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Comment on Canada Revenue Agency Training Identity Theft Victims by Pinnacle security

Pinnacle security — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:40:04 +0000

One reason for the increase in identity theft may be that consumers often become victims of identity theft without having any direct contact with the identity thieves who acquire their personal data. Good thing that you and your wife didn’t give your personal info.

Comment on Security Spending Survey - Closing Nov 14 by Jim.Reavis

Jim.Reavis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:21:47 +0000

Just email jim at reavis dot org for results, should have said this in the survey comments.

Comment on Security Spending Survey - Closing Nov 14 by Ceri Charlton

Ceri Charlton — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:19:38 +0000

Completed, how do I find out the results once it’s completed- it didn’t ask for my email anywhere.

Comment on Where do the candidates stand on the Bruce Schneier issue? by Mark W

Mark W — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:27:27 +0000

JIm, Jim, Jim.

Comment on Where do the candidates stand on the Bruce Schneier issue? by Bustin a gut

Bustin a gut — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:23:01 +0000

Too freakin’ funny. How many ounces of fluid can I bring through the security line? I best ask Brucey.

d) Make him head of the TSA

Comment on The Credit Meltdown and the failure of Risk Management by Matthew Barney

Matthew Barney — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:19:42 +0000

Kurt, your points are well taken. It begs the question - what person or group of people are accountable for ensuring risk and reward/consequences are tightly integrated? It’s one thing to have policies written and communication ’spin’ about pay for performance. It’s entirely different to systematically implement these methods in real organizations, given a culture and climate that is less than fully transparent or consequence oriented Similarly, too often senior executives lack humility and respect for uncertainty and risk in management issues.

Comment on The Credit Meltdown and the failure of Risk Management by Kurt Seifried

Kurt Seifried — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:54:36 +0000

None of this really matters if the risk/reward relationship is decoupled. Witness all the CEOs, board members, executives, traders, etc. still collecting bonuses on their way out the door. Or to put it another way I was watching a video of Lehman brothers closing up shop, people were leaving the building with a box or two of their stuff (normal) to be picked up by chauffeur driven cars (I suspect most people that lose their job might opt to save a few bucks and take a taxi). Realistically no amount of corporate governance is going to matter if the people making the decisions are not held accountable and censured in some way for bad decisions or decisions that violate the rules.

Comment on The Credit Meltdown and the failure of Risk Management by Matt Barney

Matt Barney — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:21:06 +0000

I appreciate your broad view of the problem. For certain, current risk management methods are still inadequate. One area in particular, appears to be it’s lack of explicit support for Evidence-based Management, using stochastic risk management methods on selecting senior executives, for example. Psychometric methods from Industrial/Organizational psychology aren’t perfect, but they increase the probability of finding, growing and improving the performance of employees, leaders, and boards. This includes the culture of transparency, decision making effectiveness, humility, and conscientiousness.

Is there any doubt that we can improve our odds in these areas, traditionally outside the scope of Audit and Financial Engineers?

Comment on Canada Revenue Agency Training Identity Theft Victims by Tennille

Tennille — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:22 +0000

My fiance just recieved a very similar call to this in Edmonton, Alberta and contacted the police. It turns out a number of people in Edmonton have been contacted the same way - Just wanted to give a heads up! Be smart about your information!

Comment on LOW TECH RISK - Trouble down the SOHO line… by Carl D

Carl D — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:51:02 +0000

Sorry - too much Sopranos or something. I hope I don’t get to know the proper street venacular… as well I think it’s the Nigerian 419 scam I spoke about too. It was $1,000 - it does seem LARGE to me! Alas - the situation is TRUE.CD