Incident management in the age of compliance   16 May 2007 09:28 GMT
Security incidents can wreak catastrophic results on organizations, and recent regulatory mandates directly affect how organizations should deal with such occurrences. Anton Chuvakin takes a look at the basics of FISMA, PCI DSS and HIPAA.
Source: Computerworld

Five tips for building an incident response plan   16 May 2007 09:28 GMT
You say you've never been hacked, never had a data-center meltdown, never lost key personnel unexpectedly? Good for you -- you're just in time to plan for it. Rage against the inevitability of your fate by putting together a smart, comprehensive incident-response plan before you've an incident to respond to.
Source: Computerworld

Full body scans take off at Amsterdam airport   15 May 2007 22:58 GMT
Going through the scanning machine takes about three seconds, allowing passengers to avoid metal detectors or body searches.
Source: ZDNet

Google: 10 percent of sites are dangerous   15 May 2007 14:56 GMT
Sophos' Graham Cluley adds that 70 percent of pages hosting malicious software are found on legitimate sites targeted by hackers.
Source: ZDNet

IBM contractor loses employee data in transit   15 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Tapes containing sensitive information on current and former IBM employees have gone missing from a contractor's vehicle, potentially exposing the dat and creating something of an embarrassment for Big Blue push to offer data-security services.
Source: Computerworld

MySpace asked to turn over names of registered sex offenders   15 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Attorneys general from eight states want MySpace to turn over the names of potentially thousands of registered sex offenders who may be members of the popular social networking site.
Source: Computerworld

TJX breach-related expenses: $17M and counting   15 May 2007 13:00 GMT
TJX Companies took a $12 million after-tax charge in the last quarter for costs associated with a massive data breach. An analyst said that amount could be "just a fraction" of the total eventually paid out by the company.
Source: Computerworld

Opinion: Considering Risk = Probability x Impact -- choose encryption   15 May 2007 13:00 GMT
The ability to solve the encryption conundrum of how to retrieve archived data once you've moved off an existing backup platform depends depends greatly on better key management capabilities and adoption of reliable encryption standards.
Source: Computerworld

How to be a Network Builder, Problem Solver and a Business Driver - in half the time!   15 May 2007 13:00 GMT
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Source: Computerworld

Verizon Business buying Cybertrust   14 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Verizon Business said it would buy the information security services company for an undisclosed price.
Source: Computerworld