When it comes to enterprise information security, it's never easy to know what's in store. That, however, hasn't kept us at SearchSecurity.com from asking our panel of experts about their predictions on what they see as this year's emerging security trends.

Some problems of the past, like VoIP technology vulnerabilities, poor application software development and PCI compliance headaches, have not disappeared and have yet to be effectively addressed in many organizations' information security policies. The articles below -- written by professionals whose experience ranges the full spectrum of enterprise security -- explain what can be done to take on these common concerns.

But 2008 won't just be a year of the same old network, application and compliance issues. New malware has hit the scene, cyberterrorist attacks have become more common, and virtualization technology has presented different enterprise network security challenges. Mike Chapple, Michael Cobb, Joel Dubin, Mike Rothman and Ed Skoudis explore various information security areas and point out the new threats that every organization needs to be ready for.