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Bob Baucom, director of operations and technology at Consolidated Multiple Listing Service in Columbia, S.C., heard lots of horror stories from others in the real estate industry. More efficient management, more productive staff and improved data security; just some of the advantages of Identity Management. On the other hand it can often involve high implementation costs and levels of project complexity. Only consistent ROI calculations can accurately define the benefits of such a solution. While it is relatively easy to establish concrete ROI criteria for the topic of efficiency, it is much more complicated to do so for the topic of security. The great British broadcaster Alan Partridge once proposed an innovative programme idea for television called Monkey Tennis. Although more varied, less predictable and arguably better TV viewing than normal tennis, the idea was shelved over some pretty sketchy concerns that the monkeys would never be up to the job. Zombie PCs accounted for more than half of all spam in July, according to email security firm MX Logic. Security researchers hit out at database vendor Oracle by releasing details of workarounds for six security vulnerabilities that remain unpatched. Health care organizations are waiting to see how this year’s big legal change is enforced. Marcia Savage takes the industry’s pulse on HIPAA

Think of firewalls and Check Point is inevitably the first name that springs to mind, probably followed by thoughts of huge expense. This is not the case with Check Point Express, which brings high-end firewall technology to mid-sized businesses.

Mobile phones will be hit by a new outbreak of crippling viruses, according to a consultancy firm. Deloitte today added flames to the mobile-insecurity fire by reasserting the threat posed by the ever-increasing number of mobile devices. Zero Day attacks sound like an invention of science fiction, but the threat of damage from a previously unidentified – and therefore unprotected-against – risk to IT systems is becoming increasingly concerning for organizations. Online authentication security is vital, but much of it can be carried out in a paper review, says Gunter Ollmann Car maker Lexus has hit back at stories suggesting its cars are vulnerable to mobile phone viruses. Having launched an investigation into the rumour a spokesman has dismissed the allegation as “without foundation”. Earthlink continues the corporate backlash against spam by launching four lawsuits against alleged spamming outfits. More organizations are turning to remote access to boost productivity, but this makes them more vulnerable to malicious attacks. Check Point’s Niall Moynihan looks at how to go about protecting your web services It's been a year since the CAN-SPAM Act went into effect but the law has yet to stem the tide of junk email, according to MX Logic, an email security supplier. Foreign hackers, weak passwords, backdoors and buffer overflows – just another day at the office for Network Defence’s penetration testers. Here’s a look at sample pages from the head tester’s diary– and what companies can learn from the results. Gerhard Eschelbeck realized that understanding a threat makes it easier to combat. We asked him to explain his four Laws of Vulnerabilities More efficient management, more productive staff and improved data security; just some of the advantages of Identity Management. On the other hand it can often involve high implementation costs and levels of project complexity. Only consistent ROI calculations can accurately define the benefits of such a solution. While it is relatively easy to establish concrete ROI criteria for the topic of efficiency, it is much more complicated to do so for the topic of security. The majority of UK companies are leaving their networks wide open to serious security risks arising from failure to control fast growing staff use of insecure 'plug & play' portable devices.

Encrypting email is a must for the paranoid among us, and Crypto Anywhere provides the tools necessary to encrypt and decrypt email messages. Among its new features are Outlook integration and the ability to create an executable that can run off a floppy or flash disk, thereby circumventing the need to install software on a terminal when using Crypto Anywhere in an internet café.

SC Magazine asked John Cheney, Matt Sergeant and Alyn Hockey for the methods and dastardly tricks that spammers use to evade spam defenses. Here are some tactics the good guys discovered during the fight