Re: Who stay focused? (was: [Fwd: Question])

[ArkanoiD <ark () eltex net>]

Well, i guess role-based data control and entitlement management is something
that can (applying necessary frameworks like WS-* and embedding security
tokens into all data flow both in- and intersystem) change the security
landscape. If it ever will be applied properly. I doubt so.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:53:02PM +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
> > up on any workgroups or technical commetees, they do not invent and more,
> > they do not really have a clue to stay on the leading edge (how
> > ridiculously does it sound when applied to our pretty conservative field,
>
> That depends on what bits of infosec you consider bleeding edge. For
> most applications, the security rules are fairly well known and attacks
> don't change all that often.
>
> If you can't fix the holes, and bandages don't work very well, you have
> to give up and work on where you can make a change. My current areas of
> focus are on outbound filtering (rather than inbound) and education.
> Applying Postel's law to networks and networked applications is useful.
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