Monthly Archives: August 2001
Code Red Lessons, Big and Small
IT managers and users alike who were affected by the Code Red worm have gone through the latest round of requisite security "lessons learned."...
Ballmer Stirs Crowd With Monster Mash
Images of "Young Frankenstein" came rushing back to the Whiskered One last week as he watched a video clip of Steve Ballmer that was...
E-Theft: Whos Liable?
Watch out, online merchants: here comes the law.Legal challenges and legislation are poised to patch a key chink in the armor protecting people from...
Security With a Patent
McAfee.com has won a patent that will protect its rapidly growing business for updating and managing security on desktop computer systems via the Internet.The...
SAS70: Key to Web Security?
Pamela Fusco had no idea what she was getting into when her company decided to go through an SAS70 audit of its security practices...
Deluge of Security Threats Overwhelms I-Managers
System vulnerabilities — holes through which intruders may crawl inside your servers — are cropping up at a rate six or seven per day,...
Wireless LANs Dealt New Blow
A new attack that can compromise the encryption cipher used on wireless networks has many users and security experts questioning the future of a...
Leave Security to Insiders
Protecting networks from outside attack is far too important to just run "by the numbers." Although a lot of discussion about firewall and VPN...
Netscape Grads Start P2P Content Delivery Network
Mike Homer, a man not short on ambition, may believe his new company has crafted the next biggest Internet application since the Web browser....
Microsoft Nets Site Content
Just when you thought your product waters were safe, Microsoft Corp. enters. High-end content management vendors such as Interwoven Inc. and Vignette Corp. wont...