MAY 2003
ISM Product Survey

Buying Spree
2003 PRODUCT SURVEY   IT professionals are planning massive security rollouts over the next three years. But shrinking budgets may throw a wrench in the works.
by Andrew Briney and Frank Prince




FEATURES

Who Are You?
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT   For four organizations, identity management means getting a grip on their user populations...and that's just the beginning.
by Neil Roiter


Scan and Deliver
TEST CENTER    Shavlik Technologies enhances its freeware to create Enterprise Inspector, a must-have for vulnerability scanning and reporting on Microsoft systems.
by Mike Bobbitt


Gil Shwed
PROFILE   Check Point's cofounder and CEO needs to pick another winner if he's to maintain the company's strong market presence.
by Anne Saita


Have I Got a Deal for You!
SECURITY PURCHASING   Some vendors will do or say just about anything to get you to buy their products. Whether the products work as advertised is another story.
by Linda Wise



COLUMNS

Shiny-Blinky Things
NOTE   The "features vs. security" war rages on.
by Andrew Briney

Mitnick Fans, Please Stand Up
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE    Famed hacker's "super-secret" conference shields executives from public view.
by Lawrence M. Walsh

Help Wanted
CURMUDGEON'S CORNER    The infosecurity labor market is tough. Here's some advice for smart job-hunting.
by Jay Heiser

A Firewall for All Occasions
JUST THE BASICS    Packet filters, proxies, stateful inspection--which type of firewall is right for you?
by Fred Avolio

The Infosec Matrix
LOGOFF    This sci-fi film has a lesson for security pros--we'll never control our systems if we neglect the human element.
by John S. Flowers



DEPARTMENTS
Viewpoint
Readers sound off on auditing, releasing exploit code, Active Directory replication, certifications and product reviews.

News & Analysis
Antiforensics Tools
Schmidt Leaves Washington
Resurrecting GAISP
Sarbanes-Oxley & Infosec
AVDL Proposal
Chat Room: Intrusion Prevention?
Network Associates


Products
Hot Pick
Tripwire's Tripwire 4.0

Reviews
Reactivity's XML Firewall, eiQnetworks' FirewallAnalyzer 3.0, Addamark Technologies' Omnisight, Vidius' PortAuthority 2.0, Aladdin Knowledge Systems' eSafe Gateway, SurfControl's SurfControl Web Filter VS, RSA Security's RSA SecurID 6100 USB Token, Gianus Technologies' Phantom Total Security, Imprivata's OneSign, uRoam's FirePass 3.5, AirDefense's AirDefense Guard 3.0

Secure Reads
Special Ops isn't the latest Tom Clancy novel. Erik Pace Birkholz has gathered 22 of infosec's best and brightest to offer a practical guide to Microsoft, Unix and Oracle security.
reviewed by Sandra Kay Miller

Happenings
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
A calendar of upcoming security conferences, trade shows and training events.