April 1, 2008 Content
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Research

States Improve Tracking for Possible Pandemic or Bioterrorism Incident, But Still Have Ways to Go

A new CDC report says that states are sharing more information about diseases, but still need to be sure they could act on it.

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Threat Watch

Threatwatch | Whaling Gets Real

Powered by social-networking sites and compromised corporate databases, super-targeted phishing attacks are moving from theory to practice. Here's how to understand this evolving information-security threat and protect your company and its executives

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In Brief

Web Monitoring: Anonymizers vs. Anti-Anonymizers

In the struggle to provide a sure way to surf the Internet anonymously, will anyone ever win?

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In Brief

The Usual Suspects

The four key players in digital forensics software: Guidance, AccessData, Paraben and Technology Pathways

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Opinion

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Converged CSO?

Who is the better choice to lead a newly converged organization--someone with more experience in information security or in physical security? A recruiter describes how three of his clients recently answered that question.

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Opinion

CSO Disclosure Series | Reporter's Notebook: The United States of TMI

Lead paint in toys. Brain-eating amoeba. Identity theft. Drowning in sand. We know more than ever about the risks all around us. Do we know what disclosing them all is doing to us?

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Opinion

Connecting Dots

As publisher of CSO I have the great honor of meeting a great many very smart people. This is a good thing because it certainly helps compensate for my gaps in knowledge.

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Opinion

The Soft Part Is the Hard Part, and Vice Versa

Subtle gaps can form between leader and staff members. Here's to the bridge-builders.

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Undercover

How Not to Hire an Information Security Officer Who's on Parole

After learning that HR "forgot" to do a background check on a security staffer with a felony record, a leader reexamines his organization's policies

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Debriefing

Journey to Risk

The most intense rush I feel when I go hiking occurs just beyond halfway up to the summit, when I know that the trailhead's well behind me and the peak's a long way off.

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