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Chris Burton in How is that Assurance Evidence?

Mar 13, 2009

Oh the Hypocrisy

Norm Coleman. He is the guy that is currently locked in a battle with Al Franken for Minnesota’s US Senator. Setting personal feelings aside (Go Al!) Norm is truly ah … not good.

You may remember my post from July of 2007 where Norm sponsored legislation on called the Federal Agency Data Breach…

Chris Burton in How is that Assurance Evidence?

Feb 24, 2009

The CAG

Otherwise known as the Consensus Audit Guidelines.

In summary: Do everything we’ve been telling you to do. Identify -> Assess -> Secure -> Monitor -> Repeat.

See I just saved you two hours of reading.

But seriously, I suppose my main objection (from a very cursory review) is that now the technical controls…

Chris Burton in How is that Assurance Evidence?

Jan 9, 2009

Predictions for 2009 (Because all the cool kids are doing it)

And the answer is:

Nothing.

That’s right I said it. Given the economy and the state of things, stuff like Policy Compliance and Risk Management are going to be sitting in the corner. Caveat: Unless there is a dramatic…

Chris Burton in How is that Assurance Evidence?

Aug 8, 2008

More Commentary from the Unknowing

I am not certain what the point of this article started out as:

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Is-FISMA-fizzling/article/113025/

But I am fairly certain that someone said, “Go write something about FISMA.” For me, it is additional aggravation. Why? Let me tell you…

Chris Burton in How is that Assurance Evidence?

Aug 1, 2008

The Federal Information Infrastructure Response Enhancement Act

Apparently, when it rains it pours. I picked up this link this evening:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080801_2626.php

I suppose what scared me the most when I read this little article is this line:

“Members of…