NOVEMBER 2002

Infosec's Worst Nightmares
The 5 attacks that haunt us, the 5 fears that trouble us.

Retrospective & Crystal Ball
Information Security revisits the voices of the past issues: authors, interviews and profiles.

The Influence List
The vendors, technologies and people that shaped our past...and frame our future.

Infosecurity Timeline

My Infosec Heroes
SIDEBAR     5 living legends and their contributions to our field.
By Jay Heiser



COLUMNS

High 5
NOTE
By Andrew Briney

A Hacker Attack of the Clones
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE    A monthly look at the foibles, follies and felons of infosec.
By Lawrence M. Walsh

5 Myths of Infosecurity
EXECUTIVE VIEW     5 reasons not to put your money where your myth is.
By Peter Tippett

Brave New World, or Business As Usual?
COOL TOOLS     5 infosecurity trends promise a more secure future--one of these days.
By Marcus Ranum

Infosec's New Accountability
CRYSTAL BALL     Smart users, fewer "good ol' boy" CISOs and security conscious vendors can shape a safer future.
By Thornton May

Misguided Thinking
CURMUDGEON'S CORNER     5 misconceptions continue to hamper overall security.
By Jay Heiser

Spaf's Crystal Ball
LOGOFF     The security soothsayer is at it again.
By Eugene Spafford



DEPARTMENTS
VIEWPOINT
Readers sound off on Information Security's annual survey, PKZip encryption, Heiser's and Ranum's columns and CISO supplement.

News & Analysis
The Mother of All Cyberwars
Online Emergency Alerts
Side-Channel Attacks
Consolidation Fever
CISSP Numbers Climb
Infosec Notebook
M&As
On the Move
@work
PROFILE: Jeff Jonas
By the Numbers
Infosec History

Products
TEST CENTER
RealSecure 7.0  Internet Security Systems matures its IDS into an enterprise-class, best-of-breed solution.
By James C. Foster

HOT PICK
Westinghouse Electric's StatePointPlus

SOLUTIONS
Profiles of Qualys' QualysGuard Intranet Scanner, ServGate's EdgeForce, Symark's PowerBroker 3.0, Trend Micro's InterScan Web Protect for ICAP 1.0.

SECURE READS
Donald E. Eastlake & Kitty Niles's Secure XML: The New Syntax for Signatures and Encryption.

Happenings
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Security events on tap.