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		<title>&#8220;You Have My Word On It&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/05/11/youhavemywordonit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve had the privilege to hire and work with some talented information security consultants.  Whether they came on to perform a 3rd party assessment necessary to drive remediation efforts (or satisfy compliance obligations), helped troubleshoot an issue or perform initial configuration on new tools, I&#8217;ve been fortunate, in most cases, to separate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occam&#8217;s Razor for Information Security</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/04/10/occams-razor-for-information-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if the principle of Occam&#8217;s Razor was applied to information security controls? &#8220;All things being equal, a simpler explanation is better than a more complex one&#8221; In other words, if we spent more time applying simple controls rather than chasing buzzwords and &#8220;big stories&#8221;, would we see an overall reduction in data breaches?  According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checkbox Security Fails Again</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/04/04/checkbox-security-fails-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulatory compliance is often a confusing mess.  Rattling off the alphabet of compliance can often result in dizziness, headaches, and for some, a bad case of nausea.   PCI-DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, GLB, SOX, and heck, might as well throw in some state data breach notification laws as well.  Congress doesn&#8217;t want to stop there as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They did WHAT with my data?</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/03/29/they-did-what-with-my-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are your employees doing with your data? I know&#8230; they are all doing their jobs and not doing anything out of the ordinary.  Unfortunately, that isn&#8217;t always the case.  Time and time again, we see individuals inside an organization abusing their access to inappropriately view, or in the worst case steal, sensitive information. Take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Was Just Trying To Help&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/03/23/i-was-just-trying-to-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness and Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t have access to that budget file.  Can you give it to me?&#8221; As easy as that security controls meant to provide access to information to only those who need it to do their job (the practice of least privilege) is bypassed by well intentioned employees.  They only want to help but their behavior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hacker Motivation &#8211; Does it Matter?</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/03/22/hacker-motivation-does-it-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motivation according to Dictionary.com is &#8220;the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way.&#8221;   While stealing data from organizations continues to be financially motivated the 2012 Verizon Data Breach Report indicated an increase in data theft as a result of hacktivism (data breaches aimed at advancing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We Don&#8217;t Need Security.. We Collect Taxes&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/03/21/we-dont-need-security-we-collect-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/03/21/we-dont-need-security-we-collect-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National InfoSec]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If looking for a gold mine of sensitive information, the IRS appears to be the place to find it.  When individuals file their returns, the expectation is that it is well protected by the United States Government.  Unfortunately, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found a pattern of weakness in how the IRS protects our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Malware</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/01/05/391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of viruses.  Pretty cool actually to look back at where we&#8217;ve been and the advances made in nefarious code. Courtesy of Bitdefender.]]></description>
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		<title>More Legislation?  Hmmm.</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/09/13/more-legislation-hmmm/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/09/13/more-legislation-hmmm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National and State Privacy/Security Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn, introduced new legislation aimed to prevent data breaches.   The proposed legislation includes federal requirements for customer notification in the event of a breach (something most States have been requiring for years) and requiring companies to provide two years of credit monitoring service.  There are fines and program requirements for regularly testing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada&#8217;s step into electronic health information exchange</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/06/29/nevadas-step-into-electronic-health-information-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/06/29/nevadas-step-into-electronic-health-information-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Sandoval signed Senate Bill 43 to move forward with the State Health Information Technology Strategic and Operational Plan using federal stimulus funds.  This essentially gets the ball rolling for the development of a statewide system for the electronic exchange of health information.  The intent is to improve health care quality, prevent medical errors and [...]]]></description>
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