Tag Archive for: Modeling

Duct tape, modeling clay and a handgun are not standard computer parts

We’ll get to the unusual computer configuration in a moment.

The Transportation Safety Administration may not be the most popular federal agency, but it does put out a blog post every week that is highly entertaining for the look it offers into the scary and sometimes mystifying panoply of weaponry that passengers believe they can either carry onboard or surreptitiously stow in their luggage.

Just this week for instance we have his example of fine cutlery:

100316blog blades in checked bags TSA

The TSA notes: “These 5-bladed floggers were discovered in a carry-on bag at Houston (IAH). All bladed items should be packed in checked baggage.”

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Network World Paul McNamara

Microsoft releases new-and-improved Threat Modeling Tool 2014

Threat modeling can help identify “design-level security and privacy weaknesses in systems,” wrote Trustworthy Computing’s Tim Raines. “Threat modeling is also used to help identify mitigations that can reduce the overall risk to a system and the data it processes. Once customers try threat modeling, they typically find it to be a useful addition to their approach to risk management.”
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