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The security wars continue. Security tools are important for protecting company systems, but, says Adam Lipson, focusing on people can yield better results They are the bane of administrators’ lives, but Gunter Ollmann contends that patching should be a priority. Surely by now, organizations should have erected the strongest barriers to hackers. But, as Illena Armstrong and others point out, many holes remain Security has become paramount on mobile devices as more employees work away from the office. Ron Condon investigates. Gerhard Eschelbeck discovers that as malware becomes more sophisticated, your defenses must improve to prevent damage. Terrorism (n): the systematic use of violence as a means to intimidate or coerce societies or governments. Security, physical, cyber, and otherwise, is on everyone’s mind these days. At first glance, the idea of using open source software for a firewall or other security application seems counterintuitive, even absurd. Network and data security is evolving. With the internet and mobile working playing an increasingly important roles in business, connecting to internal systems is becoming far easier. As I write this article I note that Infosecurity Europe is currently conducting an online survey, asking participants to consider if they would download their list of contacts or competitive information, to take with them when they leave their current employment. As the information security market matures, and we rely more and more on traditional access-control based technology, organizations are becoming increasingly exposed to double risks. Everyone probably has their own 9/11 story. All of a company’s technical assets will hold some amount of proprietary data, and it is a legal requirement that companies dispose of that data permanently before the asset is sold on from the company. Here’s a question: how many non-work related emails do you send and receive every day from your office email address? On May 29, 2003, the Computer Security Institute (CSI) and the FBI published the results of their most recent Computer Crime and Security Survey, now in its eighth year. "Though the enemy be stronger in numbers, we may prevent him from fighting. Scheme so as to discover his plans and the likelihood of their success. Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots." Sun Tzu, The Art of War Hackers manage to successfully break into systems much more often than you might realise.