Security Information & Event Management Implementation (SIEM)

SIEM technology provides real-time analysis of security alerts generated by network hardware and applications. SIEM solutions come as software, appliances, or managed services and enable companies to respond to attacks faster, log security data and generate compliance reports. In spite of the economic downturn, the Security Information and Event Management marketplace is growing rapidly. There [...]

Risk Management in the IT and Security World

What do we have in the world of risk management in the IT and security world today, a bit of a mess. Risk management has been a nebulous, pathless utopia that has been just out of our reach because we are randomly wandering around in pseudoscience and non-sensible numbering systems.

Risk management in the financial sector [...]

The One-Way Hash by Shon Harris

A one-way hash is a function that takes a variable-length string and a message and produces a fixed-length value called a hash value. For example, if Kevin wants to send a message to Maureen and he wants to ensure the message does not get altered in an unauthorized fashion while it is being transmitted, he [...]

Shon Harris offers technology certification training to military service members

Security expert and teacher wants “pay it forward” movement for fellow veterans

Author, consultant, security expert and Air Force veteran Shon Harris has announced that she will offer free technology training to military members and veterans who cannot afford the cost of classes at Harris’s company, Logical Security. The broad roster of classes includes the [...]

802.11i - Has Security Arrived for WiFi?

by Dave Odom. CISSP

The Wireless Security Landscape

In the span of a year the wireless networking landscape has had radical movement towards providing not only the traditional benefits of wireless networking (mobility, scalibility, and cost effectiveness), but most importantly security. Security in 802.11, seen by industry as the wireless networking solution of choice, has been viewed [...]