Sendmail's new NT 3.0 product provides NT administrators with security features, like header scanning, relay access control, and better defenses against theoretical attacks, to which Unix and Linux system administrators are already accustomed.

CNN: Sendmail brings open source technology from Unix to NT

Every organization has a choice: They can become a victim of cyber attack and pay the cost of recovery, they can rely on quick reactions to changes in the threat space to ensure that they survive the next attack, or they can predict the next escalation in attacks and invest early in the defenses required to avoid ever becoming a victim.

FORBES: In Cyber, Losers Ignore, Survivors React, and Winners Predict

Obama's plan to shore up the government's defenses from cyber attacks and espionage, inherited from the Bush administration, has been careful to avoid regulations that might have been harmful to the private sector.

FORBES: Security

The combination of aggressive defenses and powerful aerial attacks is both volatile and fun.

CNN: Cyberplay: The Blitz Works!

Meanwhile, a big offering on tap is FireEye, a leader focusing on next-generation threat protection, focused on stopping advanced malware and zero-day and persistent attacks that bypass traditional cyber defenses.

FORBES: Investing Opportunity: Prepping For Cyber Pearl Harbor

The northern Mali cities of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu have been hit with suicide bombings and attacks and the departure of the Chadians risks further weakening their defenses.

NPR: Chad's Leader: Troops To Leave Mali Guerrilla War