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Various iterations of the Nimda virus have slowed its propagation around the world after causing havoc on resource-constrained IT organizations. Today's security measures are not keeping up with today's security risks. Today, hackers scan and probe sites of all sizes to find those most vulnerable to e-shoplifting, data theft or portals to access broader attacks. Chris Pick outlines the pressures that are driving some organisations to integrate security and systems management Illena Armstrong looks at the complex and challenging task of managing identities over today’s distributed company systems. Security for voice networks is as vital as for data systems says Tana Scouras, but many lack even the basics Creating a security policy may be hard, says Illena Armstrong, but making sure that users comply is always the biggest problem You can wander round in the dark says Gunter Ollmann, but full knowledge penetration tests are much better Last year, says Caleb Sima, many organizations began using web application security assessment tools and discovered that many vulnerabilities could not be corrected because they resulted from insecure application development practices. Web services may be critical for business but leave you wide open to attack. Abhishek Chauhan looks at protection techniques 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 There is always a trade-off between security needs and economics. Richard Starnes asks how businesses can strike the right balance. The next 12 months could be a crunch time for infosecurity. So Illena Armstrong asked some experts how the cookie might crumble Tighter regulation and higher levels of cyber attacks will increase the role of the CSO in 2004. Marcia Savage reports Digital attacks often mirror attacks in the real world. Illena Armstrong asks if they are inevitable and how to respond. Illena Armstrong discovers that the use of traditional passwords could be giving many organizations a false sense of security. Increasingly, organizations have to comply with privacy legislation. Stuart Vaeth asks whether this is the key to improved security. Even after all the warnings and high profile security breaches we have seen in the last couple of years, it is astonishing to see how many companies are still not adequately assessing the risk associated with doing business within today’s IT infrastructure. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, a call comes into the help desk notifying a technician that a strange and inflammatory web page is presented whenever someone goes to the corporation’s public web site.