Chris Conrath

Articles by Chris Conrath

New security certification launched

With an increased focus on security throughout the industry, there is a move to add a professional designation specific to security managers.

In-house IDS may make sense

The decision to outsource intrusion detection monitoring should not be based solely on ROI. Other factors to be considered - including corporate image.

Secure software? Don

It used to be we lived in a world with only two certainties: death and taxes. Now it seems there is a third: insecure software.

Are We Ready for the Big One?

During a recent lunch meeting with an individual from one of Canada

A double-edged sword

For inherently social beasts that crave the latest gossip, humans demonstrate an entirely different attitude toward personal privacy.

Observers say virus threat may be fading

For all of the news they generate, computer viruses today are more of a chimera than a truly destructive beast, if experts are to be believed.

Taking stock of security one year after the twin towers fell

Like Dec. 7, Sept. 11 will forever remain a day of reckoning in the American psyche. But as with all calamities, there is a need and desire to learn from the event to ensure something positive comes from all the suffering.

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