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Summer’s Long Days: Bouncing from Thought to Thought

Summer’s Long Days: Bouncing from Thought to Thought

Good old reliable time, not the Internet kind, does some flying.
Illena Armstrong Jan 16 2004 10:36AM Security
Survival in the Security Space: Taking a Closer Look at the Ingredients for Longevity

Survival in the Security Space: Taking a Closer Look at the Ingredients for Longevity

Today I was thinking about one-hit wonders.
Melisa LaBancz-Bleasdale Jan 16 2004 10:34AM Security
The Changing Face of Security Penetration Testing

The Changing Face of Security Penetration Testing

The growing importance of adequately protecting computer resources is constantly highlighted by an ever-increasing number of high profile IT security incidents appearing in the media.
Simon Waring Jan 16 2004 10:32AM Security
Business Continuity Management is Not a Luxury

Business Continuity Management is Not a Luxury

The Internet has been the catalyst for incredible change in our economy.
Steven J. Jan 16 2004 10:30AM Security
802.11b Security Needs Beefing Up - And Then Some

802.11b Security Needs Beefing Up - And Then Some

It wasn't until BT Mobility (www.groupbt.com), the recently-created public wireless LAN division of British Telecom, announced its plans earlier this year to open several thousand 802.11b public access hot spots across the U.K., that this writer truly considered the benefits of WLAN access on the go.
Steve Gold Jan 16 2004 10:28AM Security
Cookies and Web Bugs and Spyware, Oh My!

Cookies and Web Bugs and Spyware, Oh My!

A couple of years ago privacy advocates were bringing cookies, and the privacy issues related to them, to the attention of the general public.
Thresa Lang Jan 16 2004 10:26AM Security
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Over the last several years a number of threats to information security have received more than their share of debate - starting with profiles on the distributed denial-of-service attacks of early 2000 and, alongside these stories, recurring news on a long list of high-profile web defacements.
Andrew Christensen Jan 16 2004 10:25AM Security
Economic Models for Information Security

Economic Models for Information Security

Security managers are under increasing pressure from corporate management to justify investments in information security technologies.
Dan Taylor Jan 16 2004 10:23AM Security
Winning The Virus War - But When?

Winning The Virus War - But When?

Gone are the days when a careless user would infect their machine with a rogue floppy disk, and we’d all look on in dismay as the data disappeared and the monitor went blank.
Jayne Parkhouse Jan 16 2004 10:22AM Security
Penetration Testing: Thinking outside the Black Box

Penetration Testing: Thinking outside the Black Box

Perimeter security technology such as firewalls, content filtering and anti-virus protection, is paramount to a business's defense against attack but can by no means be assumed to be impenetrable.
Diane Seddon Jan 16 2004 10:20AM Security
Calculating PKI Return on Investment - Why Is It So Difficult?

Calculating PKI Return on Investment - Why Is It So Difficult?

Companies invest millions of dollars into public key infrastructure (PKI) products and services; yet demonstrating a return on that investment can prove difficult.
Robert Lonadier Jan 16 2004 10:18AM Security
Looking for Security Problems, Focus on Organizational Fault Lines

Looking for Security Problems, Focus on Organizational Fault Lines

While it is hard to argue that the general level of security competence is increasing and better security tools are available every day, why is it that security remains a problem?
Mark K. Jan 16 2004 10:17AM Security
Very Unique Product Will Transform Your Life!

Very Unique Product Will Transform Your Life!

My hype-meter has been jumping in recent weeks, illuminating a rocky road for the security market that will produce some corporate casualties in the near future.
Jon Tullett Jan 16 2004 10:15AM Security
Communications Security in the 21st Century

Communications Security in the 21st Century

We are all aware that the ‘electronic age’ in which we exist is in reality an increasingly complex combination of interacting applications.
Staff Writers Jan 16 2004 10:14AM Security
(ISC)²’s Common Body of Knowledge and the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules

(ISC)²’s Common Body of Knowledge and the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules

It is no surprise that the security rules of the U.S. 1996 Health Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) appear closely modeled after existing generally accepted information security best practices.
Micki Krause Jan 16 2004 10:13AM Security
Take Back Your Security Infrastructure

Take Back Your Security Infrastructure

Imagine you work for one of those companies where information security is taken seriously, senior management support is for granted, the appropriate IT defenses are deployed and users are educated on the security policy.
Anton Chuvakin Jan 16 2004 10:08AM Security
Chasing Infosec Budgets and the Loch Ness Monster

Chasing Infosec Budgets and the Loch Ness Monster

Trying to get an accurate, unbiased reading of today’s Internet security arena is like trying to get a non-fuzzy, close-up and genuine photograph of the Loch Ness Monster.
Illena Armstrong Jan 16 2004 10:07AM Security
Security Training - The Essentials

Security Training - The Essentials

The Four Basics
Peter Curran Jan 16 2004 10:04AM Security
Smart Move

Smart Move

Over the last few years, corporate facilities management has started to come of age.
Nigel Hope Jan 16 2004 10:01AM Security
The Privacy of Data in Motion

The Privacy of Data in Motion

The recent draft on employee monitoring, released earlier this year by the U.K. Information Commissioner, has caused a stir among employees and employers.
Staff Writers Jan 16 2004 10:00AM Security

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