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A look at some common security no-nos committed frequently by mobile workers, and tips on how to stop them.

We all face it - the daily barrage of spam, now infested with zero-day malware attacks, not to mention the risks of malicious insiders, infected laptops coming and going behind our deep packet-inspecting firewalls and intrusion-prevention systems. Some even have to worry about how to prove steps of due care and due diligence towards a growing roster of regulatory compliance pressures.

Back in 2001 Peter Piper picked a pack of Privacy Principles, but thus far no one's found themselves in much of a pickle.

Regulatory requirements like Sarbanes-Oxley, BASEL II and HIPAA were designed to improve governance and security within the enterprise, but at some companies they appear to be doing just the opposite.

A global virus affecting more than a quarter of the world's population is an unpalatable, but increasingly likely prospect. The impact on human life could be catastrophic, but the potential economic impact to organizations across the world also cannot be ignored.

Wireless devices are multiplying, making more people more productive . . . and creating enormous management, support and security headaches for CIOs. You need a plan for juggling these new gadgets. Here's the plan.

CSOs and CIOs need to examine options for authenticating users - or risk their companies becoming the latest data theft headline.

Sure, you've got a million-dollar security battleship, but it's full of. . . 50-Cent Holes!

For all the developments around enterprise voice over IP solutions, there has been only scattered interest in the related potential security threats but the Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) has shown a spotlight on problems that IT managers ought to be concerned about.

Information security isn't as much about technology anymore as it is about legislation and law enforcement. That was the view of some experts and attendees at the Infosecurity Europe show in London on Tuesday, where technology vendors rubbed shoulders with law enforcement experts on the show floor.