Today’s big buzzwords are ‘blockchain’ and Bitcoin, but the concept has been around since the 1990s. The Attributer himself in 1998 was consulting for one of the companies involved in the Bolero consortium, a project to digitise and dematerialise paper bills of lading (BoLs). A BoL is a negotiable financial instrument. Ownership of the bill means ownership of the cargo […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Info-Warfare Ready
It is January 2017, and as Donald Trump prepares to take over as the new President of the USA, the debate rumbles on about the possible hacking, leaking and disinformation associated with Hilary Clinton’s election campaign. So what should we make of these allegations? Let’s look at what we know. In March 2016 Hilary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta, received […]
Call for Papers: 2017 SABSA World Congress
The Call for Papers for the 2017 SABSA World Congress remains open until 17th March 2017. The Congress will again be hosted by COSAC Security Conference, and take place 1st – 5th October 2017, Killashee Hotel, Kildare, Republic of Ireland. Full information of Call for Papers and main conference can be found at http://www.cosac.net/cfp.html
About SABSA
SABSA is a proven methodology for developing business-driven, risk and opportunity focused Security Architectures at both enterprise and solutions level that traceably support business objectives. It is also widely used for Information Assurance Architectures, Risk Management Frameworks, and to align and seamlessly integrate security and risk management into IT Architecture methods and frameworks. SABSA is comprised of a series of […]
The Attributer’s Blog – In Control
The US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has had a huge influence on both American businesses and those in the rest of the world, especially those who want to do business with or in the USA. Section 404 of the act tells us that the management has to be in control, and that the auditors must verify this. A manager must […]