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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>
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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>New Dog&#8230;.  Old Tricks</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/09/17/new-dog-old-tricks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny how the anonymous nature of the Internet continues to mock us all.   Back on September 8th, a fake FBI profile was distributed via Twitter as shown in a recent post on Naked Security &#8211; Fake FBI Anonymous psychological profile &#8211; a lesson to all Internet users. It takes me back to an old New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Addicted to Click&#8221; and Supporting the Habit</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/02/25/addicted-to-click-and-supporting-the-habit/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/02/25/addicted-to-click-and-supporting-the-habit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anup Ghosh wrote in his SC Magazine article titled &#8220;Unwitting accomplices and complicit security teams&#8220;: Cyber miscreants have figured out there is no sense in spending the energy trying to break through firewalls when you can simply ask any one of the thousands of users connected to the internet to invite you in. How true!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember when&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/01/21/remember-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness and Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paulmudgett.com/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was thinking about my start in the information security field.  I was working as a network analyst for an international company and was simply assigned &#8220;the firewall&#8221; for the relatively new Internet connectivity.  I quickly caught the security bug, attended a conference or two, read anything I could get my hands on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountability Links Behavior and Outcomes</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/11/30/accountability-links-behavior-and-outcomes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It amazes me that I still hear executive level IT people say that information security is a technology problem.  Sure, technology has a vital role in the building blocks of a solid information security program but even the best technology can be circumvented by unknowing or malicious people.  Getting people to understand their role in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business and Security Need Each Other</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/10/04/business-and-security-need-each-other/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/10/04/business-and-security-need-each-other/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[disgruntled employee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent eWeek article &#8220;Cyber-security Hurts Federal Government Productivity, Survey Says&#8221; clearly demonstrates the significant security issues related to perception and communication.   There seems to be a significant disconnect between what is thought to be needed to perform an agency&#8217;s mission and doing so without compromising computer systems. &#8220;Surveyed federal executives believe that cyber-security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education and awareness loses to the exploitability of humans</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/09/10/education-and-awareness-loses-to-the-exploitability-of-humans/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/09/10/education-and-awareness-loses-to-the-exploitability-of-humans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent VBMania virus (Trojan Horse)  is simple proof that education and awareness programs are not sufficient to overcome human curiosity and stupidity.  For years computer users have heard the same message:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t open attachments or click on links in unsolicited e-mails.&#8221;    Yet, they still do! Yesterday&#8217;s simple spam attack  infected servers at ABC, NASA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be a Billy</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/08/04/dont-be-a-billy/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/08/04/dont-be-a-billy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting a kick out of some fun videos put together by the fine folks at StaySafeOnline.org.  Check them out and enjoy this awareness video:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t be a Billy&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Security Professional Pipeline</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/06/25/security-professional-pipeline/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/06/25/security-professional-pipeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness and Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The demand for a trained and educated information security workforce here in the U.S. continues to grow.   Creating a pipeline of information security professionals has to start early.   A national campaign to develop the next generation of &#8220;Cyber Defenders&#8221; has been happening without the fanfare or kudos that it needs. The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition [...]]]></description>
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