Carrying a Bigger Load
TEST CENTER F5 Networks beefs up its BIG-IP load balancer to take on a greater security role.
By Scott Sidel
Watching the Watchers
SECURITY AUDITS Even if you hate security audits, it's in your best interest to make sure they're done right.
By Carole Fennelly
The Auditor's Toolbox
SIDEBAR An auditor should be familiar with a variety of tools and utilities, not just a single packaged scanner.
Dollars & Sense
ROUNDTABLE Four CISOs discuss practical strategies for getting the security budget you need--and spending it wisely.
Moderated by Andrew Briney
2003: Another Year of Belt-Tightening
SURVEY Infosecurity budgets are increasing at a far slower rate than many people assume.
By Andrew Briney
For the Common Good
CORNER OFFICE SQL Slammer was a new worm, but it's an old problem.
By William H. Murray
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Bottom Dollar
EDITOR'S NOTE To get the budget you need, think like a CFO: How do we make more, or how do we spend less?
By Andrew Briney
No Quarter for Hackers
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE The Trippin Smurfs hacker gang chose the wrong day to deface NASA.
By Lawrence M. Walsh
Merit Badge Collecting
CURMUDGEON'S CORNER As more security certifications become available, there's an even greater opportunity for acronym abuse.
By Jay Heiser
Practical Patching
JUST THE BASICS Six steps to help decide when you must patch...and when it's OK to wait.
By Fred Avolio
Active Directory Replication
ASK THE SURGEON GENERAL AD-oriented traffic is mission critical and highly sensitive, and must be protected by some sort of VPN.
By Russ Cooper
Security for the Virtual Enterprise
LOGOFF When everything's "outside," how do you secure the "inside"?
By John Taylor
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Viewpoint
News & Analysis
Stop: Deny Everything
Georgia's Just Peachy on Defense in Depth
San Diego Builds Security from Scratch
Turning Up the Heat
Forecast: Cyberlitigation
On the Move
@work
By the numbers
Products
Hot Pick Sana Security's Primary Response
Reviews Microsoft's ISA Feature Pack 1, @stake's WebProxy, Palisade Systems' PacketHound 2.3, ActivCard's Trinity 4.2, OpenService's NerveCenter 3.7, Sigaba's Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging, Shavlik Technologies' HFNetChkPro 4.0, Sniffer Technologies' InfiniStream Forensics Security, Sandstorm Enterprises' NetIntercept, SecureWave's WaveLock 1.0, BMC Software's CONTROL-SA, McDATA's SANavigator.
Secure Reads
William Cheswick, Steven Bellovin and Aviel Rubin have done themselves proud with Firewalls and Internet Security, an update to their infosec classic.
Reviewed by Patrick Mueller
Happenings
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
A calendar of upcoming security conferences, tradeshows and training events.
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MARCH 2003