Articles on Tools

• Tools The Importance of Feeling Secure
  Feeling secure differs from being secure—both matter. Users may abandon effective but quiet security tools, CISOs need compelling metrics and reports even when doing excellent work, and clients need...
• Tools SWFREtools for Analyzing Flash Malware
  SWFREtools provides free utilities for reverse-engineering malicious Flash programs, including Flash Dissector for examining SWF structure and disassembling ActionScript. FP Debugger traces Flash...
• Career Which Information Security Job Titles Are Least and Most Common?
• Tools 4 Free Tools to Detect Local Insecure Browser Plugins
  Four free tools can identify locally-installed browser plugins that need security patches: Google Chrome's built-in warnings and Secbrowsing extension, Mozilla's Plugin Check page, Qualys...
• Networking The Hidden Costs of Information Security Projects
  Security projects often underestimate hidden costs: requirements gathering, transitioning from current solutions, project oversight, validation of completion, and personnel training. Applying Total...
• Malware Protect Files From Malware With Windows Integrity Levels
  Windows integrity levels can protect sensitive files from malware. Use the Chml tool to set a file to High integrity level with "no read up" policy enabled. Since malware typically runs at Medium...