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Enterprises worldwide are spending approximately $20 billion per year on IT security, yet very costly breaches continue to occur. In large part, this is because security efforts have mainly been focused on network security rather than data privacy. Data privacy is the process of securing critical data as it is being stored, transmitted, and used within the enterprise. The Bank of Ireland’s chief executive has resigned after IT staff found he was using his computer to access pornographic websites. The traditional weapons of information security are no longer good enough to meet the needs of companies in a connected world. So Ron Condon reports on a new group of users that is pushing software vendors to plan for “deperimeterisation” Various infosecurity companies have rated several of Microsoft’s recently released vulnerabilities as extremely severe and are warning companies to install patches against them. The North Carolina Attorney General's office has taken the unusual step of advising customers of BJ's Wholesale Club, a major retailer in the region, to monitor their credit card statements. The conflict being waged in Afghanistan is one of the most technologically advanced battles to which the world has ever been witness. It’s not uncommon to hear wisdom such as “if an attacker has physical access to a PC, you’ve lost the battle,” or, “if a Trojan makes it past the defenses, it’s all over.” In the first part of this article (http://www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2002/01/30_03.htm), we identified the potential threats that aim to put your company in financial ruin and discussed who are the likely terrorists in economic warfare. Two years ago, Internet security in the United States changed dramatically when Amazon.com, CNN, Yahoo, E*TRADE, ZDNet and others fell victim to what has come to be known as a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. It may not be illegal. Is your company data an asset or a threat? Illena Armstrong discovers that the use of traditional passwords could be giving many organizations a false sense of security. Many companies are spending on corporate security in a fragmented and often directionless way, partly because of the bewildering complexity of security solutions. Defining what constitutes intellectual property can lead to differences of opinion. There is a computer security mantra which says that the basic issues to manage are “ports, passwords and patches”. A server containing personal data of 72,000 students, faculty, and staff at the University of Connecticut was breached by a hacker that exploited an vulnerability in the system.

Putting a firewall in the home office should be a natural thing to do. After all, you are not only protecting your user but also the data that they will be working on, and probably holding, on their machine. This security is just as important as the security in the main office, as liability on data and business-critical information could otherwise be breached with ease. This is where a small but powerful appliance from a developer with experience in both the enterprise and SOHO markets is going to come in very handy.