http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html The latest security news, analysis, reviews and feature articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2010 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020810-security-certification-context.html In this third article, I look at the wider context of certification and licensing for a range of professionals in the United States and point to the efforts beginning in the early 2000s to force certification for IA officers in the US Department of Defense. M. E. Kabay 2010-02-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2010/020810sec2.html In this third article, I look at the wider context of certification and licensing for a range of professionals in the United States and point to the efforts beginning in the early 2000s to force certification for IA officers in the US Department of Defense. M. E. Kabay 2010-02-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021010-slew-of-critical-updates-from.html Time flies. Another month has gone by and Patch Tuesday is upon us again. Microsoft is delivering a record-tying 13 security bulletins for February, a virtual avalanche of updates after a relatively quiet January that saw only one security bulletin on Patch Tuesday, and one released out-of-band mid-month to address a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that was used to launch attacks against Google and other companies in China. Tony Bradley 2010-02-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021010-new-russian-botnet-tries-to.html An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers. Robert McMillan 2010-02-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021010-chinese-artist-dissident-lauds-google-plan.html A well-known Chinese artist and activist voiced strong support late Tuesday for Google's plan to stop censoring results on its China-based search engine. Owen Fletcher 2010-02-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020910-researchers-warn-of-likely-attacks.html Some of the bugs Microsoft patched today will be exploited by hackers almost immediately, security researchers predicted. Gregg Keizer 2010-02-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020910-microsoft-delivers-huge-windows-security.html Microsoft today shipped a record 13 security updates that patched dozens of vulnerabilities in Windows. Gregg Keizer 2010-02-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020910-critical-windows-fixes-for-network-based.html Today's Patch Tuesday update release from Microsoft ships out a bevy of high-priority fixes, including five rated critical. Many of the vulnerabilities are likely to be attacked, according to Redmond. Erik Larkin 2010-02-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2010/020910-3-encryption-apps-keep-your.html Laptop computers have become mobile stores of massive amounts of information. Add to that the proliferation of removable hard drives, and it becomes crystal clear how much sensitive data is on the move in the world, most of it woefully underprotected. Frank Ohlhorst 2010-02-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020910-virginia-firm-files-encryption-lawsuit.html TecSec, an encryption vendor based in McLean, Virginia, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against several large tech vendors, including IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, eBay, Oracle and Adobe Systems. Grant Gross 2010-02-09T12:00:00-04:00