July 2008
18 posts
Mathematicians, The French, & Risk Analysts
Goethe: “Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.”
Jul 30th
Reminder: WebEx Seminar on Risk Analysis →
Hey everybody!  Quick post this morning to remind you guys that Cisco has been kind enough to let us give a follow on WebEx presentation on  July 31, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. EDT.  The link to sign up is
Jul 29th
Jul 27th
Perspective on GRC →
From some comments Dwayne made on yesterday’s post. IT- GRC is just threat / vulnerability pairing when you consider external regulatory compliance pressures as the Threat Community.  If you think…
Jul 23rd
(Not Really) Stateful IT-GRC Inspecting Threat... →
A friend of the blog recently pointed me to an article that used the term: “PCI Risk Management” Now usually when I see a term like this, I can only imagine that such things are the byproduct…
Jul 22nd
Charles Eames interview in 1956 Video →
Jul 21st
Compliance is critical →
Compliance has been getting a bad rap lately, and I’m here to set the record straight… compliance is CRITICAL. Now, those of you who know me are probably picking your jaws up off the floor and…
Jul 15th
Fundamentalism in Risk & Security →
FEAR AND LOATHING IN DAYTON, OHIO Had a great time Sunday with Rob Newby. We solved the world’s problems over deep fried whitefish and french fries (fish & chips to him).  It was a very good…
Jul 8th
George Jones Checks - Personal Checks - Fan Checks... →
Jul 7th
Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » The... →
Jul 7th
Michal Levy » Giant Steps →
Jul 7th
Michal Levy » One →
Jul 7th
Shneiderman's Eight Golden Rules of Interface... →
Jul 7th
The Content Economy: Mind-Opening Infographics →
Great Infographics in the embedded presentation.
Jul 7th
Jul 6th
Follow-Up Webinar on Information Risk →
Hey everybody!  Quick post this morning to let you know you guys and Cisco have been kind enough to want us to give a follow on WebEx presentation that builds on the content from the first webEx we…
Jul 2nd
Jul 1st
Saudi king urges consumers to get used to high oil... →
Oh, honestly.  There’s only so much we (America) should take before we just say “screw it” and pursue energy independence.  Let me add, that it needs to be “green” energy without reliance on others. Green, but able to mass replace the majority of existing power sources.  I’m partial to gobs of Thorium breeder reactors.
Jul 1st