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Overview: Information Security is the enterprise security and risk managers' leading source of critical, objective information on strategic and practical security issues.

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3-D Security by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Unwrap Windows Server 2008, the first server revision under Trustworthy Computing. Microsoft promises it is secure by design, default and deployment.

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5 Virtualization Do's and Don'ts by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Virtualization changes the game for enterprise IT, but security doesn't have to be a barrier to implementation.

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7 Security Questions to Ask Your SaaS Provider by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Outsourcing an application means your organization relinquishes some control; don't, however, loosen your grip on security.

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A Perfect Match? by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Feature-rich suites are putting a face on integration and interoperability.

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Blow Out the Candles by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Turning 10 is a landmark occasion, a day when you hit double figures, inch toward adolescence and start to leave immaturity behind.

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Bulletproof Your XP Desktops by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Having trouble with PCI compliance? You're not alone. In this article, auditors and audit survivors offer tips for how to achieve it.

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Chill, Malware by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - A new breed of integrated technology takes Web-based malware off the menu.

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Color Me Complex by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Funneling integrated endpoint security features into one product makes for a murky mix of complexity and immaturity.

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Companies Finding a Place for Maturing NAC Projects by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - This article shares the challenges and rewards that four organizations have experienced with NAC implementation.

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Compliance and Security Are Business Issues That Require Business Solutions by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Compliance and security are business issues that require business solutions.

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Compliance Controllers by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - We look at three GRC products and the distinct ways these tools can help organizations navigate the complicated regulatory game.

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Core of the Matter by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - The application has become the prime target for hackers, in this document we review six leading Web application firewalls that help deliver your critical apps securely.

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CSI for the CISO by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Don't trample evidence in a breach. Missteps in an investigation will cost you in court.

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Data Drain by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Leaking sensitive information can pop the balloon on your company's reputation. DLP tools can mitigate incidents and offer insight into where data lives.

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Data Lives by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - This journal article explaings how information flows through business processes in an orderly fashion and that security must flow right along with it.

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eBook - Log Management: Effective Tools for Compliance Reporting and Security Event Detection by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Log management presents enormous challenges. Automated log management products (and managed services) can provide considerable relief. This eBook examines log management’s challenges and how your organization cut them down to size.

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Editor's Desk by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Research ups awareness on backdoors that present attackers with a cheaper means of malware distribution and system access.

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Editor's Desk. by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Microsoft and Oracle are generous enough to regularly provide severity ratings on vulnerabilities.

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Editor's Desk: Discovering e-Discovery by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - The biggest threat for 2008 is lawyers.

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Editor's Desk: Everything Goes by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - According to the Information Security/ SearchSecurity.com Priorities 2008 survey, you'll be spending more time on...well, you name it.

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Editor's Desk: Fool's Game by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - If the risk of losing customer or partner information outweighs its value, why collect it in the first place?

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Editor's Desk: July 2007 by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Kudos to the security community for its role in overturning the conviction of a Connecticut school teacher.

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Editor's Desk: June 2007 by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - In times of limited budgets and resources, user groups may offer just the advice and camraderie you need.

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Editor's Desk: Popular open source security products are being commercialized by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Popular open source security products are being commercialized, changing the way customers and vendors view "the community."

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Editor's Desk: Recon Pays by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Determined attackers will go to great pains to exploit you and your applications.

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Editor's Desk: Risk Management for the Next Decade by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Information Security celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new theory on risk management for the next decade.

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Editor's Desk: Sept. 2007 by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - The Estonia attacks demonstrate that it takes only a few individuals to expose vulnerable civil infrastructure systems to harm.

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Editor's Desk: What You Need: DNSSEC by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Like most of the early Internet protocols, DNS wasn't meant to carry the burden it does today. It wasn't built with an Internet-as-ecommerce platform in mind. What's needed today is DNSSEC, more formally known as DNS Security Extensions.

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Emerging Technologies by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - New business initiatives mean new threats. Are you ready?

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Encrypt Them All by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Name your target: the laptop storing your company's trade secrets or the laptop containing proprietary partner and customer data, and your company's financial information

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Expert eBook: Encryption: Properly Securing Your Valuable Data by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Check out this expert eBook and learn about best practices and techniques for protecting your company's data with encryption technology.

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Expert Ebook: Mastering PCI by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - This eBook gives expert advice on successfully achieving PCI compliance, by selecting the right auditor and implementing new requirements into your company's IT infrastructure. Read this book and learn how to master PCI compliance.

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Face-Off by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - The standard way to take control of someone else's computer is by exploiting a vulnerability in a software program on it. This was true in the 1960s when buffer overflows were first exploited to attack computers.

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Face-Off Home users: a public health problem? by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Point To the average home user, security is an intractable problem. Microsoft has made great strides improving the security of its operating system out of the box.

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Face-Off. by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - You did your research and comparisons, and convinced your boss you'd found the right product to suit your company's needs.

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Face-Off: Chinese Cyberattacks: Myth or Menace? by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Security Experts Marcus Ranum & Bruce Schneier Offer Their Opposing Points of View on the U.S. Department of Defense and cyberattacks.

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Face-Off: Cyberwar: Myth or Reality? by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Cyberwar: Myth or Reality?

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Face-Off: Is Big Brother a Big Deal? by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Point: A lot of my security practitioner buddies are always keeping their ears to the ground for the distant tread of jackboots and their eyes peeled for other signs of the incipient arrival of Big Brother.

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Find What You're Looking For? by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Security Teams are learning their crucial role in processing e-discovery requests.

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Future: The View from Visionaries by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - In 10 years, information security as we know it may not exist. Rather than a separate product, it may simply be embedded into everything. Or Web services may upend traditional enterprise security.

