Comments for Information Assurance and Security Community http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity Just another Blogs.capella.edu weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on FBI Use of Social Media by Mary Brown http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/03/16/fbi-use-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Mary Brown Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:18:05 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=789#comment-596 Am betting these sites present endless 'stupid criminal' stories for regulators and law enforcement who leverage these tools :) Am betting these sites present endless ’stupid criminal’ stories for regulators and law enforcement who leverage these tools :)

]]> Comment on FBI Use of Social Media by Davis http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/03/16/fbi-use-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Davis Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:48:16 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=789#comment-591 This shouldn't surprise anyone. It would be surprising if it were they weren't attempting to use it. If people are going to make their personal information available to the world they it's going to be used by government agents all over the world. If you're committing crimes on top of that and putting information about yourself on the internet, you're more valuable than any government informant could ever be. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. It would be surprising if it were they weren’t attempting to use it. If people are going to make their personal information available to the world they it’s going to be used by government agents all over the world. If you’re committing crimes on top of that and putting information about yourself on the internet, you’re more valuable than any government informant could ever be.

]]> Comment on Does Google Make Us Stupid? by Iran Maisonet, Sr. http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/03/02/does-google-make-us-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Iran Maisonet, Sr. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:26:38 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=780#comment-558 This learner disagrees that Goggle’s search engine makes us stupid. I goggled stupid and according to Webster stupid is the slowing of the mind. Also found Wikipedia’s definition: is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. The urban dictionary defines stupid as someone who has to look up "stupid" in the dictionary because they don't know what it means. Also found some stupid videos that were fun the watch. If anything Google’s search engine capability provides a greater perspective on how others think about the same topic. That doesn’t make us stupid; it makes us well rounded in the arena of knowledge. This learner disagrees that Goggle’s search engine makes us stupid. I goggled stupid and according to Webster stupid is the slowing of the mind. Also found Wikipedia’s definition: is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. The urban dictionary defines stupid as someone who has to look up “stupid” in the dictionary because they don’t know what it means. Also found some stupid videos that were fun the watch.
If anything Google’s search engine capability provides a greater perspective on how others think about the same topic. That doesn’t make us stupid; it makes us well rounded in the arena of knowledge.

]]> Comment on Simulated Cyber-Attack by Mary Brown http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/02/11/simulated-cyber-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Mary Brown Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:13:49 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=766#comment-493 The three letter agencies have an interest in IAS education. I would recommend that you visit the links to the National Center of Excellence above as a starting point to some of the ways that the IAS community might be able to participate in these kinds of federal efforts. The three letter agencies have an interest in IAS education. I would recommend that you visit the links to the National Center of Excellence above as a starting point to some of the ways that the IAS community might be able to participate in these kinds of federal efforts.

]]> Comment on The Jihadist Next Door by Ken Williams http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/02/05/the-jihadist-next-door/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Ken Williams Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:07:26 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=745#comment-484 Dr. Brown, I have been trying to answer this question since performing duties as an antiterrorism chief for a major DoD installation some nine years now. Today I am no longer actively involved in antiterrorism, but working to defend against breaches in our nation critical IT infrastructure. I am also about to embark on a post graduate study with Capella with concentration in Information Assurance. Your question, what makes up the mind of a terrorist is timely, but is part of a broader question, what is the mind? What exactly are we talking about when we use this term? Now are we more concerned with what we do not know about ourselves? I would submit this is the question that we should seriously be addressing on a national level. Why do we do what we do? What motivates us to engage in practices considered harmful to the rest of society? Additionally, are actions that we take, that are offensive to society a self defense mechanism or is it because society is viewing it through different lenses? When we understand these and other questions about ourselves, we could seriously start making strides in winning this war – note that I will not call it a “war on terror.” I think it a war on understand ourselves. So what is needed? We need a reexamination of our society from a non subjective standard. We need to not judge others before we fully understand them. We need to start this dialogue in all facets of society now. Of course I have much more to say on this subject and will be happy to hear yours and others taught. Ken Williams Capella University Graduate student, retired military, Information Assurance person (15+ years) and a very concerned citizen. Dr. Brown,

I have been trying to answer this question since performing duties as an antiterrorism chief for a major DoD installation some nine years now. Today I am no longer actively involved in antiterrorism, but working to defend against breaches in our nation critical IT infrastructure. I am also about to embark on a post graduate study with Capella with concentration in Information Assurance.

Your question, what makes up the mind of a terrorist is timely, but is part of a broader question, what is the mind? What exactly are we talking about when we use this term? Now are we more concerned with what we do not know about ourselves? I would submit this is the question that we should seriously be addressing on a national level. Why do we do what we do? What motivates us to engage in practices considered harmful to the rest of society? Additionally, are actions that we take, that are offensive to society a self defense mechanism or is it because society is viewing it through different lenses? When we understand these and other questions about ourselves, we could seriously start making strides in winning this war – note that I will not call it a “war on terror.” I think it a war on understand ourselves.

