Keep the laptop close at hand when in . . . It seems I've lived my professional life until now surrounded by the mind-set that somehow security must be transparent to the user. At every meeting where security requirements were discussed, the conversations always gravitated to the assured resistance of the system . . . The days are long gone when all you needed to start your own software company were a compiler and a computer. It's certainly not for lack of information.
Most major vendors release security bulletins to customers.
Carnegie Mellon University's CERT Coordination Center releases alerts. And So Do Losses Financial losses reported from computer security breaches are on the rise, according to a survey released Monday. The survey, conducted by the Computer Security Institute with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Computer Intrusion Squad, is based on responses from . Experts say a large number of attacks go unrecognized, and that the total is hard to assess, with companies reluctant to admit that they've been attacked unless the attack has already been publicized. High-profile attacks in 2000 included the coordinated . . .