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• • Managed security services: Cybertrust's Managed Security Services

    Cybertrust introduces a new service to help companies evaluate and prioritize security threats.

  • New Types of Computer Crime: Combating malware, botnets, phishing

    The days of thrill-seeking script kiddies are over. Organized criminals are launching new types of computer crime, including browser malware, targeted email attacks and voice-based phishing, and using botnets to launch DDoS attacks.

  • FaceTime Communications' Internet Security Edition product review

    In this product review, learn how FaceTime Internet Security Edition protects the enterprise from unauthorized use of applications such as instant messaging and VoIP. A hardened Linux rack-mounted appliance combined with a Windows-based server , the product catches malware, spyware and adware.

  • Viewpoint: What if you can't afford pen-testing?

  • Product review: Yoggie's Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro

    Product review of PC security tool called Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro. A Linux-based USB device, the product serves as a firewall, VPN gateway and integrated antivirus/Web filter gateway.

  • Product review: Watchfire's AppScan 7.0

    Product review of Watchfire's AppScan 7.0, an application security testing tool for developers, quality assurance teams and penetration testers. The security product runs on Windows XP, Vista or 2003 Server.

  • Events: Information security conferences for May 2007

  • Are you putting information at risk by using contractors?

    Contractors can become the source of a security breach. This feature looks at the risk management steps, including access control and policies, that organizations should take when hiring contractors. A sidebar examines how a health care company uses NAC to control contractor access.

• • Recent Releases: Security product briefs, May 2007

    Read about security products released in May 2007.

  • Secure Reads: How to Cheat at Managing Information Security

    Read a review of the book How to Cheat at Managing Information Security.

  • Role-based access controls

    Identity management is a critical security challenge, but without viable standards for access control, your best efforts may be just a drop in the bucket.

  • Code Green Networks' Content Inspection Appliance 1500 product review

    Product review of Code Green's Content Inspection Appliance, a data protection tool to help detect sensitive information leaving the enterprise.

  • Intellectual property protection do's and don'ts

    Theft of intellectual property is a growing problem but many companies are not prepared to deal with this security threat. Learn about the risk involved with trade secrets, why companies are failing to protect intellectual property and tips for data protection, including risk assessment, encryption, and corporate governance.

  • Bit9 Parity product review for endpoint security

    Product review of Bit9's Parity 3.5, a PC security tool designed to give enterprises control over what users can do on company computers and prevent executables in malware from running on desktops. Automatically installs SQL Server 2005 and Apache Web Server, which is used for remote administration.

  • Project Evros keeps laptops and data secure

    Project Evros is a 3G-enabled PCMCIA card from Alcatel-Lucent Ventures for laptop security. End user connectivity is controlled via 3G, WiFi or LAN VPN, depending on the circumstances.

• Columns

  • Hacker demonstrates targeted attack

    Hacker Robert Hansen, also known as RSnake, demonstrates the pains cybercriminals take to target specific organizations and individuals through an exercise posted on his blog, which targeted the head of Google's spam team. Hansen's exercise underscores the threat companies face from today's organized and patient cybercriminals.

  • Fight cybercrime by understanding a hacker's mind and attack motive

    Computer crime laws and security policies aren't enough to combat increasingly sophisticated cybercrime. Understanding the criminal mind and a hacker's motive can help an organization determine what assets are most valuable and better distribute security resources.

  • Interview: PayPal CISO Michael Barrett

    PayPal's 133 million online customers are the biggest ocean for phishers to plunder. CISO Michael Barrett wants to make it safe to be in the water, and he's not going at it alone. Backed by PayPal's sophisticated fraud models and help from ISPs, Barrett is succeeding in protecting the most-spoofed brand on the Internet.

  • Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum debate whether a 'Big Brother' watches today's information society

    Is today's information society anything like the Big Brother world envisioned by George Orwell in his book 1984? Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum debate the topic.

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