So what is needed? We need a reexamination of our society from a non subjective standard. We need to not judge others before we fully understand them. We need to start this dialogue in all facets of society now. Of course I have much more to say on this subject and will be happy to hear yours and others taught.

Ken Williams

Capella University Graduate student, retired military, Information Assurance person (15+ years) and a very concerned citizen.

]]> Comment on Learner Spotlight – Dr. Ronald Smith by Iran Maisonet, Sr, http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/01/11/learner-spotlight-dr-ronald-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Iran Maisonet, Sr, Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:29:34 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=690#comment-483 Congratulations Dr. Ronald Smith! Did you earn your PhD at Capella University? Let me know how we can help. I am DoD mechanic in search of a Information Assurance job. Congratulations Dr. Ronald Smith!

Did you earn your PhD at Capella University?

Let me know how we can help. I am DoD mechanic in search of a Information Assurance job.

]]> Comment on Simulated Cyber-Attack by Iran Maisonet, Sr, http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/02/11/simulated-cyber-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Iran Maisonet, Sr, Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:08:19 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=766#comment-482 It is a proactive approach, to prepare and drill, that's how the military stays sharp. This would be an awesome Action Research study for a PhD candidate, how can we get in on the action? It is a proactive approach, to prepare and drill, that’s how the military stays sharp. This would be an awesome Action Research study for a PhD candidate, how can we get in on the action?

]]> Comment on Simulated Cyber-Attack by Mary Brown http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/02/11/simulated-cyber-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Mary Brown Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:44:02 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=766#comment-470 I agree that it is important that we know where our risks may be. What is less clear to me is whether or not this particular exercise will help locate those areas of risk or if it might not lull us into a false sense of security if not designed properly. I agree that it is important that we know where our risks may be. What is less clear to me is whether or not this particular exercise will help locate those areas of risk or if it might not lull us into a false sense of security if not designed properly.

]]> Comment on Simulated Cyber-Attack by Charlie Kiriakou http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2010/02/11/simulated-cyber-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Charlie Kiriakou Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=766#comment-466 This event is absolutely needed to protect the U.S. from potential cyber attacks. The number of stories about cyber risks is beginning to become routine. The alleged attack against Google from China is a prime example of why we need to take cyber threats seriously. More important than the Google attack, the vulnerabilities that exist in our power grid and industrial control systems are another reason the government should conduct this drill. Remember what happened to Estonia several years ago when their banking system was shutdown for 30 days by the Russians. The U.S. cannot afford to be crippled by cyber attacks. We don't need a cyber 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. The only way to prepare for an attack is to know what to do if one actually occurred. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worse. This event is absolutely needed to protect the U.S. from potential cyber attacks. The number of stories about cyber risks is beginning to become routine. The alleged attack against Google from China is a prime example of why we need to take cyber threats seriously. More important than the Google attack, the vulnerabilities that exist in our power grid and industrial control systems are another reason the government should conduct this drill. Remember what happened to Estonia several years ago when their banking system was shutdown for 30 days by the Russians.

The U.S. cannot afford to be crippled by cyber attacks. We don’t need a cyber 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. The only way to prepare for an attack is to know what to do if one actually occurred. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worse.

]]> Comment on 2010 Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program by Gary W. Smith http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/2009/12/21/2010-department-of-defense-information-assurance-scholarship-program/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Gary W. Smith Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:41:52 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/iascommunity/?p=648#comment-424 I am a counselor at Willow Oaks Treatment Facility. Counseling privides an opportunity for me to fight for the freedom of some of our most challenged citizens. Addiction affect all areas of clients lives and robs the of the hope and fortitude to pursue their dreams. The spiritual principleles that provide the daily reprive from addiction will provide a foundation for truly positive and productive lives. A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. Addiction is a weak link in the chain that holds our country together. It tears families apart. It ruins businesses and motivates people to violate their beliefs on a regular basis. Recovery builds hope, gives proof and is the vehicle that many have used to forge new lives. People mend broken relationships. This is the foundation of a nation. I am a counselor at Willow Oaks Treatment Facility. Counseling privides an opportunity for me to fight for the freedom of some of our most challenged citizens. Addiction affect all areas of clients lives and robs the of the hope and fortitude to pursue their dreams.

The spiritual principleles that provide the daily reprive from addiction will provide a foundation for truly positive and productive lives. A chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link. Addiction is a weak link in the chain that holds our country together. It tears families apart. It ruins businesses and motivates people to violate their beliefs on a regular basis.

Recovery builds hope, gives proof and is the vehicle that many have used to forge new lives. People mend broken relationships. This is the foundation of a nation.

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