The color of information security; Microsoft pencils in seven bug fixes

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May 4, 20072 mins

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The color of information security, 05/01/07:  If information security were a color, it most definitely would be gray. Like life in general, information security is rarely black and white. Click here for more.

Microsoft pencils in seven bug fixes for next week, 05/03/07: Microsoft will issue seven security updates next week for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk, the company announced Thursday. Click here for more.

Microsoft weaving security, management into single platform, 05/03/07:  Evident of a larger industry trend, Microsoft on Wednesday began to lay out a strategy to integrate security and management tools into its Forefront and System Center brands of products. Click here for more.

SonicWall bundles security services with firewall/VPN gear, 05/03/07:  SonicWall is wrapping a reduced-price package of security services around some of its branch-office firewall/VPN hardware to provide what it calls unified threat management (UTM) for offices where such features formerly might have been too expensive. Click here for more.

New bug-a-day project targets Microsoft’s ActiveX, 05/02/07:  Another bug-a-day campaign surfaced Tuesday as the “Month of ActiveX Bugs” debuted. Although some researchers have already dismissed the project as copycat, others are warning its findings might put Windows users at risk of attack. Click here for more.

Entrust unveils online anti-fraud service, 05/02/07:  Entrust Wednesday announced an online anti-fraud service that can be a source for information research as well as provide Entrust’s fraud-protection and third-party risk-assessment services. Click here for more.

Montage update fixes bugs, 05/02/07:  Mariner Software on Wednesday released Montage 1.2.2, a free update to their screenwriting software for Mac OS X. Montage costs $139.99. Click here for more.

From John Obeto on Microsoft Blog:  Microsoft security – no longer an oxymoron:Click here for more.

Yesterday, I was at the Microsoft Forefront and System Center launch event in Beverly Hills, Calif., where Microsoft demoed both products to an impressed audience …

From Cisco Press Author Expert Blog: Jeff Doyle:  Managing your network’s biggest risk:Click here for more.

The greatest risk to your network is the human being legitimately logged in to a router or server, making authorized changes. Now and then, I get someone who disagrees and a little questioning usually reveals one of two circumstances …