Information security pros are increasingly confronted by cybercriminals trawling their corporate networks for customers' private data. More than 80 percent of the respondants to the SC Magazine/MXI Security survey say guarding against data breaches is the focus of current security initiatives, reports SC Magazine Editor-In-Chief Illena Armstrong.

Time sure does fly. On July 30, 2007, the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act turned five years old! And while the jury may still be out on the degree that SOX is benefiting the average investor, there's no question that if you're reading this, it's changed your life.

This is a very special issue to me and the team at SC Labs because it is based on a year of seeing the good and the not so good. We actually saw almost no bad products, so it was a pretty good year overall. It is special for you because it helps answer the question, "If we are going to buy security tools in the next 12 to 18 months, what should we be looking at?"

We handed out crystal balls to several analysts, consultants, professors and CSOs and asked them to answer questions about next year.

The top cybersecurity events of the year.

The end of yet another year sees in this final 2007 edition of SC Magazine our annual roundup of top thinkers, interesting happenings, business developments and criminal acts.

On the hunt for more innovative solutions to holistically safeguard organizations' growing networks, Peter Stephenson pinpoints the product categories and solutions you might consider next year.

The government vertical presents special challenges to IT security vendors, but all agree it is a growing market, reports Greg Masters.

All levels of government face critical issues in securing their data - whether shared via the web or through email, USB sticks or IM.

Karl Hart is one ISO who sees organizations saving big bucks by virtualizing their data centers, but risks loom, reports Dan Kaplan.