CSSLP

(ISC)2 certification counts – how many CSSLP are out there?

(ISC)2 maintains this page https://www.isc2.org/member-counts.aspx# with the counts of all certifications per country. I wrote before about this here https://www.sorinmustaca.com/how-many-certified-secure-software-lifecycle-professionals-are-out-there/, but this was back in 2013 (1.5 years after I became certified) !   Some statistics: As of September 25 2013: 1168 CSSLP  Romania  1 Germany 19   As of May 23 2022: 3008 CSSLP […]

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At Infosec London this week

I am going to be visiting Infosecurity London from Tuesday to Thursday this week. If you are one of my friends or customers and you are around, ping me and we could meet. I am planning to attend the (ISC)2 Member Reception on Wednesday afternoon.   Meet me at #Infoseclondon https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/   Click here to […]

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Nice present from (ISC)2 – CSSLP renewal for 3 years

Six years ago I was writing here about getting my “Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional” certification: http://www.sorinmustaca.com/finally-officially-csslp-certified/ Two certification cycles in the future, meaning 6 years, I received an update for my diplom and some goodies: And inside the new diplom, the card and a pin.

CSSLP Educational News

Microsoft Updates Guideline on Windows Driver Security

Microsoft has released an updated guide on driver security. This new guide offers advice that developers could use to ensure Windows drivers are secured against basic attacks and preventable flaws.   Driver Security Guidance This section contains information on enhancing driver security. In this section Topic Description Driver security checklist This topic provides a driver […]

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(ISC)2 EMEA: Quote for the Day

In the News Quote for the Day “It is no secret that the cyber criminals are where the money is. If the targets are easy to breach, it is even better since this improves the ratio effort/outcome for them.” Sorin Mustaca, CSSLP, covers the basics for small to medium business inComputerWorldUK’s Infosecurity Voice and on the […]

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IT Security essentials for small and medium enterprises

Since I first published the free eBook "Improve your security" dedicated to end users, I've been asked many times to give advises for small and medium enterprises. At first, I thought that this is a very different topic than what I wrote before. However, after some thinking, I realized, that difference between the behavior of end-users at […]

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What is a security expert?

I've been called a "security expert" many times and I've heard many times other people around me called the same. The reason I am writing this article is that I am frustrated by how some security experts are seing and implementing security in their every day jobs. But, let's start with the beginning: What does […]

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Quoted in the (ISC)2 newsletter

    EMEA members are also sharing their expertise on the (ISC)² blog. Why we continue to fail on Cyber Security is the question explored in the latest post to the (ISC)² Blog by Germany-based CSSLP Sorin Mustaca, in his fourth post now archived to the Blog; It is actually 5th post, but it was my fault that […]

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Why we continue to fail on cyber security

I've been asked a lot of times, especially when I was working for an antivirus producer, why can't we simply write a software that always protects the users. Well, there is a short answer and a long answer. Short answer: Because 100% security does not exist and because most people are hackable due to being ignorant […]