Compliance Management

Its the economy, stupid. It worked for spammers now, and it will work for spammers in the future.

Open-source software maker and systems configuration manager Novell can add endpoint security to its list of offerings after announcing today that it has acquired Senforce Technologies.

In this special section, we look at how the IT security industry works to protect banks and financial institutions and keeps up with the rise of online transactions.

What began as a frantic effort to meet federally mandated personal authentication guidelines for online banking has morphed into a drive to boost the bottom line for a large number of financial services companies.

Harry hack A hacker named Gabriel claimed to have breached the networks of the UKs Bloomsbury Publishing, uncovering the ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows prior to its release. Experts contended that the claim, posted on hacker websites, was likely a sham, saying that if accurate more evidence would otherwise have been offered.

Here is an update from the IT security industrys boardrooms.

American companies, while often technology leaders (both as developers and users), havent kept up with their Asian counterparts in how they approach security. They take a reactive rather than proactive approach, says John DiMaria, a product manager at BSI Management Systems, a consulting company that helps organizations meet international certification standards.