Stories by: Denise Dubie

Young workers tap into Web 2.0 technologies and personal computing devices more frequently at work than their older counterparts, and while being savvy with such tools offers some benefit, the work habits of Millennials could force IT to revamp corporate security policies or remain vulnerable to data loss, security breach and legal woes.

A majority of organizations are in need of IT workers with security, firewall and data privacy skills, but more than 40 per cent surveyed by the Computing Technology Industry Association in the US said their IT employees are not proficient in such skills.

Faced with looming regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Craig Shumard, chief information security officer for healthcare provider Cigna, knew he needed better tools for role-based access control.

Virtual servers are prone to the same attacks that plague physical servers, as well as to new threats that exploit weaknesses in hypervisor technology, experts warn.

At IBM Internet Security System's, the company's primary security research organization is called X-Force. Kris Lamb, director of X-Force, says his group is charged with knowing where potential threats will arise and deliver product, services and education to customers about how to stay ahead of the risk. Recently Lamb discussed with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie what he sees as the most critical challenges and opportunities facing enterprise IT security managers today.

CSOs are seeing the most significant increases in pay this year, while IT professionals in general are experiencing minor increases in compensation, according to a new US survey.

HP on Tuesday announced its intentions to acquire SPI Dynamics, a maker of Web application security assessment software and services, for an undisclosed amount.

When it comes to network security, what you don't know can definitely hurt you.

Cisco and Microsoft recently revealed how they are working toward interoperability between Cisco's Network Access Control and Microsoft's Network Access Protection technologies. Denise Dubie caught up with Bob Gleichauf, CTO of Cisco's Security Technology Group, and Mark Ashida, general manager of Windows Networking at Microsoft, to learn more about why the companies joined forces on security and what's in store for future collaborations.

Vendors are ramping up their efforts to address enterprise identity management with products designed to manage user privileges across multiple platforms, to simulate the impact of potential changes and to help developers build more secure applications.

John Thompson, Symantec chairman and CEO, delivered a call to arms to Comdex attendees in Las Vegas Wednesday, when he detailed how the more business is done on the Internet, the more everyone needs to do their part to secure the wired, and wireless, world.