More from SearchSecurity.com --- February 2007

Using IAM Tools to Improve Compliance Provisioning and password management tools can not only ease complexity, reduce help desk calls and save money, but they may also solve some of your compliance problems. In a  new lesson in our Identity and Access Management Security School, guest instructor Tom Bowers explains how to use role management and provisioning in compliance, and helps you get ready to go shopping for the tools that can help your enterprise. Backup Encryption Webcast In this on-demand webcast expert W. Curtis Preston outlines essential practices and technologies for securing data throughout its "at-rest" lifecycle. Learn about various encryption options, plus Windows Encrypting File System, televaulting, tape drive, tape library and virtual tape library encryption.  SearchSecurity at  RSA 2007 RSA Conference 2007 was no doubt one of the year's biggest information security events. SearchSecurity.com's news team was in San Francisco covering the conference with daily news updates, interviews, keynote coverage, analysis, podcasts and more.    Newsmaker: David Maynor Researcher David Mayor shocked attendees at last summer's Black Hat conference by demonstrating how attackers could target wireless cards to hijack notebook data. In this interview, he discusses the ramifications, threats that have since surfaced and wireless dangers that may still be lurking.

Don't let trends dictate your network security strategy
Once you've digested our six steps to choosing an IPS, check out this bit of advice from SearchSecurity.com expert Mike Chapple. Mike cautions your security officers not to get caught up in trends away from host-based IPS. Mike dispels some myths about HIPS, including the belief that they're difficult to manage and monitor.
>> Read Don't let trends dictate your network security strategy

The Architectural Model
Dig deep into the architecture weeds and download this architectural model prepared by security luminary Fred Cohen. This model explains the control architecture, which includes structural mechanisms that obtain security objectives through access control, functional units, perimeters, authorization, change control, and lower surety non-architectural units.
>> Review The Architectural Model

Information Security announces finalists for 2007 Readers' Choice awards
Information Security magazine asked its readers to rate the security products used and deployed within their organizations. More than 1,500 readers weighed in on more than 340 products. Rated by your peers, here are the top 5 finalists in 15 categories. The winners will be published in the April issue of Information Security.
>> Learn about the 2007 Readers' Choice finalists

PING with Josh Seeger
Josh Seeger, CIO of Tribune Broadcasting, a unit of the Tribune Company, talks exclusively about lessons learned when faced with the complex task of meeting the PCIDSS requirements. He also explains that while compliance can be burdensome, it can also serve as a window into your network's security posture.
>> Read the interview with Josh Seeger

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