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February 2012

Volume 10 - Issue 2. 

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Feature articles include:


  • Ambiguous Threats
  • Lock Down Your Infrastructure!
  • Oh, Hackable You! What Science Fiction Seems To Have Missed
  • Hacking Back in Self-Defense: Is It Legal? Should It Be?
  • Governance: Fleshing Out the Framework
  • Multi-Tasked Backup Authentication
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    January 2012

    Volume 10 - Issue 1. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • D.C. 'Friends' Silicon Valley: The Increasingly Visible Role of Lawyers, Lobbyists, and Government in Information Security
  • Hacking Back in Self-Defense: Is It Legal? Should It Be?
  • Saying No: Taking Sides Against Law Enforcement
  • Managing Network Security: Monitoring and Response
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    December 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 12. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • Oh, Hackable You! What Science Fiction Seems To Have Missed
  • An Integrated Privacy, Security, and Compliance Organization: Challenges and Experiences
  • Governance: Fleshing Out the Framework
  • Avoiding IT Services Failures with Change Management Automation and Configuration Optimization
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    November 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 11. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • Scaling Risk Management
  • A Guide to Evaluating the Risk of Hacktivism
  • Predicting, Detecting, and Responding to Insider Attacks
  • A Call to Arms: It Is Time to Learn Like Experts
  • Securing SCADA Networks
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    October 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 10. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • The ISSA International Conference Guide - Included in the full Journal
  • Virtualization Is Great, But Don't Be Lax Securing Your VMs
  • Integrating Security Testing into Quality Control
  • SECaaS-Security as a Service
  • Virtualization-The Missing Element of the Cloud 
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    September 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 9. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • The ISSA International Conference Guide - Included in the full Journal
  • The New Frontier for Zeus and SpyEye
  • Emerging HIPAA Security Gap
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of a QSA
  • Unsafe at Any SSID: Wireless Hotspot (In)Security
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    August 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 8. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • Conceptual Principles for the Security Architect
  • Legal and Business Implications of Shrink-Wrap Agreements: Look Before You Click
  • Taking the Battle to a New Level
  • SSL/TLS Revisited
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    July 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 7. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • Uncovering The Hidden Menace Behind Your Spreadsheets
  • Emerging HIPAA Security Gap
  • The Art of Exception
  • Information Security - Overcoming Organizational Obstacles
  • Cloud Computing Risks
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    June 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 6. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • Advanced Persistent Threat: Attacker Sophistication Continues to Grow?
  • IPv6 Is Here. Are You Ready?
  • Case 99 - Forensic Case Study: Determining If Files Are Copied to USB Devices Based on Last Accessed Dates
  • Election 2011 and Candidate Profiles
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    May 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 5. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • A Scenario-Based Approach to Mitigating the Insider Threat
  • A Lean Approach to Information Security
  • Maintaining a Proactive and Sustainable Security Program While Hosting and Processing Personally Identifiable Information
  • Protecting Your Weakest Point: On-Premise Resources
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    April 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 4. 

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    Feature articles include:


  • Know Your Network: How Understanding the Traffic Transiting Your Network Can Improve Your Information Security Posture
  • Sensor Metrics for Network Security Decisions
  • Common Criteria: Its Limitations and Advice on Improvement
  • PCI DSS Compliance and VMware
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    March 2011

    Volume 9 - Issue 3. 

    Members: click on cover image for BlueToad online Journal; for PDF versions click here; or join the discussion in ISSA Connect.

    Feature articles include:


  • Unsafe at Any SSID: Wireless Hotspot (In)Security
  • Hidden Pitfalls in the Pursuit of a Payment Application Certification
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of a QSA
  • From Torrent Trackers to Anonymous Ion Cannons: Recent Evolutions in File Sharing Technology
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