THE MAGAZINE

Pandemic readiness—successes and setbacks.

A construction company began encrypting its VoIP communications after losing a major contract due to corporate espionage.

Health care employees are more a threat to private medical records than outsiders, according to a number of recent surveys.

A new form of desktop virtualization promises to let employees take their workstation anywhere— whether they're connected to a server or not.

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The percentage of senior IT staff who think personal digital assistants are a security risk, according to endpoint security vendor Credant Technologies. That’s slightly higher than the 88 percent who fear data loss from mobile storage devices. A top PDA concern is the failure to set device passwords.

Web surfers are 41 percent more likely to visit malware-infected sites this year than last year, according to McAfee.

Data breach laws do not reduce states' rates of identity theft, according to a report from Carnegie Mellon researchers.

This month's Site to See is a clearinghouse for all privacy-related information.

President Alvaro Uribe is using both military and political tactics to destroy the insurgent group terrorizing the country.

A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says malware's spread has become so severe that international cooperation is needed to stem the onslaught.

Substandard antimalarial drugs may cause a more drug-resistant strain of the virus to evolve.

This month's certification profile is Keith Blowe, CPP.

A remote liquid natural gas facility relies on an integrated radar and camera system to meet perimeter security regulations.

An expanded second edition of the text that takes a beginner, student, or seasoned security professional step-by-step through the process of designing and evaluating a physical protection system.

An encyclopedic reference that inspires awe for the rarely celebrated locksmith.

An account of the life of Sergei Tretyakov, an intelligence officer in the Soviet KGB and its Russian successor, the SVR.

Reynolds M. Salerno and Jennifer Gaudioso provide a comprehensive study of all things biosecurity.

Michael McNicholas provides an introductory text for those new to the field of martime security.