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While it makes perfect sense that the United States FBI needs a comprehensive security strategy, many companies and organizations initially did not see the need for securing their intellectual assets.

One of the challenges to the increased use of encrypted email is the sheer complexity of it all. Designing and managing a secure email infrastructure includes anti-virus, anti-spam/content management, secure web mail, DNS protection, and related policy. However, a potentially high value opportunity that is often missed by enterprises is the use of encrypted email.

Infosecurity is hitting the mainstream. Even Mickey Mouse is buying into it. Security has never been given such attention as it is given today. In 1984, the London Metropolitan Police Service, under the efforts of John Austen, had the pioneering vision to start one of the first computer crime units in the world. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was recently on NBC's Meet the Press where he said that the inevitability of another terrorist attack on American soil is as sure today as it was September 12. In his last column [www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2002/05/15_04.htm], Bill Van Emburg discussed the urgent requirement for companies to address the privacy of their customers' data. “IT crime constitutes an ‘enormous’ threat to our society!” Since the late 1980s, corporations have invested heavily in network and information systems technology to create network-based applications that can be used by employees, partners and clients regardless of their physical location. In an effort to boost sales and generate revenue, one U.S. multinational energy company recently embraced the Internet to bolster external communication and internal collaboration. Buying the latest tools to secure your assets is not the way forward. A structured plan for your infosec is vital, says Illena Armstrong. There is always a trade-off between security needs and economics. Richard Starnes asks how businesses can strike the right balance. There is an increasing range of valuable qualifications that an information security expert can gain, says Marcia Savage This article appeared in a very abbreviated form in SC Magazine’s January 2003 issue and is presented here in full. Terrorism (n): the systematic use of violence as a means to intimidate or coerce societies or governments. From its early beginnings to the present day, insecure emails have consistently caused trouble for their senders and recipients in a variety of ways. Knowing when to call in a professional can be the most important decision an organization can make when it comes to security breaches – you can’t take chances if there’s a known breach or overwhelming evidence that one has occurred. Over the past few years, Information Security has emerged as a separate and distinct profession from traditional systems and physical security career fields. Bond movies will always be associated with state-of-the-art technology, but few of the products he uses or encounters ever make it into the real world.