Security Renaissance

Promoting the art and mindset of information security

Ren - ais - sance:

(lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance

Archive for the 'Resources' Category

New resource added

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

I’ve just added a new paper to the resources section of my site.  The paper is titled Cryptography in a very small nutshell; it is a very brief introduction into the concepts and types of crypto.
As of today, the resources section now has the following papers.

Analyzing the Paris Hilton T-Mobile hack
The emerging mobile malware threat (long […]

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That thing you do – keystroke dynamics

Monday, February 19th, 2007

For years, security professionals have known and been saying that passwords themselves are inadequate — thus the need for two-factor (or stronger) authentication. However, multifactor authentication implementations are typically known to be costly (e.g. issuing tokens or biometric readers). Further, many companies report user push-back: some end-users reject or express disdain for biometric […]

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New resources section

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

In my last post, I mentioned that I was thinking about adding a resources section to the site.  Well, I now have the beginnings of this section up.  It is located at:  http://SecurityRenaissance.com/resources and currently contains the following essays:

Mobile Malware (short essay)
The emerging mobile malware threat (long essay)
Ethical Considerations for IT and Security Professionals
Analyzing the […]

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