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PraxIS newsletter contents for 2007-8
Index to current year issues is at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/index.htm - this page
Contents for 2005-2006 are at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/archive0506.htm
Contents for 2003-2004 are at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/archive0304.htm
Contents for 2000-2002 are at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/archive.htm
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1) Risk & Security
Aer Lingus 5-euro flights to the US from test data leaked to web
Data Protection Commissioner Unprotected
Irish Computer Society Privacy Forum Launch
ICS Security Professionals Network presents ISO27001
2) Software Industry
SoftTest Ireland for software testers
Accounting for nothing
3) Spreadsheets
Eusprig 2008
Safety in Numbers
The bigger picture
4) Off Topic
$5/hr for Excel skills?!
Heathrow Terminal 5
Irish Microsoft Technology Conference
2)
Software Testing
SQC Dublin conference
SoftTest Ireland events
Presentation
4) Off
Topic
The Voice of the Tube
1) Risk & Security
171,324 Irish blood donor records stolen
Followup to l'affaire Kerviel
2) Quality
Software & Systems Quality Conferences Dublin, 5th March 2008
SoftTest Ireland events April 1,2,3
3) Spreadsheets
Jim Kaplan's AuditNet newsletter features spreadsheet tools
OSU Spinoff RedRover launches its Excel audit product
4) Off Topic
Interesting Photos of the day
13 Web links in this newsletter
1) Risk & Security
Societe Generale
2) Bank Direct Debit fraud
Jeremy Clarkson's challenge taken up
3) Spreadsheets
New certification on safe spreadsheeting being tested
4) Off Topic
Schadenfreude
15 Web links in this newsletter
1) IT Risk & Quality
Bad Health Informatics can Kill
HMRC manual on data protection was protected data
Frequently Avoided Questions about IT auditing
15th EuroSPI Conference, Dublin, Sep 2008
2) Euro Changeover
Cyprus and Malta switch to euro cash
3) Spreadsheets
Office 2003 update quietly zaps older file formats
Seattle Accountant offers free book on Excel for MBA
Dave Hawley's Golden Rules for Excel Development
4) Off Topic
My 2008 photo calendar
13 Web links in this newsletter
1) Risk & Security
The biggest data loss in history ... so
far
and more...
Software Test Process Improvement
3) Spreadsheets
Excel User Conference
Excel tips & tricks
Manager and Auditor perspectives
A friend passes away
14 Web links in this newsletter
1) Risk & Security
Standard of Good Practice for Information Security
Cyber Security Awareness Resource Center
Pirate copies of books
Audit Technology Conference, London 20-21 Nov
2) Irish news
Ireland Corporate Enforcer impatience
ICS Security Professionals' Seminar, 5 Nov
SoftTest: Presentation by O2 and AGM, 8 Nov
3) Spreadsheets
Excel User Conference Cambridge, Nov 29 - Dec 1
SPRIG sleepless at INFORMS, Seattle, 5 & 7 Nov
Did you spot a spreadsheet error from a mile away?
Excel oddities, annoyances, quirks
ScanXLS continues to be enhanced
VBA Code Quality - Project Analyser
4) Off Topic
Giveaway of the day freeware
13 Web links in this newsletter
October 2007
1)
Risk & Security
Nedap voting machines de-certified in The Netherlands
Phishy education
Holistic Test Analysis and Design
Software & Systems Quality Conferences in London and Dublin
3) Spreadsheets
65535 calculation bug in Excel 2007 cell display
Mnemonics and pangrams
21 Web links in this newsletter
1) Irish Computer Society 50 years awards
Your vote is wanted!
2)
Software Testing
Free Software Testing Seminars in Ireland
Apple Numbers introduced
4)
Off Topic
Tech Gripes
1) IT Risk & Security
Risks from untested medical spreadsheets
Spreadsheets latest spam message carriers
2) Quality
Spreadsheet & Data Quality
3) Spreadsheets
Report from Eusprig 2007 conference
The Bug Hunt results
4) Off Topic
Spreadsheets considered harmful :-)
11 Web links in this newsletter
1) Risk & Security
Global Technology Audit Guide (GTAG)
Guidance to ISO 27K Information Security Management Standards
2) Software Testing
Automated Scripts push my buttons
3) Just read these a second time
4) Spreadsheets
Eusprig 2007 in Greenwich July 11-13
5) Off Topic
'Canada' explained to foreigners
10 Web links in this newsletter
June 2007
1)
Risk & Security
Quality Schadenfreude
Bogus reports of Canadian 'spy coin'
Ryanair check-in site exposes data
US Director National Intelligence embeds spreadsheet in
Powerpoint
SoftTest Ireland member survey
3)
Web Content
How does your site look to a spam sniffer?
What visitors to your web site care about
Tip: Converting text numbers to values
New companies enter the crowded Spreadsheet Control market
Eusprig 8th Annual Conference
Excel User Conferences this Autumn (Fall)
5)
Off Topic
How to write a scientific paper ( ...not)
1) IT Risk & Security
Raising awareness of Information Risk
Profile of a Fraudster
Oxley Unhappy with SOX
Hidden in plain sight
2) What does the data say?
Social Statistics blogs
3) Ireland
Irish Computing History: the Digital Media Archive
4) Spreadsheets
MS Excel Quality Wish List
On Error GoTo @##^! - sample chapter for VBA developers
Training course, software, book
5) Off Topic
Two stories of customer service
19 Web links in this newsletter
Biggest credit card theft - so far
Consequences - the stick
Human Error
2)
ScanXLS version 3
List all your spreadsheet files with an overview of their
contents
Learn how to detect and prevent errors
4)
Spreadsheet news
New products, free downloads
Photos and short video clips from Iceland
20 Web links in this newsletter
March 2007
1) Risk & Security
German Federal Spyware ruled illegal
Teacher unable to stop indecent adware faces prison
2) Tech Tip
Prevent PDF files hanging Internet Explorer
PrimoPDF: an alternative to Adobe PDF Writer
EMU reconsidered
Volcano, earthquake and glacier monitoring in Iceland
4) Spreadsheets
Spreadsheet addiction?
Iceland visit
17 Web links in this newsletter
February 2007
1) Risk & Security
The
ISSA / UCD Irish Cybercrime Survey
'Certified'
Cheque Scams
DST March 11 = Y2.007K ?
2) Quality
Fourth
Information Quality Forum, Dublin
3) ICS News
When
Irish I.T.s are smiling
4) Spreadsheets
Free
contributions to the Eusprig yahoogroup
5) Off Topic
Google
Map Trek
Solzhenitsyn's advice for life
16 Web links in this newsletter
January 2007
1) Risk & SecurityResource websites on risk management
The risk of not reading flight reservations closely
2) IT Tech
Wireless Internet Connection Sharing
3) Europe
Slovenia joins the Euro zone
Bulgaria and Romania join the EU
4) Spreadsheets
Data processing optimization
5) Off Topic
Robert Fisk on the Middle East
11 Web links in this newsletter
Contents for 2005-2006 are at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/archive0506.htm
Contents for 2003-2004 are at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/archive0304.htm
Contents for 2000-2002 are at http://www.sysmod.com/praxis/archive.htm
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