Information Security magazine's January issue takes a deep dive into the security issues you need to be proficient with today--like endpoint security and strong authentication-- and what you'll need to keep an eye on for tomorrow--RFID and securing virtual machines.

THIS MONTH ON SEARCHSECURITY.COM Messaging (In)security Senior news writer Bill Brenner examines the top messaging security challenges facing today's businesses. Based on the results of exclusive reader research, we'll focus on hot-button issues like evolving threats, remote email and instant messaging, and what it takes to keep it all secure. Free for all Why spend money to buy security tools when you can get great tools for free? In his monthly column, Scott Sidel spotlights some of the Web's best information security freeware programs. It's a great way to keep up with the hottest tools and keep your organization's costs down.    One click away Can't get enough information security podcasts? Visit SearchSecurity.com/podcast, where we have all of our latest podcasts available as streaming audio. With just one click, you can listen to the latest news, exclusive interviews and in-depth technical tips on your desktop without pesky downloads.

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Wide world of endpoint security
Network perimeters have dissolved as your employees, contractors and partners access data from virtually anywhere. All of those endpoints introduce risk to your network. Expert David Strom hosts a webcast Jan. 17 at noon ET, that will explain what makes up a successful endpoint security strategy and how evolving vendor partnerships are affecting NAC product sets.
>> Register for this webcast.

FFIEC Crash Course
Financial institutions that offer online banking are required by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) to implement strong authentication to secure transactions. Now that the first FFIEC deadline has passed, keep this crash course on FFIEC and strong authentication handy as a resource guide.
>> Review Two-factor authentication and the FFIEC: A crash course

RFID primer
Is RFID in your company's future? Expert Joel Dubin explains some of the security issues that exist and would need to be resolved before RFID becomes a mainstream tracking technology for your supply chain.
>> Review RFID tags: Do they have a secure future?

Snort and syslog
Snort is probably the most popular network intrusion detection system in deployment, but admittedly, it doesn't do a good job with syslog traffic, expert Mike Chapple says. In this tip, he points you to some of the best alternatives for monitoring Snort log data.
>> Read Can Snort read multi-platform syslogs?

Zero Hour
This list lays out zero-day flaws in Windows that were discovered in 2006 and when they were patched:

Month	Flaw	Appeared	Patched	Patch	Payload
January	WMF	Dec. 28, 2005	Jan. 5	MS06-01	Spyware infections, spam relays
March	IE createTextRange	March 22	April 11	MS06-013	Remote code execution
May	Word malformed object pointer	May 10	June 13	MS06-027	Remote code execution
June	Excel document processing	June 16	July 11	MS06-037	Remote code execution
July	PowerPoint malformed shape container or record	July 12	Aug. 8	MS06-048	Remote code execution
September	IE Vector Markup Language buffer overflow	Sept. 18	Sept. 26	MS06-055	Botnet; remote code execution
	PowerPoint	Sept. 27	Oct. 10	MS06-058	Remote code execution
	Word	Sept. 2	Oct. 10	MS06-060	Remote code execution
November	Visual Studio Object Broker ActiveX control	Nov. 1	Dec. 12	MS06-073	Remote code execution
	XML Core Services XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX control	Nov. 3	Nov. 15	MS06-071	Remote code execution
December	Word	Dec. 5	Unpatched		Remote code execution
	Windows Media Player	Dec. 7	Dec. 12	MS06-078	DoS; remote code execution
	Word	Dec. 10	Unpatched		Remote code execution

PING
In this exclusive interview with Information Security magazine Nikk Gilbert, IT security and telecom director reviews the obstacles he encountered when placed at the helm of an enterprise that didn't have a dedicated security team and what enterprise security professionals can do secure their network.
>> Read the interview with Nikk Gilbert

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