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A division of the Marriott International hotel empire has notified more than 200,000 clients of back-up security tapes missing from the company’s Orlando corporate offices. When we turn our minds to matters of e-security, our first thoughts tend to be about defenses such as firewalls and intrusion detection. And rightly so. After all, there is much wisdom in the pursuit of prevention before cure. But, what happens when our defenses are breached? How should we respond to such an incident? As a security professional, I spend time researching the latest issues, threats and hacking techniques. For pleasure, however, I read mostly military history – which, in turn, impacts my view of information security. Convergence of voice, video and data onto a single network presents great opportunities for the Enterprise. These opportunities also bring ever changing challenges for the IT department – especially as voice becomes another application on the converged network. The University of Southern California (USC) has warned 270,000 applicants their personal information may have been compromised after its systems were hacked. Pleasing investors matters just as much as pleasing the board, says Richard Menta Over 100,000 bank customers are to be notified that sensitive account information had been stolen following the arrest of members of a cyber crime syndicate. Notification is key to compliance, but you need to know what has been lost, says Kevin Mandia Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business has sent out 19,000 notices to students, faculty and graduates about a security breach that may have exposed their personal data. The recent spate of breaches involving thousands of Americans' sensitive data has prompted calls for legislation to protect consumer information. But some security experts disagree. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday toughened her proposal to require organizations to notify people of breaches that compromise their personal data. Boston College has informed 120,000 alumni that hackers have had access to their personal information. It must be conference season. I've never asked my colleagues on the speaking circuit if they've made this observation, but it seems I get a lot of questions that indicate that, although security folks protect their enterprises, they don't protect their security assets. A large number of companies continue to suffer network attacks caused by internet worms and many experience compromises caused credentialed users, according to a survey released by Mazu Networks. More efficient networks have opened up your data to a host of new dangers. Scott Gordon outlines how best to protect it. Stop bashing Microsoft and take a closer look at the applications you write in-house, advises Gunter Ollmann "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it," said Warren Buffett in 1930.The good reputation of a company or a brand is now seen as an essential element on the corporate balance sheet. It is a fragile asset that can be lost forever, unless all levels of the business safeguard it. What can you do if a careless user brings a worm into your network? Marcia Savage outlines how companies can control their mobile users Events in the news during the past few years have taught us all many lessons. However, the primary lesson that all businessmen should have learned, is the need to keep their businesses secure in an ever changing and increasingly malevolent world. From fears about Y2K to the tragic events of September 11, the need for heighten security is readily apparent. Heightened alert is a worldwide status.