Re: Visual Interpretation of Internet Threats

["Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () PIMA EDU>]

 Here is a program that visualizes log data, which could be used for
firewall access logs, spam, anti virus, etc:
        http://www.fudgie.org/

 Also, for the theoretical back end, Edward Tufte's books, particularly
"The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" are a good general
guide.

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Brian Basgen
Information Security
Pima Community College
 
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Willis Marti [mailto:wmarti () TAMU EDU] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:50 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Visual Interpretation of Internet Threats
>
> > This may be a strange request, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of 
> > attempts to make visuals of Internet threats. One of the 
> big issues we 
> > face is the fac t that people don't see the threats, and what they 
> > don't see, they don't take  seriously. Metrics help, demos 
> help, and 
> > good stories help, but if anyone kn ows of some visuals 
> that can help 
> > people to actually "see" the threat, or a r epresentation 
> of the threat, I'd LOVE to hear about it.
>
> Might not be directly what you're looking for, but a great 
> book is  Security Data Visualization: Graphical Techniques 
> for Network Analysis
>   by Greg Conti
> --
> Cheers,
>  Willis Marti
>  Director, Networking &
>   Chief Information Security Officer
>  Texas A&M University