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SOX, HIPAA, Basel II, CobIT – the alphabet soup of industry and government regulations regarding information security seems to get bigger each year.

Looking for the board to invest in your security project? Learn to speak their language before you pitch, suggest Jessica Twentyman Microsoft has revealed that attackers are exploiting a zero-day ActiveX vulnerability in Microsoft Access.
June 30 marks an important date for any company that takes online credit card payments. Cisco, Intel, IBM and Juniper Networks have teamed up to form a new security initiative. Don't wait for the worst to happen. Define your company's key assets, the risks they're exposed to and how to protect them. (ISC)2, the international information systems security certification consortium, has developed a free reference guide to assist HR professionals in recruiting information security specialists. Concerns about data loss are clearly a burning issue among enterprise information officers at present.. Confidential data leakage is more likely to cause the dismissal of an IT manager than a virus outbreak on a business network according to a September survey of Australian IT Managers. Securecoms launches new outbound security tools Time is critical when it comes to patches, so make sure you don't miss out on any critical releases. RSA has released a new version of its Card Manager software to centrally manage various security authentication tools. Are you ready for some malware? The ubiquitous Storm Worm hit the US gridiron over the weekend when attackers, through mass emails, attempted to dupe NFL fans into visiting a malicious website promising information about the season's opening weekend. When Dr. Gene Spafford and I wrote the original version of the Tripwire software program in 1992, it was to help solve the security problem of how to restore systems to a known good state after they have been compromised. It all started with PCs in the workplace, then client-server architectures, then broad adoption of the internet with its openness and broad file-transfer capabilities and instant messaging and more. Microsoft dismisses claims of vulnerability in software component. Microsoft’s new Vista operating system has placed more emphasis on security than any previous version of Windows. Cisco released three security advisories on Wednesday for severe vulnerabilities in its Internetwork Operating System software (IOS), the most serious of which could allow remote arbitrary code execution. Business in the Participation Age is all about engagement and collaboration. It’s about access, transparency and trust. Today, the isolationist approach to security – the notion of avoiding risk rather than mitigating it – is a surefire way to squash the opportunities and value being created on the network. To be competitive in today’s marketplace, companies must change their mindset and evolve their security culture. Just as bacteria evolve around the technological barriers we put in their place, so too do the tactics and strategies employed by computer attackers. When a security measure is put in place, our enemies immediately set out to exploit its weakness. When they are repelled, they adapt their tactics and strategies, regroup and come back yet again.