CyberSecurity Institute

Gartner says almost 70 percent of companies view security as a barrier to Web services deployment.

To assess the state of XML security today as it pertains not only to Web services but also to the latest Office software, Security Strategies spoke with John Lilly, the chief technology officer of Reactivity, which just announced the latest generation of its XML firewall.

And though customers are using them, as you know, in security, people don’t like to talk about what they’re doing.

The cost reductions and revenue enablement are so steep that some companies are going in without any security.

The good news is that because Microsoft moved to a mostly open standard for XML documents, you can be a bit more proactive about pulling those documents apart and seeing if there’s anything malicious or not.

Also Microsoft’s use of XML for sharing, collaboration, and updates will create more accidental XML traffic—the organization doesn’t necessarily know it’s there until they look.

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As an annoying and inconvenient cost;
As a form of risk management;
And as a strategic enabler.

It’s a fact of life that security professionals may never get the budgets they want to make their organizations secure. But educating management about the value of security will go a long way toward getting the resources they need. Many security pros said getting money to secure a company is an uphill battle — but it used to be worse. Getting management to understand the value of security also means educating them about the many facets of it, including end-user involvement.
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Part of the problem is one of definition – there are broadly different definitions as to what actually constitutes ‘cyberterrorism’. There are a number of well-accepted definitions which share common similarities and are outlined below.
But increasingly, there are a number of loose definitions which are promulgated to encourage the purchase of particular computer security products or services or to generate interest in a story by the media. The purpose of this article is to present a legitimate definition of ‘cyberterrorism’ and identify some common misuses of the term.
If organizations are taking steps to protect themselves from ordinary cyber attacks of the type that are reported in the media and the 2003 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey, then they will be well placed to protecting against all forms of cyber attack. Organizations and businesses should therefore ensure they focus on managing all threats – deliberate, accidental or natural – logical or physical – and implement appropriate security measures to manage that risk.
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