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CERT / Carnegie Mellon Security Podcast

Early last month, I obliquely referred to this podcast series. CERT / Carnegie Mellon has continued to add new content, and given the importance of security ... I decided major emphasis was necessary.

• CERT / Carnegie Mellon Security Podcast Series

Here are the sessions to date:

• Crisis Communications During a Security Incident
• Assuring Mission Success in Complex Environments
• Privacy: The Slow Tipping Point
• Building Staff Competence in Security
• Inside Defense-in-Depth
• Evolving Business Models, Threats, and Technologies
  (A Conversation with CERT's Deputy Director for Technology)
• Protecting Against Insider Threat
• The Security 'X' Factor
• CERT Lessons Learned
  (A Conversation with Rich Pethia, Director of CERT)
• Why Leaders Should Care About Security
• The ROI of Security
• Proactive Remedies for Rising Threats
  Compliance vs. Buy-In

Vidipedia ... A Video Encyclopedia

Dean Brown from Thomson NETg pointed me to a very cool new web service, Vidipedia. Although not formally linked with Wikipedia, this service got a bump / push / support from the Wikimedia Foundation to get going.  A few comments:

• The site is new ... still evolving ... in terms of content and structure
• Use the browse, mouse over mode.  Search tends to pull up Wikipedia results.
• An encyclopedia / wiki that puts context around web video is a great idea

One neat entry already on Vidipedia is a video demonstrating Web 2.0 concepts.

Panel Discussion in Second Life

Very early this morning (5:15 a.m. Minnesota time) I attended a panel discussion in SL (Second Life). The early hour was due to the fact that the target audience was Europe.  PA Consulting brought together a number of companies including BMW, Vodafone, and the Financial Times. These representatives spoke about their experiences in SL, and answered questions (within SL we could IM the moderator).

As many folks have probably never experienced SL, I've attached a Powerpoint file with 12 screenshots from the the event.  The file is "read only"

Most panelists were in SL as an experiment, and were not yet doing formal product testing, recruitment, etc. My host however, PA Consulting, has private islands where they are running sims for customers to test product concepts.

SnagIt Training Video's

The SnagIt folks just created some super training videos ... via a "geeky" 24 videos in 24 hours marathon! I've used SnagIt for quite a few years, and it is a great, multi-dimensional screen capture software tool.

• 24 SnagIt Videos in 24 Hours

These videos are in the "tips and tricks" mode. SnagIt has more formal training. Link here.

Sunday Leisure

For those of you have never seen a wolf in the wild, take a moment to view these links. You'll begin to understand the majesty of my home region, Northern Minnesota. Although I've never seen a wolf pack take down a moose, I have seen wolves attacking deer in the wild. Just remember, this is the natural state of events. I've also attached a photo of my own northwoods cabin. One must snowshoe in one mile on a logging road at this time of year. Enjoy!

• East Pack Kills a Bull Moose:
  • Photos and Essay
  • Quicktime Movie
    (click to direct view ... or right click to download ... view expanded!)

For those of you who want some leisure "non outdoors" entertainment, NPR just started podcasting excerpts from two of my favorite shows:

• Car Talk's Call of the Week (Click and Clack)
• The News from Lake Wobegon (Garrison Keillor)