NoticeBored innovative information security awareness program

Information security lessons from history

This month’s brand-new security awareness module is unique: although we have from time to time mentioned historical security incidents in the NoticeBored materials, we haven’t attempted to provide a history lesson as such before – and to be honest we are not really doing so this time either. Through a series of stories and anecdotes plucked from history, we simply intend to set people thinking about those situations from a modern security perspective, drawing parallels with current day security situations and future challenges.

The following famous but oft-misquoted statement sums up our rationale for this unusual awareness module:

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”

George Santayana

May madness

While NoticeBored always offers outstanding value for organizations of all sizes, we have reduced our prices. An annual subscription to NoticeBored now starts below $3000 and this month our security awareness posters are on sale for just $50.

Practical help with security metrics

Supplementing the metrics papers delivered in every NoticeBored module, PRAGMATIC Security Metrics by Gary Hinson and Krag Brotby will soon be published by Auerbach. Gary will be speaking about metametrics and the PRAGMATIC concepts introduced in the book at AusCERT on Australia’s sunny Gold Coast while Krag will present at SANS Security West in sunny San Diego during May. We are actively seeking further opportunities to speak about metametrics so please get in touch if you think we should present our paper to your favorite security conference or meeting.

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May 04, 2012