usa visa: Senators rip into ChoicePoint, Bank of America

======================================================================== SECURITY REPORT http://www.infoworld.com/ ======================================================================== Monday, March 14, 2005

* Senators rip into ChoicePoint, Bank of America * Ignorance of the law * Experts look to digital IDs to boost Net security * The phone virus is calling * Secure architectures * Schneier: tokens won't completely secure data * Novell debuts ZENworks for Linux * Viruses taking flight * Product Guide: Index Engines Appliance 1.0

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SENATORS RIP INTO CHOICEPOINT, BANK OF AMERICA

WASHINGTON -- Several U.S. senators faulted ChoicePoint and Bank of America Thursday for recent large-scale identify thefts from the two companies, and some lawmakers called for national legislation that would regulate what data collection companies can do with private information. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C3318F:353CA35

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IGNORANCE OF THE LAW

During the past few weeks, I've traveled the country, speaking at a sponsored event about how regulatory compliance and legal issues affect IT. In Washington I had the pleasure of offering a tongue-in-cheek thanks to a group of mostly government employees for helping to create the laws and regulations I was there to discuss. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33192:353CA35

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EXPERTS LOOK TO DIGITAL IDS TO BOOST NET SECURITY

HANOVER, GERMANY -- Rampant identity theft is eroding users' trust in the Internet, and could threaten to erase some of the progress companies have made in doing business online, security experts warned Friday. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33194:353CA35

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THE PHONE VIRUS IS CALLING

The long-discussed phone virus threat is apparently already calling. The good news is that the virus is relatively harmless and not terribly efficient. The bad news is that, like computer-virus creators, the writers of mobile-phone viruses will likely only get better. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33193:353CA35

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SECURE ARCHITECTURES

Thanks to complex perimeters, sophisticated application-level threats, and regulations that hold CEOs and CIOs accountable for company data, security must now be regarded as more than a bunch of technologies tacked onto the network. "Companies are realizing they must approach security at the enterprise level," says Rich Caralli, senior member of the technical staff at the CERT Coordination Center's survivable enterprise management group. "Rather than chasing the latest threat, they're working on identifying and securing directly the core business processes and information assets essential to the company mission." http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33190:353CA35

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SCHNEIER: TOKENS WON'T COMPLETELY SECURE DATA

Technology isn't going to protect e-commerce customers -- stronger government regulation is what will get the attention of online banks and merchants, forcing them to stop being casual about security, said Bruce Schneier, founder and chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33196:353CA35

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NOVELL DEBUTS ZENWORKS FOR LINUX

Novell on Friday at the CeBit show took the wraps off its Linux-based management system, emphasizing its lifecycle management capabilities, which are intended to lower the overall costs of an IT operation. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33195:353CA35

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VIRUSES TAKING FLIGHT

Worms and viruses are increasingly sprouting wings, taking to the air, and nesting in wireless phones, PDAs, and other devices. If none of these assailants have found their way into your users' devices and data, then it's likely no more than a matter of time until they do. But there are steps IT can take now to help protect against this new breed of airborne virus. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=C33191:353CA35

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PRODUCT GUIDE: INDEX ENGINES APPLIANCE 1.0

Index Engines' appliance provides a novel solution to enterprise search. In contrast to typical search solutions that rely on agents to crawl LANs, this system sits unobtrusively on a SAN in front of a tape archive unit and catalogs documents as they are backed up. It works out of the box, requiring no changes to current backup software or processes.

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