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NICTA principal scientist Dr Renato Iannella will co-chair a new World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Interest Group to lead discussions addressing Web user privacy issues.

Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Web applications security specialist SPI Dynamics on June 19 illustrates a growing demand among enterprise customers to have vulnerability-scanning tools integrated into their software development platforms.

HP on Tuesday announced its intentions to acquire SPI Dynamics, a maker of Web application security assessment software and services, for an undisclosed amount.

On Monday at 6 a.m., Dave DeWalt stood in front of McAfee's Plano, Texas, offices to greet employees with coffee, doughnuts and a handshake. "They were wondering, 'Who's the guy in the suit?'" says the former EMC vice president who became McAfee's CEO on April 2.

Privacy experts from afar afield as the United Kingdom met with the federal government this week to examine weaknesses in the Privacy Act which is currently under review.

At first glance, the Duke University lacrosse scandal might not have much to do with enterprise security. The fact is, though, that it is indicative of the root causes of most organizational security issues.

Network access control stands out as one of the most promising security technologies, but it also is one of the most misunderstood. That's in part because vendors want in on the NAC buzz and are clamoring for attention, despite selling products that are only peripheral. This raises problems for companies that want to consider NAC but don't have a solid sense of what it is, what it might do for them and what kind of investment it requires.

It's common practice. A message arrives in your inbox. You read it, realize that it may interest a friend, and pass it on accordingly. But be warned -- that simple, seemingly innocuous push of the forward button could be sending out more information than you think.

Sure, you're thinking, records retention can be deadly. Deadly dull

The number of new software security vulnerabilities identified by security experts, hackers and others during the first eight months of this year has already exceeded the total recorded for all of 2005, according to Internet Security Systems.

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library is coming; early adopters say it's a friendly invasion.