Atalla is indeed a father of information security technology, and he says he is working on a new advance that will make all computers much more secure than any of us think we can expect.
"This is a drop in the bucket, " says Paul Henry, a spokesman for information technology security firm Secure Computing.
"I wouldn't turn off your spam filter, " says Paul Henry, a spokesman for the information technology security firm Secure Computing (nasdaq: SCUR - news - people ).
Russell Dietz is vice president and chief technology officer at SafeNet, a global leader in information security, and has more than 25 years of technology experience in the data management, security, embedded and distributed systems industries.
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The Maryland-based global security and information technology company employs about 136, 000 worldwide.
There are positive signs, however, as the two countries work together on several important bilateral and multilateral issues such as nuclear non-proliferation, counterterrorism, energy security and information technology.
For example, there are 189 ISO standards for information security, our National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) has produced a full set of world-class materials on information security, and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association ( ISACA) has developed its best practices, the Control Objectives for Information Technology ( CobiT).
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In this regard, increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats require careful consideration of information-security risks presented by new technology implementations and use.
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Information technology managers can oversee security policies more easily, the sell runs, by seeing who is using what, how passwords are managed, and whether former employees can still get into company software.
These include better baggage-screening, sharing information, and the use of sophisticated security technology.
Talks focused on four broad areas -- sharing information between countries, passenger vetting, security technology and creating international aviation security standards, she said.
Hank Bellomy, a NARA information technology staffer, says that security problems at the agency are even more widespread than reported, and that "thousands" of tapes are unaccounted for.
But the largest collections currently available from Core Security Technologies, Immunity and an open source project known as Metasploit include exploits for less than 10% of the 14, 000 security flaws publicly revealed in information technology systems over the last five years.
According to the State of Information Security Survey 2003, a complex integration of technology, education, risk analysis, as well as corporate and government regulation are needed.
The top four industries represented in the study are weapons and security, aerospace, government agencies and information technology.
In a February 1998 survey of information-technology companies by the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, 57% of respondents said they were having trouble finding qualified workers.
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Inevitably, given the pervasiveness of information technology, cyberspace is also becoming a question of security.
Gertz quotes John Shaw, the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Technology Security, who contends - based on information from two reliable European intelligence services - that Russian troops and Iraqi intelligence "almost certainly" removed the missing material from the facility.
Within information technology, the one bright spot has been network security and Perry says the companies to buy are Symantec (nasdaq: SYMC - news - people ) and Safenet (nasdaq: SFNT - news - people ), which has deals with the Department of Defense and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ).
In today's information technology society, smartphone customers expect a high level of security and protection.
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Encryption technology is an important element of an information-centric security solution, as critical information is increasingly on mobile devices and in the cloud.
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Better technology will also lead to better security of patient information.
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OnStar, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, is the leading global provider of connected safety and security solutions, value-added mobility services and advanced information technology.
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Such as those relating to human resources, the kind of people we get in the government, the kind of people we try to keep, unsuccessfully too often in government, information technology, other areas that are so vitally important to our national security.
And the information systems and technology unit is a leading supplier of tactical communications and cyber-security solutions.
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They can still rely on the services of an information technology firm to upgrade and maintain their system, as well as provide security.
Michael Waller, the Center's Vice President for Information Operations, testified before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security regarding the long term threat posed by terrorist recruitment and infilitration in the U.S. prison system as well as the U.S. military.
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The debate, hosted by Intelligences Squared, featured Bruce Schneier, (chief security technology officer with BT) and Marc Rotenberg (executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center) speaking in support of the idea that the threat of cyber war has indeed been exaggerated.
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