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• The key to network security

  Senior leadership wants objective measurement; peer managers don't understand that their participation is necessary; users continually do foolish things; the threats are changing daily; and many organisations are forced to do more with fewer people. Is it any wonder that security managers are overworked and overwhelmed?

• Security Special: On the defensive

  Network security: The week in review. Wireless networks face a new threat, next-generation worms will be faster and stealthier, hackers and security experts cross paths in Vegas.

• Managing security: Building a defence

  Reducing the threat of viruses to a corporate network is no longer a simple task. But how do you manage the multiple layers necessary, and keep them up to date?

• Snort: Open-source eye-candy or legitimate defence?

  Snort has been touted as a vital ingredient in network protection. What exactly is it, what are the barriers to installation, and most importantly, does it really work?

• Hack attacks: Spot application level breaches

  While most corporate Web sites concentrate on security at the network level, they are still allowing hackers to access valuable customer and corporate information, shoplift sales items, and receive free products or services. What can you do to prevent this?

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• Managing security: Building a defence

  Reducing the threat of viruses to a corporate network is no longer a simple task. But how do you manage the multiple layers necessary, and keep them up to date?

• Instant messaging threatens enterprise security

  What may surprise today's IT leaders are the serious security issues posed by IM usage. Add that to the fact that most IM applications are used without corporate IT's knowledge or approval, and it's not a pretty picture for network security.

• Eight daily steps to a more secure network

  While many companies have 9-to-5 security staff, hackers don't punch a clock. However, your network can still remain secure in the 16 hours in-between -- you just need to focus activities to provide maximum coverage for the network. We get you started with a list of eight daily tasks.

• Security tool more harmful than helpful?

  With its attack tool update, The Metasploit Project may be aiding online vandals more than helping network administrators identify weak points, security experts say. Additional reading: Patch management: All talk, no action?

• PestPatrol: Detect and remove hacker tools

  Many apps, especially P2P and IM software, install programs in the background that can jeopardise security. Use PestPatrol to detect and remove them.

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• Shock! Viruses in Digital Music

  You know not to open e-mail attachments from suspicious recipients. But what about playing a song from someone you don't know? Turns out that's another way to infect your computer with a virus.

• Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

  Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

• Security Visionary: The future is cybersecurity

  Howard Schmidt is convinced that post-Sept. 11, cybersecurity will transform the information technology world--for better or for worse. Do you agree?

• Windows Superguide 2000

  We’ve upgraded and so should you. Here’s our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.

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