his tenure is in full swing -- as it should be. There are still plenty of loose ends dangling in D.C., most notably Congress' inability to craft legislation that strikes the right balance between security and privacy. - #FFSec: Security pros to follow on Twitter, May 18
- DHS cybersecurity official leaves more questions than answers
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