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How is the economy affecting infosec spending? Illena Armstrong discovers 2003 could see more funds allocated to security. Certification is just the start. Real professionals learn to share with others of like mind, says Mark Fischer Security has become paramount on mobile devices as more employees work away from the office. Ron Condon investigates. Illena Armstrong discovers that the use of traditional passwords could be giving many organizations a false sense of security. As deployment of biometric technology becomes widespread, Illena Armstrong wonders if the interest is truly genuine. Terrorism gave an impetus to DR planning, says Ron Condon, but other factors have kept its importance alive If security is seen to enhance business goals Illena Armstrong finds that selling it to the boardroom becomes a much easier task. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, a call comes into the help desk notifying a technician that a strange and inflammatory web page is presented whenever someone goes to the corporation’s public web site. It was recently reported that the worldwide market for IT security and business continuity products and services is growing twice as fast as overall IT industry. By 2006, this market is expected to surpass $150 billion (IDC, 2002). In any technology decision, having the IT and business aspects of the organization on the same side is critical to identifying the best solutions and addressing key needs. Many businesses have written off public key infrastructure (PKI) as a dead technology. The most important function IT security managers perform is the selection of IT security measures. This question was raised at a recent shareholders meeting: “Can the Board of Directors assure us that this organization’s information security program is deployed fairly and legally in every jurisdiction in which we operate?” Remember Jurassic Park? In both the novel and the movie versions, the dinosaurs quickly adapted to their new surroundings, thwarting all attempts by the humans at controlling their evolutionary destiny. Three billion dollars. There is a clear need today for experienced information systems security professionals, and increasing numbers of IT professionals are rushing into to fill the gap. Power producers and utilities today face an unprecedented quantity of constraints upon their business operations. Fundamentally, there exist just two basic approaches to performing security assessments: vulnerability priority and asset priority. Given a choice between spending money on enterprise resource planning (ERP) or information security, organizations typically choose the former. "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." Sun Tzu, The Art of War