January/February 2005 Issue

Social climbing with IPS
Intrusion prevention technologies have supposedly evolved to eclipse
intrusion detection. Matthew Stibbe probes the space.

Worm cure is a hard act
Will chips and operating systems mutate to resist all malware? William Knight investigates what’s new and developing.

Biometrics: what are they good for?
In the long wake of September 11, western governments are inclining to biometrics. SA Mathieson scans the field. ...more

Wanted: an electronic Achilles
Trojans and spyware are menacing banks and their customers. Paul Gosling examines the damage.

Looking out into a world of threat
In the Infosecurity interview, Debi Ashenden exhorts IT security
professionals to learn from the discipline of operational risk.

Fortinet — so far so good
Unified threat management promises to transcend old generation security
technologies. Cath Everett interrogates a UTM pioneer.

Spain fails to grab WiFi bull by horns
‘Nipped off from hot Africa’,maybe, but Spain today teems with wireless
networks. Stephen Smith-López reports from Auden’s ‘arid square’.

Bluetooth bares its teeth
The security of wireless networking is worrisome, but chipmakers are
helping out and Bluetooth’s getting sharper. Steve Gold surveys.

The inside story
In the first of a series of incident round-ups, Capgemini’s Colin Danielsson reveals how his firm fought spam.

Know where we stand
SA Mathieson argues that mobile operators should match their customer
location knowledge with customer care.

The customer always comes first
ActivCard’s Andy Churley urges banks not to make us jump through online hoops.

Instant messaging — enabler or threat?
CyberGuard’s Horst Joepen contends that instant messaging can be secured for business benefit.

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