It’s that time of the week again: The time where we take a look at what local security bloggers have been up to. We have must read blog post this week as we have decided to answer some of the security issues questions.

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And without further ado … here are the top picks for this week.

#3 – 20 CRITICAL SECURITY CONTROLS: WHAT THEY DID RIGHT AND WHAT THEY DID WRONG: Rybolov looks at what of the 20 critical security controls were done right and what they did wrong. Click here to read the post.

#2– Should We Buy More Tools: Are you making a mistaking by buying more tools to secure a problem? Jack Mannino tackles the question; should we buy more tools? “Tools alone do not make an application security program successful.” Jack Minnino uses a scenario to show us; why we don’t need to buy more tools. Click here to read the post.

#1 – Security Team Permissions: We all want to know; what security permissions should your security team have? Richard Bejtlich answers that question for us in his blog. “When the security analyst can retrieve the information needed to make a decision without asking for human permission or assistance, I call that self-reliant security operation. Anything short of that situation is suboptimal but not uncommon.” Click here to read Richard Bejtlich’s post

Well, that’s all this week. Be sure to check back next week for more great blog posts from local security bloggers.

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