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In the past several months, it has become painfully clear that C-level executives are getting tired of buying information security for its own purposes. 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? The need for qualified network and systems security administrators is on the increase. What is the pervasive computing paradigm? Whether the problems lie with the end-user or at the board-level, with reticence or apathy, policy enforcement is one of the greatest challenges in securing the corporate network. Many networked devices, such as UNIX servers, routers and switches, are accessible through local serial console ports, for initial configuration and emergency management. "The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable." Sun Tzu, The Art of War "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." Sun Tzu, The Art of War SSL VPNs are quickly gaining popularity as serious contenders in the remote-access marketplace. Mobile technology has arrived. With the growth of Instant Messaging and peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies, businesses are increasingly facing security and management challenges.

The UniGuard-V34 modem and Port Authority 44 (PA44) offer secure out-of-band control of networking hardware and servers.

ABSPlus is probably better know in the backup and recovery market and so it will be little surprise that what we are now looking at is exactly that - and more. It is an ideal storage unit to regularly back up all laptop data. With the software supplied the device becomes the complete backup and restore, disaster recovery solution.

The IronPort C60 is aimed at the enterprise and ISP markets, and the hardware specification reflects this, with its twin Intel Xeon processors, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, one fast Ethernet port and redundant power supplies. This provides a range of networking options, with one port dedicated to management access, while the other two can be configured as internal and external connections.

Authenex Strong Authentication System (ASAS) is described as a network security application that provides strong (two-factor) authentication for remote, VPN and web access. This would appear to sum things up quite well and Authenex provides a variety of software tools to support this goal.

One of the biggest problems with internet security is that you can end up blocking sites which employees may have a perfectly valid reason for visiting - 'breast' blocking cancer sites, for example.

The Passlogix single sign-on product is particularly versatile and caters for a broad range of potential applications. You can use it in a simple set-up for accessing your Windows and web applications, or, if you really want to put it to work, you can configure it for a variety of client/server, mainframe, database and even dial-up networking and VPN applications.

No security software Group Test would be complete without an appearance by Symantec, and this is no exception. Symantec's offering is its Norton Internet Security Suite, specifically targeted at the standalone desktop machine, or those connected to smaller networks. Because of this, it is only available for non-server versions of Windows.

Installation of the product is extremely straight­ forward, aided by the very well-written documentation; as you would expect, considerable emphasis is placed on the prevention of viruses. The product very much urges you to take responsibility for your own actions, and the manual contains a very useful guide to the risks the internet can pose - something many home users may know nothing about.

Security has been the mainstay of SurfControl's business for quite some time, so it is no surprise to see an email security solution. A policy-based application, SurfControl E-mail Filter is actually an SMTP host through which all mail is diverted.

Installation is amazingly simple. It's just a matter of entering the required information into a few windows and telling the product where it sits in relation to the email server. For reasons of economy, it can be installed on the same machine as the mail server, but for reasons of reliability this isn't recommended.

The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium - (ISC)2 - has launched a pilot program to provide local networking and professional growth opportunities for its members.