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GRC: Over-Hyped or Legit? by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Read this article to learn more about how governance, risk and compliance tools over-promise, and how organizations need to streamline and break away from their siloed approaches.

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How to Be a Know-it-all by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - There may not be a job in corporate America that requires a more diverse skill set than that of a chief information security officer. Read this to become a reall know-it-all.

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Inbox Wars by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Spam hasn't been "solved"; in fact, the scourge has grown worse as attackers continually trump counter-measures and refine their focus on high-value targets.

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Integration Theory by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Information security has evolved in the past 10 years from a siloed, uber-secret endeavor to an accepted enterprise business practice.

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Interlocking Priorities by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Information security professionals face challenges galore in 2008.

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Interview with David Pollino by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Analytics is just a disciplined approach to doing data analysis. Some call it the science of data analysis, but it's basically taking the data you have and having a disciplined control methodology around how you look at the data and analyze it.

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Interview: Bill Jiminez, Systems Architect at the University of the Pacific by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Read this interview to learn more about Bill Jiminez, systems architect at the University of the Pacific, and how he has to balance security with the desire of faculty and students for openness.

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Inviting Risk by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - The contractor you Hire can become the source of a security breach unless you take precautions.

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Is Your Vendor a Sitting Duck? by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Security managers are asking pure-play vendors questions about their viability.

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Key Master by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Encryption sounds like an ideal way to lock up your data, but managing keys is a daunting human and technological challenge.

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Layer 8: June 2007 by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Total Quality Management isn't just a gimmick. Its techniques are helping improve information security.

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Layer8 by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Risk management brings you closer to the business, but you must understand that risk is not a numbers game.

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Layer8: Data Leak Fatigue by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Based on media coverage, an outside observer would conclude that the rate of data leakage has suddenly increased dramatically, putting individuals at huge risk of identity theft.

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Layer8: Oct 2007 by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - At home and work, security oftentimes has become onerous and counterproductive.

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Lockdown by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Shutting down unneeded services, ports and accounts makes Windows Server 2003 tough to beat.

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Log Wild by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Myriad devices produce waves of logs. Here's how to get all that data under control.

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Marriage of Convenience by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Integrating physical and logical security can bring many benefits to the enterprise, but a successful union isn't easy.

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Milestones by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - ChoicePoint put data breaches on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, into corporate boardrooms and the consciousness of Americans.

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Mix of Frameworks and GRC Satisfy Compliance Overlaps by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Three organizations reveal how they use a combination of frameworks such as COBIT or ISO 27001 along with GRC tools to satisfy overlapping industry and federal regulatory demands.

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Office Politics by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Succeeding in a pressure-filled world of auditors and cyberthreats requires skills in business, technology, people and more.

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PCI Puzzle by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - Having trouble with PCI compliance? You're not alone. Auditors and audit survivors offer tips for how to achieve it.

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People by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Sarbanes-Oxley empowered information security professionals with the clout they'd sought for so long.

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Perspectives by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Security and privacy teams must work together to protect personal information in the digital age.

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Perspectives. by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Within any profession, but seemingly prevalent in technology, there are those who talk the talk, and those who walk the walk.

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Perspectives: Call in the Feds by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - A national data protection law would help curtail identity theft and could boost international relations.

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Perspectives: Criminal Minds by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - Laws and policies aren't enough to combat computer crime. Understanding an attacker's motive can help.

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Perspectives: Cyberterrorism by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Were the attacks on Estonia state-sponsored cyberterrorism? Probably not, but the month-long protest signals a troubling trend.

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Perspectives: Gotcha Moments by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Even security-minded organizations can trip up on common misconceptions that lead to breaches and bad publicity.

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Perspectives: June 2007 by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - PCI has lost its way, growing overly complex and costly. The original intent of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)--which grew from the early Visa Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) initiative in 2001--was admirable.

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Perspectives: Shine Those Skills by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Being a figurehead in operations isn't enough; CISOs need risk management know-how.

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Perspectives: SSL by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Security practitioners love SSL, and with good reason. It is well designed with support for multiple encryption protocols, and is easily reconfigured in case any should get cracked or outdated.

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Perspectives: Vulnerabilities by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Software used in health care is rife with vulnerabilities. It's time vendors shape up.

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Piece of Mind by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Poor change control can send your organization's security tumbling. Follow these 5 steps for a strong change management program.

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Ping by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Securing corporate networks against insider attacks is a difficult challenge to be sure. But how do you prevent such attacks on 1.5 million ATMs worldwide?

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Ping. by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Security risk models are nowhere near as robust or proven as financial risk models, so at this time the information security practitioners have the best knowledge of the field to be able to assess this risk.

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Ping: Adrian Seccombe by Information Security Magazine August 2008 - In the four years since it was founded, the Jericho Forum has promoted a new approach to information security, one that takes into account that traditional hard boundaries between the company and the rest of the world are fast dissolving.

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Ping: Bob Maley by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - How do you build an enterprise information security program from scratch? Most CISOs never have to find out, but that was the reality facing Bob Maley in 2005 when he became the first CISO of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Ping: Cary Westmark by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Troon Golf is the third-largest golf management company in the world, with 200 facilities under management.

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Ping: Dave Drab by Information Security Magazine October 2008 - How big was the insider threat to intellectual property seven or eight years ago when you were with the FBI and were involved in the case that produced the first indictment under the Economic Espionage Act?

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Ping: David VanderNaalt by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - The legislation that created Arizona's Statewide Information Security and Privacy Office last August (ARS 41-3507) brought David VanderNaalt home to Phoenix as the state's chief information security officer.

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Ping: FYODOR by Information Security Magazine September 2008 - Information Security isn't the only standby celebrating its 10th birthday. Nmap, the popular open source security scanner and network mapping tool, hit double digits in 2007 as well.

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