It seems information security is getting to the front line of business imperatives. More than ever before, executives are giving IT security and data protection initiatives the attention they've required for some time

Hurtling into our annual Reboot edition, I became conscious of the break-neck speed at which 2007 has come to its end.

The screaming headlines have been running for years. Whether they're in press releases about cybercrime exceeding international drug profits or the billions of dollars lost to breach disclosures or videos highlighting the meltdown of power generators due to a myriad of vulnerabilities, the anti-malware industry has long relied on fear to move their products.

Looking out across the threat landscape, it is important to remain cognizant of the various threat vectors that are open and available for enterprising individuals to act upon.

As long as people have competed against others, whether commercially, militarily or athletically, their organizations have possessed information or practices that need to be kept secret.

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Although image spam is not new, it continues to grow both in sophistication and at alarming rates, so much so that it has become a major topic of concern among security industry experts.

Its the economy, stupid. It worked for spammers now, and it will work for spammers in the future.

In April 2006, after a five-year review, the Supreme Court approved changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that went into effect on Dec. 1, 2006.