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I work for Orange Business Services as a security leader within Products and Services Development. My previous jobs as a technical "worker bee" lead me to pay specific attention to the difficulties of implementing companies' security strategies and policies. Security, efficiency and pragmatism are my main pillars.

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in search of... lost smartphones

published on 2012/04/30 by Vincent Maurin

What happens when a smartphone without a security system is left in the middle of an urban jungle? Experts from Symantec have tried to answer this question with the "Smartphone Honey Stick" project....

in search of... lost smartphones

APT: a threat of the third kind

published on 2012/04/02 by Vincent Maurin

APT: three letters that have struck fear into the hearts of many IT security managers around the world these past few months. APT stands for "Advanced Persistent Threat", which, of course, doesn't offer much by way of explanation. But know that these three simple words have the power to make your anti-viruses, firewalls and other intrusion detection systems shudder with fear. ...

APT: a threat of the third kind

how do you evaluate a password's strength?

published on 2012/01/31 by Vincent Maurin

Whether you are a project manager, IT manager, head of a development project, or in charge of any other activity involving direct user contact, you have undoubtedly heard the question: "Why are there so many password rules?" The answer is strength. The stronger the password, the better it will resist attacks. As with a bike chain or padlock combination, the strength of the code often determines how much time an attacker will need to crack it....

how do you evaluate a password's strength?

DDoS attacks over spam

published on 2012/01/03 by Vincent Maurin

In early May 2011, the Czech Republic hosted the "Security and Protection of Information" conference, featuring an opening speech on "Denial-of-service (DoS) attacks using white horse systems: new proof-of-concept DoS against the domain name system (DNS) servers." The presentation covered a new attack method that denies service on DNS servers using spam campaigns....

DDoS attacks over spam

a look at the hidden part of the logs

published on 2011/12/20 by Vincent Maurin

Managing logs within an IT infrastructure is, above all, strongly tied to our conceptions....

a look at the hidden part of the logs