Features
Application security: Beyond the buzzwords
One of the emerging buzzwords of 2005 is "application security" but many managers still don’t have a clear picture of what the term means. Security vendors are not helping as they all clamor for a piece of this emerging budget line-item with very diverse offerings.
Jan 23 2006 12:55PM
Security
We’re saving a seat for you
SC Magazine U.S. Awards dinner is edging closer.
Jan 13 2006 10:06PM
Security
IT asset dollars and sense
When truth is stranger than fiction — as it often is in enterprise IT departments — managing technology assets securely can require a powerful imagination. Indeed, how IT departments cope with issues such as the obsoleting of hard drives and eliminating so-called “double-campers ” from their resources might well determine whether or not they can claim their IT assets are truly secure.
Jan 13 2006 9:59PM
Security
Social engineering 101
Most IT security professionals know how to define social engineering. Security professionals likely know who Kevin Mitnick is, and have perhaps even read his book, The Art of Deception. It is also common practice among IT security professionals to cover the subject as a part of their security awareness training program. But being fully armored against the threat of social engineering is only the beginning. Now it is time to move on to more interesting topics, such as server hardening, IDS or single sign-on solutions.
Jan 13 2006 9:07PM
Security
Small Enterprise: Coupling reliability with efficiency
Smaller enterprises, companies with about 500 or fewer employees, have little of the luxuries that their larger counterparts boast. Although short on staff, resources and funding, they face the same types of information security threats as do mid-sized and large companies.
Jan 13 2006 8:54PM
Security
Medium enterprise: Layering for fast expansion
One day, you are the IT security pro for a tidy, small company with about 700 PCs on your mind. The next day, more than one thousand additional unique users plug into your system – each with the average 18-to-22-year-old’s collection of spyware and viruses stored on a range of PCs.
Jan 13 2006 8:47PM
Security
ID theft: beyond fear to opportunity
In the last few months, it has become nearly impossible to read a magazine or watch television without coming across a story about identity theft. Identity theft is causing a significant amount of angst among consumers and businesses alike.
Jan 13 2006 7:54PM
Security
Efficiency and effectiveness
I had the pleasure of attending a session with a "guturist" recently — a gentleman by the name of Michael Tchong. He spends much of his time analyzing trends and patterns in technology, human behavior and other areas and uses that information to forecast future trends and directions. While his technology and business predictions were fascinating, one of the comments he made struck me as particularly appropriate to those of us in information security:
"If you can't do it for the same cost or lower — outsource it."
Jan 11 2006 10:26PM
Security
