http://www.maiselog.com A blog for future security and intelligence professionals Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:50:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just picked up a copy of The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, at a Barnes and Noble store. Nassim, a scholar on randomness and knowledge, dives into, "the impact of the highly improbable." I had originally heard the word, "Black Swan," at the 2008 SARMA conference, and after ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/06/the-black-swan-the-impact-of-the-highly-improbable/ After only three days of immersion in the security and risk management (SRM) community and culture at the 2008 Security Analysis and Risk Management conference, I saw the ongoing problems with SRM that must be solved in order to advance the profession. Firstly, The comparison between risk analysis methodologies is ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/05/sarmapedia-common-knowledge-base/ Two plenary speakers spoke early this morning. Dirk Mauer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of the Crisis Management and Defense Support of Civil Authorities, detailed the ongoing development of the DoD's Defense Critical Infrastructure Program. The DCIP ensures the availability of assets deemed necessary for DoD missions and operations. It ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/05/sarma-morning-of-day-2/ The first day of the SARMA conference was absolutely mind blowing. The commute down from Olney to Arlington, however, was a challenge in itself. We woke up around 4:30 in the morning to beat the morning DC traffic and arrive at the conference in time for registration and breakfast. We ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/05/sarma-day-1/ The Security Analysis and Risk Management Association will be hosting their 2nd annual conference at George Mason University of Law in Arlington, Virgina tomorrow. The Security and Risk Analysis Club will be formally introduced by Edward J. Jopeck, the Chairman of SARMA, at the welcome meeting in the morning. Hopefully, ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/05/sarma-conference-trip/ The Defense Intelligence Agency is a Department of Defense combat support agency and an important member of the United States Intelligence Community. ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/05/dia-scholarshipsinternships-2-of-6/ The first place to start looking for IC scholarships is the United States Intelligence Community student opportunity webpage . It can serve as a portal to the popular programs currently available. Upon my own investigation of this site, I found that all of the links to the agencies were broken. ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/05/undergraduate-scholarshipsinternships-in-the-us-intelligence-community-1-of-6/ Everyone has been asking me about CyberCIEGE, even the people that are helping out at the Future Forum table (tomorrow). The SRA Club has had if for over a semester, and everyone should know what it is by now. Here is the description from the Naval Postgraduate School: CyberCIEGE enhances information ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/04/cyberciege/ As the end of the semester approaches, underclassman begin to switch gears. Instead of writing term papers, doing group projects, or studying for tests, students will begin to fill out scholarship applications, write essays, and get professor recommendations. For those students that are in the SRA major (or security-related majors), ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/04/intelligence-community-scholarships/ Russ Beck is another aspiring blogger like myself who hopes to make an impact in the security and intelligence blogosphere. He is also a fellow undergraduate of mine at Penn State's College of IST. Today was his official launch date, and he currently has one post. I am sure that ... http://www.maiselog.com/2008/04/counter-terrorism-and-security/