September 2002
COVER STORY
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COVER STORY

2002 ISM Survey

Does Size Matter?

BY Andrew Briney & Frank Prince

The 2002 Information Security Magazine (ISM) survey reveals that the size of your organization may be the single biggest barometer of IT security's effectiveness.

View the 2002 ISM Survey here.
(PDF reader required)

Download it here.

Survey Voices:

IT professionals share their opinions on factors that impact security.

Small Organizations

10 - 100 machines

Medium Organizations

100 - 1,000 machines

Large Organizations

1,000 - 10,000 machines

Very Large Organizations

10,000+

General

various sizes



FEATURES

The Hardest Part of Security is...
POINT/COUNTERPOINT   A security director and security administrator square off in a hot debate. Oh yeah, and they happen to be husband and wife.
By Rochelle Kirkwood & John Kirkwood

IDS in the Trenches
IDS ROUNDTABLE   Five IT security practitioners discuss what's right and wrong with intrusion detection systems.
Moderated by Pete Lindstrom

Putting Spam in the Can
E-MAIL SECURITY   Filtering and blocking can dramatically cut down the amount of junk e-mail flowing through a mail server.
By Daniel P. Dern



COLUMNS

Lost in Translation
NOTE
By Andrew Briney

Infidel Shames Al-Qaeda
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE    A monthly look at the foibles, follies and felons of infosec.
By Lawrence M. Walsh

James Bond, You're Not
CURMUDGEON'S CORNER   Don't be distracted by clever gadgets and cyberspy hunting. There's serious security work to be done.
By Jay Heiser

Hacker Tar Pit
COOL TOOLS     LaBrea slows down port scans and worm attacks…possibly forever.
By Marcus Ranum

How Trustworthy?
SURGEON GENERAL     The Surgeon General discusses Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
By Russ Cooper

A Limit to Cyberterror
LOGOFF     Culture and tradition may slow terrorists' expansion into cyberspace.
By Eric D. Shaw



DEPARTMENTS
VIEWPOINT
Readers sound off on VC funding for security and security ROI.

News & Analysis
Infosecurity; A Year After Sept. 11
Cybersecurity Strategy Unveiled
Customer Service Woes
Putting Hogwash Into Snort
Def Con Matures at X
On the Move
@work
PROFILE: Lance Spitzner
By the Numbers
Infosec History


Products
TEST CENTER
Hercules
Citadel provides some muscle to vulnerability scanners.
By Robert James

HOT PICK
SavvyData's RedAlert 2.0

SOLUTIONS
Security Software Systems' Policy Central 2.0 & Cyber Sentinel Network 2.0, WatchGuard's WatchGuard Vclass and BindView's Policy Operations Center

SECURE READS
George L. Stefanek's Information Security Best Practices: 205 Basic Rules

Happenings
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Fall security events on tap