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One in five global companies have no formalized business continuity (BC) plan, according to new research. The Stopbadware Coalition, which takes aim at malware, spyware and adware, published its first report naming the programs it believes computer users should avoid installing. As usual, the SC Magazine readership survey has proven to be a most revealing exercise. Now in its fourth year, the end-of-year survey gives an insight into the mood and daily lives of our readers. Our fourth annual survey of our readers’ hopes, fears and exasperations provides a fascinating insight into the industry. Ron Condon reports Chrisan Herrod, the first CSO at the Securities & Exchange Commission, took a battering from the recent GAO report. Here she gives us her side of the story. By John Sterlicchi, with additional reporting by Marcia Savage Back in 2003 Gartner declared Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) as dead. Whether this is true, it is an increasing reality that intrusion protection or prevention systems are increasingly becoming a part of many company's networks. While IDS may be waning, IPS (Intrusion Protection Systems) are on the up, yet there is still a pervasive feeling that such technology can cause a network to break or malfunction. British businesses are losing £8.5 billion a year through the security threat posed by working from home. The latest research shows that the overwhelming majority of IT security breaches are down to human error. The end-of-year survey of attitudes among the SC readership provides a fascinating snapshot of our industry’s state of health. Ron Condon goes through the responses A third of all Irish businesses have admitted that they have no disaster recovery measures in place to protect themselves from serious network outages, a recent survey carried out by IDC has revealed. The EC has asked anti-spam experts to review their strategy. High tech police are struggling to keep up with the level of cyber crime. Human error is the main reason for most IT security breaches, but that the problem can be mitigated by better training for the staff concerned. Before he left his post as White House cyberspace security advisor last May, Howard Schmidt promised top federal officials that he would create a greater leadership role in the private sector on cybersecurity. The process of litigation discovery - where parties to a lawsuit seek documents, depositions and other information from their foes and third-party witnesses prior to trial - is seeing a dramatic transition with the advent of the 'paperless office.' With the collapse of Enron, many urgent and vital business issues are on the minds of boards of directors. Earlier this year, the Australian division of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk Email (CAUBE) revealed that the volume of spam in 2001 increased six-fold over that for 2000. Tari Schreider describes a real-life investigation into a scam that threatened to undermine a large organization.