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Top Security Trends for 2006

Posted on January 24, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

1.) More damages, but fewer epidemics.
2.) Accelerated legislation, some litigation.
3.) Points of attack move beyond Microsoft’s Operating System.
4.) Mobile phone and PDA/ Smartphone virus concerns.
5.) Spyware a major issue.
6.) IM and P2P will become a bigger headache.
7.) Messaging security will get serious.
8.) Data protection energized as publicized data breaches in the United States intensify.
9.) Convergence will accelerate; security becomes embedded in the infrastructure.

http://www.csoonline.com/read/010106/caveat010906.html

Online crime matures beyond adolescence

Posted on January 24, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

“With increased security protection on most systems and stiffer penalties, we are seeing organized, committed, and tenacious profiteers enter this space. This means that attacks will be more targeted and potentially damaging.”

The recent guilty plea by a 20-year-old California man for compromising hundreds of thousands of computers to create a botnet and then selling access to those computers underscores the shift in cybercrime towards more profitable activity.

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/116

Phacing the Phacts on Phishing

Posted on January 24, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

• Phishing scams’ increasing sophistication makes them tougher to spot; 70% of recipients say they initially thought the e-mails might be legitimate.

• 74% of consumers now use the Internet for transactions deemed sensitive, such as purchases and banking — and these are exactly the types of transactions that interest identity thieves who send out phishing e-mails.

• In January 2004, there were only 198 Web sites specifically created for phishing. By September 2005, there were more than 5,200.

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=114&PHPSESSID=dc6f96a8b3806f79be541fd18aa9c5a7

19 Ways to Build Physical Security into a Data Center

Posted on January 24, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

1. Build on the right spot
2. Have redundant utilities
3. Pay attention to walls
4. Avoid windows
5. Use landscaping for protection
6. Keep a 100-foot buffer zone around the site
7. Use retractable crash barriers at vehicle entry points
8. Plan for bomb detection
9. Limit entry points
10. Make fire doors exit only
11. Use plenty of cameras
12. Protect the building’s machinery
13. Plan for secure air handling
14. Ensure nothing can hide in the walls and ceilings
15. Use two-factor authentication
16. Harden the core with security layers
17. Watch the exits too.
18. Prohibit food in the computer rooms
19. Install visitor rest rooms

http://www.csoonline.com/read/110105/datacenter.html

CIOs Line Up Top Issues in ’06

Posted on January 23, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

“The interesting point is to note how technology issues go through a cycle where it’s assumed to be part of the core technology, Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner’s Executive Programmes unit told internetnews.com.

Perhaps indicative of a certain healthy paranoia, two thirds of CIOs believe their competitors make better use of information.

Seven out of ten survey respondents said they need to build new business skills in IT focused on delivering business results. “CIOs who are doing this effectively today enjoy a deeper business relationship, report to the CEO, and play a greater role in strategy formulation and major decisions,” said McDonald. “The distinctions between companies using technology effectively and those that do not are becoming clearer for the CIO and for the business.”

Although business concerns over security breaches and disruptions fell from second last year to the seventh highest ranked priority for this year, Gartner said it remains an important issue.

“It indicates that in 2006 the business expects IT to be secure and is looking to the CIO to keep it that way,” said Marcus Blosch, vice president and research director at Gartner EXP.

Overall, the survey found that IT spending on security related tools remains healthy at a projected average increase of 4.5 percent in 2006.

http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3579391

IronPort Gets Tougher On Spam

Posted on January 22, 2006December 30, 2021 by admini

IronPort is not the only vendor to use reputation data filtering, but its database that analyzes and scores the IP addresses of incoming e-mail is one of the largest on the market, said Jay Gregg, practice manager with Houston-based solution provider Accudata Systems.

IronPort claims its SenderBase network is built with data from more than 100,000 participating organizations that identify bad URLs and known spammers. SenderBase filters out so much spam at the perimeter, customers initially don’t think it’s working because they no longer see as much spam on a quarantine list, Gregg said.

http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177102942