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The Daily Incite - August 23, 2006

By Mike Rothman
Created 2006-08-23 08:55
Today's Daily Incite

August 23, 2006 - #101

Good Morning:
Hump day and it feels like I started out behind the 8-ball. Already way behind and it's not even 10 AM here in ATL. Of course, the big news today is IBM's acquisition of ISS. It's clear to say that no companies are safe from consolidation and you are either predator or prey. Unfortunately given the recent performance of many public security companies, they all seem to be prey. There will be more to come on IBM/ISS when additional details emerge.

In other news, data security is back on the forefront. I cover a piece abut what SMB's can do to protect their data (here [0]) and also a recommendation by Richard Stiennon that will keep both sledgehammer and disk drive companies quite happy (here [0]). And in the story that won't die, Thomas from Matasano weighs in on the ConsumerReports AV-gate situation (here [0]).

And before I let you go and enjoy the rest of the day, I want to comment on the misery of business travel. I took a quick trip yesterday and it was horrible. Having to check bags on a one day trip is like cruel and unusual punishment. Rental car misery (Dollar sucks!) and the summer thunderstorm delays just made the day very challenging. I'm on the verge of being OK with the Mike "Halitosis" nick-name if it means I can carry my bag on. On second thought, I'm going to look into those one-time use toothbrushes where the toothpaste is built in. If my dentist doesn't like it, I'll send him to baggage claim to get my bags.

Have a great day.

Top Security News

here [0]) and will do something more detailed later today when more details emerge. Suffice it to say, given what seems to be a screwed up organizational plan (ISS will be a business unit in IBM Global Services) - it's not clear what the future of ISS' products business is going to be. So if I were a customer looking at ISS products - I'd be deferring any kind of decision until more details emerge. At least ISS will have a reason now for blowing their upcoming quarter.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060823/20060823005309.html?.v=1 [1]
Technorati tags: M&A [2], ISS [3], IBM [4]
Link to this [4]

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1211859,00.html [5]
Technorati tags: Kevin Mitnick [6],  hacking [7]
Link to this [7]

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=101894 [8]
Technorati tags: authentication [9], IVR [10]
Link to this [10]

http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11200CTAS0UO [11]
Technorati tags: SMB [12], data security [13]
Link to this [13]

http://tinyurl.com/ohaze
 [14]Technorati tags: best practices [15], hotspots [16]
Link to this [16]

Top Blog Postings

http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=392 [17]
Technorati tags: data security [18]
Link to this [18]

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/3268 [19]
Technorati tags: security management [20], RedSeal [21]
Link to this [21]

http://www.stillsecureafteralltheseyears.com/ashimmy/2006/08/what_is_respons.html [22]
Brown/eEye: http://technobabylon.typepad.com/tb/2006/08/who_runs_micros.html [23]
Microsoft: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/08/22/448689.aspx [24]
Technorati tags: responsible disclosure [25], Microsoft [26], eEye [27]
Link to this [27]

http://www.matasano.com/log/434/ignore-igor-muttiks-retrospective-antivirus-testing-method/ [28]
Technorati tags: AV [29], ConsumerReports [30]
Link to this [30]

http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/the-analysts-role-in-what-comes-next [30]

Is resistance futile?
In today's technology markets, there are big gorillas that seem to scare everyone off when they decide to enter a market. Google is a great example of that, and in the security business - folks wonder how they can compete with Cisco and Symantec given their customer base and distribution engine. I refer to a post by the 37Signals guys and come to the conclusion that it's about being focused and innovating. It's hard to envision someone building another McAfee or Symantec at this point, but there are lots of opportunities to fill the gaps and then find a home. Not for 700 start-ups, but for quite a few.
http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/is-resistance-futile [30]

Read yesterday's Daily Incite
http://securityincite.com/TDI-2006-08-22 [30]

Technorati: Information Security [31]

Source URL:
http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/the-daily-incite-august-23-2006

Links:
[1] http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060823/20060823005309.html?.v=1
[2] http://technorati.com/tag/M&A
[3] http://technorati.com/tag/ISS
[4] http://technorati.com/tag/IBM
[5] http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1211859,00.html
[6] http://technorati.com/tag/Kevin%20Mitnick
[7] http://technorati.com/tag/hacking
[8] http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=101894
[9] http://technorati.com/tag/authentication
[10] http://technorati.com/tag/IVR
[11] http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11200CTAS0UO
[12] http://technorati.com/tag/SMB
[13] http://technorati.com/tag/data%20security
[14] http://tinyurl.com/ohaze
[15] http://technorati.com/tag/best%20practices
[16] http://technorati.com/tag/hotspots
[17] http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=392
[18] http://technorati.com/tag/data%20security
[19] http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/3268
[20] http://technorati.com/tag/security%20management
[21] http://technorati.com/tag/RedSeal
[22] http://www.stillsecureafteralltheseyears.com/ashimmy/2006/08/what_is_respons.html
[23] http://technobabylon.typepad.com/tb/2006/08/who_runs_micros.html
[24] http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/08/22/448689.aspx
[25] http://technorati.com/tag/responsible%20disclosure
[26] http://technorati.com/tag/Microsoft
[27] http://technorati.com/tag/eEye
[28] http://www.matasano.com/log/434/ignore-igor-muttiks-retrospective-antivirus-testing-method/
[29] http://technorati.com/tag/AV
[30] http://technorati.com/tag/ConsumerReports
[31] http://technorati.com/tag/information%20security