June 2003 Resource Page:
 

Resources

You've Been Hacked: Now Prevent Future Attacks
from C|Net Networks on Thursday, June 05, 2003
http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2135496,00.html
In the aftermath of a network attack, you must act quickly to recover systems and prevent further attacks. In this article, we'll focus on long-range measures you can implement to strengthen your defences after the dust settles.

Rinse and Repeat
Info Security Magazine
Four CISOs explore practical strategies for managing enterprise
risk-from classification to assessment to monitoring to response.
http://www.infosecuritymag.com/2003/jun/rinseandrepeat.shtml


Poor Training Causes Security Holes
Poorly trained staff and human error are the main causes of network security breaches, according to a recent survey. Human error in the workplace still poses the single biggest threat to corporate networks, with a lack of training being blamed for problems businesses should have overcome long ago.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132609,00.html

Cyberwar
Frontline - PBS.org
Vulnerability of the US to attacks from cyberspace.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cyberwar/

Contrary Views

Fear Drives Irrational Security Decisions
Globe and Mail Update, by Jack Kapica, June 5, 2003
…Prophets of doom appeared at every corner, issuing dire warnings of enormous financial losses. And the U.S. government, dipping its pen into propaganda, raised the fear factor by creating the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a list of ''policy initiatives'' issued by the Bush Administration's Department of Homeland Security to combat ill-defined threats…
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030605.gtwkapi/BNStory/einsider/?query=kapica
 

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