Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Editor's Desk: The need for constant vigilance"
This article is part of the October 2005 issue of Security 7 Award winners unmasked
I was rocking my 14-month-old daughter to sleep while thinking about what to write for my maiden column for Information Security. As I began to mull the possibilities--the latest Zotob worm, the abbreviated time available for patch management, the proliferation of botnets--my thoughts jumped to my personal security. In an instant, I realized that not only were the front and back doors of my suburban home unlocked, but my car was open as well. Like my daughter, I have been lulled into a false sense of security. In essence, humans are a trusting lot. We'd prefer to see the good and assume nothing can happen to us. Although that trust is occasionally broken and we become more vigilant for a while, the knee-jerk reaction wanes quickly. You, as security managers, need to be vigilant every day. It's your job to assume something bad could happen, and you need to be skeptical and, perhaps, realistic about threats. You need to live and deal with my "nothing can happen to me" mind-set day in and day out. You fight for increased budgets to help prevent attacks while ... Access >>>
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Security Seven Awards
Seven winners. Seven verticals. Countless achievements.
Education: Dave Dittrich
Financial Services: Christofer Hoff
Telecommunications: Edward Amoroso
Government: Charles McGann
Energy: Richard Jackson
Manufacturing: Hans-Ottmar Beckmann
Health Care: Patrick Heim
Profiles by Michael S. Mimoso, Bill Brenner, Herman Mehling, Susan Hildreth, Mark Baard -
SQL Server 2005 Premieres
Next month, Microsoft adds a star-studded cast of security features to its database system.
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Secure Reads: InfoSec Career Hacking
Read a review of the security book: "InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul"
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Antivirus: F-Secure's Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0
F-Secure's Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0
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Recent Releases: Security product briefs, October 2005
Take a look at the security products released in October 2005.
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Security Seven Awards
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Antispyware: Blue Coat Systems' Spyware Interceptor SI-1
Blue Coat Systems' Spyware Interceptor SI-1
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Security Hang-ups
Will VoIP's shortcomings give businesses a wake-up call?
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Hot Pick: Hercules 4.0 Enterprise Vulnerability Management Suite
Citadel Security Software's Hercules 4.0 Enterprise Vulnerability Management Suite
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Digital Rights Management: Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services
Microsoft's Windows Rights Management Services
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Security Gateway
Finjan Software's Vital Security Appliance NG-1100
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Antispyware: Blue Coat Systems' Spyware Interceptor SI-1
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Columns
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On The Radar: Tools to survive the security wilderness
Ice Breakers
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Perspectives: The Rise of Dataflation
Dataflation is the destabilizing tendency of data to lose value due to factors such as large-scale unauthorized access, excessive abuse and loss of confidentiality.
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Editor's Desk: The need for constant vigilance
Crib Notes
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Ping: Jennifer Granick
Jennifer Granick
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On The Radar: Tools to survive the security wilderness
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