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The term ‘blended threats’ has become synonymous with viruses in the last year. The security wars continue. How are CSOs coping with the growing burden of software patches? Julie Jervus sought the opinions of four practitioners with strong views on the matter In his third article, Elton Hay discusses the problems and dangers of storing answers to challenge questions. Ray Zadjmool explores a solution to the number of false positives specifically created by the use of Windows Media Player The humble desktop is often the weakest point in workplace security, as Gunter Ollmann regularly discovers Don’t overlook the importance of sound policy in your efforts to achieve effective security, says Bob Whelan What are the technologies to secure IT in 2003? Illena Armstrong asks security experts for their views You and your boss may disagree if you’re secure, but Ryon Packer argues that you’re measuring it differently If security is seen to enhance business goals Illena Armstrong finds that selling it to the boardroom becomes a much easier task. What do the impending war in Iraq, the Venezuelan oil strike, the threats by North Korea to “go nuclear,” and the Bush Administration economic proposal all have in common? Email-borne threats continue to evolve and have started to combine in new and dangerous ways. The need for qualified network and systems security administrators is on the increase. The most important function IT security managers perform is the selection of IT security measures. SSL is the backbone of the way we secure connections between internet users and web servers. 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. As a former police officer, it was driven into me during my formative years as an investigator that every facet of every case had to be prepared with the utmost diligence. Today’s operating systems are more sophisticated and feature-rich than ever before, which makes them substantially more useful to the enterprise, but also adds to security vulnerability - unless the operating systems are configured, administered and monitored correctly. If recent headlines about the Blaster worm sounded familiar, it was with good reason. Earlier this year, another worm was wreaking havoc on the internet, targeting a well-known Microsoft vulnerability.