Protect your organization from steganographic data theft

The art and science of steganography has been around for centuries. It's used to write hidden messages in a way that prevents anyone but the recipient from interpreting them. As technology grew it was only natural for steganographic techniques to find their way into electronic processes. It appears that steganography is a growing challenge for forensics investigators and organizations using content monitoring or filtering to protect sensitive data. Click here to learn more about the threat posed by steganography.

Craft an effective storage security policy
Effective storage security involves maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information, and your storage security policy needs to reflect that. Not sure where to begin? In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins offers guidelines for creating an effective storage security policy and tells you three elements you can't afford to ignore.

Attorney general to talk data retention with new Congress
Alberto Gonzales says it's critical to ensure that law enforcement is able to get its hands on subscriber data from ISPs.

The Ultimate Wireless Security Guide
Enterprise wireless LAN security is a persistent concern for every system administrator and CIO. This article, part of the TechRepublic ultimate guide to enterprise wireless LAN security, introduces you to Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP), which is a proprietary protocol from Cisco Systems developed to address the security weaknesses common in WEP. The full series of 10 articles is also available as a download.