a day of contrasts

OK... so according to Bloomburg, the top 20 hedge fund managers made 22,255 times the average wage, brining down $650 million each last year.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a04iBUNutMDM&refer=us

Yikes!

On the other hand, today is the 2nd anniversary of Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast. This I'm a little better acquainted with than people making $650 million a year. Two years ago I was "between opportunities". In order to stop the hemorrhage of self pity that was slowly draining me, I decided to drive down to the Gulf Coast and see if I could help. I was blessed enough to go down to Mandeville, LA, twice, and it is something I will never forget. Pictures from those trips are here:

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c234/2daydrive/Louisiana%20Trip%20November%202005/

and here:

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c234/2daydrive/Louisiana%20Trip%20October%202005/


Now... on to our unusual topics...

The Computer Security Institute has released the The Computer Crime and Security Survey for 2006. The survey is conducted by CSI with the participation of the San Francisco Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Computer Intrusion Squad. DarkReading has a summary of the Survey here:

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=99433&WT.svl=tease6_2

You can sign up with CSI and download the report here:

http://www.gocsi.com/forms/fbi/csi_fbi_survey.jhtml



Searchsecurity.com has an interesting and insightful article on the use of employee profiling to prevent "inside jobs". It's really more of an admonition to PAY ATTENTION to employee behavior... to quote: "Assuming the employee passes the pre-hiring screening, don't ignore on-the-job warning signs. Some of these signs include belligerent, intimidating or threatening behavior toward co-workers, arrogance or being disgruntled over something in the office."

duh.

You might think it obvious, but it's not. There is a story (and I can vouch it is true) that an employer fired a disgruntled employee at 4pm, but the request to shut down the employee's systems access was not submitted until after the company help desk had closed for the day. Oops. The company "thought" there may have been some monkey business but they weren't sure. Right. The article is here:

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1250974,00.html?track=sy320&asrc=RSS_RSS-10_320

Oh, thank goodness for the ability to find humor in the mistakes of others.