Friday Roundup: How to Do (Almost) Anything
Step-by-step instructions from our archives to help you handle a vast array of security challenges.
April 11, 2008 —
How to Write Good Passwords
A good practical guide for employees.
How to Keep a Digital Chain of Custody
Solid procedures and documentation will keep digital evidence admissable in court.
How to Plan an Investigation
A primer for nonsecurity folks (HR, etc) on how to conduct effective interviews.
How to Handle a Drunk
Never know when this might come in handy...
How to Spot a Liar
(Insert political joke here.)
How to Evaluate (and Use) Web Application Security Scanners
An in-depth look at vulnerability-finding tools and services.
How to Build a Surveillance Camera System
Tips straight from a CSO.
How to Be a Better Burglar
"Our internal investigations have come a long way since the nervous nights of skulking around offices..."
The challenge of true data protection spans databases, internal and external networks, physical and offsite storage, business partners and more. These resources offer expert perspective from the basics through specific key elements of data protection strategies.
Network security basics
Protection, detection, and reaction—those are the three underlying principles your security program must embody
Computer incident detection, response, forensics
Richard Bejtlich shows how to measure and improve the maturity of your incident response
A few good IT security metrics
Stop counting blocked malware attachments and measure things that can contribute to meaningful change
5 key cloud security trends
Cloud security is evolving rapidly—stay on top of it
IT risk assessment frameworks
How to do end-to-end encryption
How to compare and use enterprise antivirus
Also find sample data protection policies in CSO's tools, templates and policies library
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5
- Introduction to Virtualization
- Preventing Unplanned Downtime with Server Virtualization
- Secure Cloud Infrastructure and Next-Generation Data Centers - An Interactive Panel for Decision Makers
- Gartner Next Generation Network IPS Webcast
- Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving
- Overcome Top 7 Admin Challenges of Active Directory
- Insiders Can Ruin Your Company. Take Action.
- Top Solutions and Tools to Prevent Devastating Malware
- X-Ray of the PCI Process-4 Proactive Steps
- Streamline Compliance and Increase ROI
- Beyond SFTP: Five Ways Secure Managed File Transfer Can Improve Your Business
CSO Corporate Partners
- Patch Tuesday preview, February 2012
Microsoft published its Patch Tuesday Preview for February of 2012 a few minutes ago. IT admins can expect nine bulletins to address 21 security vulnerabilities.
It looks like four bulletins will be rated critical while the rest are designated as important.
Affected Microsoft products are:
- M86 report proves water is wet
- Actor, banker, soldier, spy: Suits and Spooks Anti-Conference aims to redefine security
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