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Even faced with tough budget times, there is still an opportunity, says one CISO. The serial company founder and SC's CEO of the Year tells Paul Fisher why he knew all along that data-centric security was the future. McAfee’s chief security officer Dr Martin Carmichael flew into Sydney this week and SC Magazine had the opportunity to catch up with him to discuss all things security. A survey of privacy managers at an Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) event in January revealed that more than two-thirds are seeing moderate to material increases in external scrutiny - with almost half reporting material increases. In the face of growing threats to its cyber assets, America requires a cohesive and comprehensive plan to protect its vital and most sensitive data. Here, one of the leading decision makers in the federal government IT arena coveys overarching priorities for securing the country's cyberspace. First Response is a freeware audit tool and is a little difficult to use in the beginning. The interface, deploying agents and gathering data can also be a little awkward at first, but this program can be very useful once the user has a grasp on what it does and what it is capable of. Little green men? Aliens from another world? Nope, it’s just Winn Schwartau’s latest obsession The CISO Exchange, a newly formed public-private partnership that hoped to improve federal IT security, has been dismantled after key participants withdrew from the effort. Every financial institution today is at the mercy of constantly changing regulations. Each new mis-selling or market abuse scandal brings with it a tightening of the rules: whether it is a major shift like the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Basel II Accord, or the cumulative effect of successive administrations and regulatory regimes adding new sections and clauses to existing regulations. If it is implemented properly, IM can be a useful tool, but if it is allowed to grow unchecked, enterprises will suffer the consequences. Phil Worms shows how to weigh the advantages with the risks, and why you should do it now More than ever before, businesses are struggling to address the information protection requirements driven by a host of internal and external compliance mandates. Last October, many of us were shocked to read in newspapers that Procter & Gamble, a leading Fortune 500 firm, settled a dispute with European based Unilever over accusations of blatant corporate espionage - better known as economic warfare. The security of an environment is often won or lost at the architecture level. When a computer has been hacked, the first reaction of the system administrator is usually to restore the system and bring it back online as soon as possible. The events of September 11 have made security a national priority in the USA. Biometrics is a security approach that offers great promise, but also presents users and implementers with a number of practical problems. Log files are an important security resource containing a wealth of information.

MIMEsweeper was one of the first products capable of protecting organizations against unwanted content, and it is still widely used today. The vendor, Clearswift, acquired MIMEsweeper's developer, Content Technologies, from Baltimore last year, and it is good to see that re-branding and product development have happened so quickly.

Today, MIMEsweeper is not just one product, but a suite of email security applications allowing network administrators to fine-tune their defenses as required. With the MAILsweeper application, administrators can define both the routing of all emails into and out of the network, and the content policies required. Throughout, the performance of the various elements can be monitored and the appropriate action taken.