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A task force of the National Cyber Security Partnership (NCSP) Monday released its recommendations for organizations to incorporate cybersecurity into their corporate governance systems. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today unveiled the latest initiative in its on-going campaign to educate small businesses about cyber-security issues. I spy with my little eye, a legal problem beginning with "S". Two new bills would bolster the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity efforts by creating a more prominent position for the country’s cybersecurity chief and creating a federal grant program for universities to provide infosec training. The Las Vegas-based Venetian Resort Hotel Casino has added an extra layer of IT security with the installation of an intrusion prevention system (IPS) behind its network firewall to identify and block external hacking attempts. Creating a systems and site availability plan to protect critical business processes and systems. A solid cybersecurity program requires more than three steps, but Paul Kurtz thinks they are surely worth it Twelve major Internet security vendors launched the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) Wednesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. About two weeks after the Department of Homeland Security recently announced an improved National Cyber Alert System, St. Bernard Software Inc. has unveiled free alerting services of its own to keep users up to date on the newest Microsoft-based security threats and patches. Ahhhhh, the internet. We are hooked, and we better be prepared for the consequences. Real dollars are being lost, identities are being stolen, botnets are running rampant, consumer ATM cards are being compromised, spam is jamming our inboxes, the press is reporting stories that contribute to consumer cyber fears, and mankind again finds itself waging a protracted war — this time against internet insecurity. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), yesterday launched a national awareness campaign titled, "Help Keep Kids Connected and Protected" to educate teachers and parents about safe online practices for teens using social networking sites or online communities. In 2006, chief security officers will have to battle ever more sophisticated viruses engineered to target applications such as instant messenging and text messaging, a new report produced jointly be the Department of Homeland Security and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has warned. The U.S. House of Representatives approved two anti-spyware bills this week. The arrival of new waves of technology over the next five years will render existing information security measures obsolete and increase security risks in both new and legacy environments, industry experts have warned. The victim of a hardware robbery decided to investigate things further when his business began to suffer. Justice was served as the culprits were caught and legal history was made. Neil Hare-Brown explains how Typically, IT security professionals couldn't care less about public relations. They are too busy trying to keep their companies' computer systems securely up and running. And that particular duty is not simple. Research from AT&T and the Economist Intelligence Unit has shown that 78 per cent of executives think that computer security is the most important area for their networks. Think what the world of IT was like in 1990. A few lucky researchers, military personnel, government workers and assorted hangers-on would have been able to enjoy the novelty of fledgling email and internet services. If you were a forward-thinking large corporate, you might well have a mainframe or a minicomputer network storing and processing crucial data and, although dial-up modems could connect systems to each other and enable remote terminal access, viruses and hack-attacks were minor worries. The occasional infected floppy disc might contain some malware that could potentially compromise the contents of your expensive 40mb hard drive, but a relatively up-to-date antivirus programme would probably protect you. Hackers and virus writers were mostly a minority sub-culture of cyber-kids operating from their bedrooms bragging and swapping war stories on underground bulletin boards. Security, physical, cyber, and otherwise, is on everyone’s mind these days.

Author Peter Warren and Michael Streeter