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Icann president launches new best practice guide for business leaders Thousands of chief executives in the United States were targeted Monday by a new round of phishing emails that claim to contain a subpoena ordering recipients to testify in court. A recessionary funk is in the air, and if experience is any guide, IT, and consequently IT security, will be one of the first places CFOs and CEOs will look to slash budgets.
The Blue Coat Systems CEO gazed into the dotcom abyss and survived. He thinks he has the measure of the downturn. Paul Fisher reports User names and passwords aren't secure, and momentum continues to build across the industry to solve this problem in a manageable way. The recent rash of high profile security breaches, data loss incidents and associated fraud highlights the fact that the security industry is failing to meet the threats. The antivirus/perimeter approach to security is dead, and targeted attacks could very well be the final nail in the AV coffin. The major data breaches that have received mass media coverage are driving so-called "C-level" executives to become actively involved in their organization's security policies, according to a new report from the (ISC)2. John W. Thompson uses keynote speech on the opening morning of the RSA Conference to call for an information-centric approach to security. There's a lot of new research that will be revealed at this year's gathering of security pros, says RSA chief security strategist Tim Mather. A dismal earnings forecast this week from intrusion prevention maker Sourcefire underscores some of the challenges facing public IT security companies, a pair of analysts said Friday. Betfair's global head of security seems to have it all: bosses who listen, resources most of us can only dream of, and youth. IT security consultant Jim Reavis may have recently offered a big-time scoop to readers of his blog. Citing unnamed sources, he reported that Symantec is in talks with some of its investors, an indication that the security giant may be considering a return to private status. The CEO of PGP Corporation has criticised the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas for directing his attack at the chief executives of UK organisations. June saw a record number of targeted email attacks by an unidentified criminal gang, according to an email security firm. Australian IT professionals will have an opportunity to discuss critical security issues with security experts during AusCERT2007. It's easy to make email appear to come from an internal user, warns Ken Munro. So be on the lookout. SurfControl's CEO may be a relative newcomer to the infosec world, but she is already pursuing an aggressive growth policy for the security vendor, Paul Fisher reports.

As the security community starts another year, it is time to take stock of significant accomplishment. According to the second annual (ISC)2 Global Workforce Study, we are becoming a domain in our own right. Ultimate accountability for information security is moving away from IT and the CIO to CSOs and CEOs. There is also an entrenchment of the security department, with 20 per cent of respondents having direct reporting lines here.

One of the "advantages" of being the head of a security team for a major company is that my email account is an easy first port of call for security product vendors to introduce themselves. Over the past couple of years, I have seen this means of communication grow exponentially.