Category Archives: Education and Training

Certified ISMS Lead Auditor, PCI ISA

During last 6 months (period April – October 2011) I have gone through trainings, passed the exams and obtained new certificates: Certified ISMS Lead Auditor – ISO / IEC 27001 Information Security Management System PCI ISA (Payment Card Industry Internal … Continue reading

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New Version of CrypTool

New version of CrypTool has been released on August 4th, 2010. The current release version for users is CrypTool 1.4.30. It is available in English, German, Spanish, Polish, and from this version, in Serbian version. My students from “Visoka škola elektrotehnike i računarstva” from Belgrade, contributed localization of this software to Serbian language.
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Threatsaurus from Sophos

Sophos, one of world leaders in IT security and data protection, issued “Threatsaurus, the a-z of computer and data security threats”. Free PDF is here.
Whether you’re an IT professional, use a computer at work, or just browse the Internet, this book is for you. We tell you the facts about the threats to your computers and to your data in simple, easy-to-understand language. Continue reading

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Virtual Steganographic Laboratory

Michal Wegrzyn informed me about new and interesting project on http://vsl.sourceforge.net/.  That is new steganographic tool. Name of tool is Virtual Steganographic Laboratory (VSL). It is a graphical block diagramming tool that allows complex using, testing and adjusting of methods … Continue reading

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Poll: Rate Your Computer Security Knowledge and Experience

I’ve added a new poll to this blog. The aim of the poll is to see what is the structure of the blog visitors according their (your) individual opinion and experience in the field of security knowledge. There is no … Continue reading

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“How Do I?” Videos for Security

“How Do I?” Videos for Security - Here you’ll find Microsoft educational videos from series “How Do I”, that explore a variety of security questions for developers, including encryption, handling attacks, security best practices, and a lot more. New videos are … Continue reading

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Theory and Practice of Cryptography Video

If you are interested in cryptography, there is very good YouTube video: Theory and Practice of Cryptography. You’ll need one hour of time to watch it. Topics include: Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Using Cryptography in Practice and at Google, Proofs of Security … Continue reading

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Hacker Curriculum

Source: ACM TechNews and IEEE Distributed Systems Online. The hacker community has devised effective methods for the analysis, reverse engineering, testing, and modification of software and hardware, and it behooves leaders in industry and academia to understand this culture and be … Continue reading

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Should We Teach Students How To Write Viruses?

Over two years ago, George Ledin wrote an essay in Communications of the ACM, where he advocated teaching worms and viruses to computer science majors. He stated in that essay: Computer science students should learn to recognize, analyze, disable, and … Continue reading

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Forthcoming Article at ComSIS Journal: Book Preview

Book preview of our book “Security of Computer Systems and Networks” is scheduled to appear at ComSIS Journal Volume 4, Number 1, June 2007 (here).

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