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Technology giants will progressively build security into the foundation of their goods and services squeezing standalone security vendors out of existence, the founder of a local security vendor has claimed. Preventing data breaches is the highest priority for today’s IT security professionals, two new surveys have concluded. The screaming headlines have been running for years. Whether they're in press releases about cybercrime exceeding international drug profits or the billions of dollars lost to breach disclosures or videos highlighting the meltdown of power generators due to a myriad of vulnerabilities, the anti-malware industry has long relied on fear to move their products. A shadowy Russia-based internet service provider, which security researchers said is responsible for hosting two out of every three malicious web attacks, has been forced to close its doors. Security firm Sophos has launched a Spam Pledge to mark the 30th anniversary of junk email, urging users to help stamp out the scourge of spam. Pirated microchips based on stolen blueprints could soon be a thing of the past thanks to computer engineers at Rice University and the University of Michigan. Responsibility for spotting identity fraud should rest with business, says Bruce Schneier. The internet is bringing us closer together, says Ed Gibson. That means more fronts to watch. Compliance should be triggered by good security rather than an auditors' visit, says Jen Mack. Symantec’s chairman and CEO John W. Thompson will retire as CEO at the end of the fiscal year.
Users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machines by searching for Halloween costumes online. Ever since the arrival of the first anti-virus software in the mid-1980s, accountants have been battling with IT managers to control and quantify the efficiency of IT security software. As Americans go to the polls to elect their 44th President, the security industry is facing a possible end to spam linked to the candidates. Sophos has extended its application control software to control and block Windows based games like Solitaire MineSweeper and Freecell, the security firm announced today. The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too. The anonymity and universal access of cyberspace makes cybercrime attractive and easy. The Public Key Infrastructure solves many security problems, but also introduces risks that require careful management. Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business, says Deloitte's Mark Steinhoff. With IT budgets being squeezed many companies will be forced to think about improving the security of their legacy systems, Benjamin Jun, told at the RSA Conference Europe 2008. Veteran IBM executive Val Rahmani, just six weeks into the post of General Manager of IBM Internet Security Systems, uses RSA keynote to appeal for end to siloed security thinking.