http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=10411&s=1&k=428947F8A8CE7DB6860A901DE17218EA
Improve Business Productivity Safely: Securing Your WLAN
SearchMobileComputing Expert Webcast, January 20, 2005

In this live webcast, available for on-demand replay, Lisa Phifer offers advice on how your organization can increase productivity while keeping wireless users and data safe. Learn how to avoid pitfalls by adopting readily available security measures and best practices. NB: Registration, Javascript, and cookies required to view webcast.

http://searchmobilecomputing.com/tip/1,289483,sid40_gci1046018,00.html
Moving freely between WLAN access points
searchMobileComputing, January 19, 2005

Users may not realize it, but 802.11 wireless stations frequently move from one wireless access point (AP) to another within the same Extended Service Set (ESS). Depending upon your WLAN design, this process can be magically transparent -- or frustratingly disruptive. In her latest WLAN Advisor column, Lisa Phifer explains why.

http://www.corecom.com/html/bcrmag.html#dec04
Portable Security: Safeguarding PDAs And Smartphones
Business Communications Review, December 2004

Increased business use of more capable PDAs and Smartphones, combined with general disregard for business risks, have created a potent breeding ground for compromised security. When a major PDA/smartphone virus outbreak or code exploit arrives, will your company be ready to defend its data and systems from good handhelds gone bad? Lisa Phifer discusses emerging threats and countermeasures in this BCR article.

Managed Security

http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/2004/mssp2.html
MSSP Survey Part 2: Managed Firewalls and IDS/IPS
ISP-Planet, December 28, 2004

Lisa Phifer continues with this year's ISP-Planet survey of managed security service providers. Here, she digs into firewall and intrusion detection/prevention services offered by this year's participants, observing that managed IPS seems to be edging out pure-play firewall and IDS services.

http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/2005/mssp3.html
MSSP Survey Part 3: Managed Virtual Private Network Services
ISP-Planet, January 11, 2005

In part three of Lisa Phifer's ISP-Planet survey of managed security service providers, we find marked growth in SSL VPN services and options for use of stronger security methods like AES and two-factor / certificate authentication.

http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/2005/mssp4.html
MSSP Survey Part 4: Managed AV, Anti-Spam, and Web Filtering
ISP-Planet, January 18, 2005

In the final part of this MSSP survey series, Lisa finds continued growth in broader, deeper security service offerings that battle viruses, spam, and (to a lesser extent) improper Web use. Participants with managed AV services have nearly doubled since our first survey, and most are now accompanied by anti-spam services.

Anti-Spyware

http://www.desktoppipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56900530
What's The Difference Between Spyware And Viruses?
CMP Security Pipeline, January 4, 2005

The average Internet user has difficulty distinguishing viruses from spyware. Both are delivered via web visits and downloads and as email attachments. Both can attack systems through many vectors. In this Security Pipeline series on spyware, Dave Piscitello explains how these threats - and countermeasures - differ.

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57701312
How To Keep Spyware Off Your Enterprise Network
Security Pipeline, January 10 2005

Spyware sneaks onto enterprise networks, costing productivity and threatening to divulge confidential data. In part 3 of this 4-part series, Dave explains what the risks are, and steps you should take to protect your network and business from spyware.

http://www.desktoppipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57702124
Anti-Spyware-Palooza: The Final Chapter
Security Pipeline, January 24 2005

CMP's Mitch Wagner sums up Security Pipeline's anti-spyware series by commenting on installments written by CoreCom's Dave Piscitello, other series contributors, and spyware-related industry resources.

Network Potpourri

http://www.corecom.com/external/livesecurity/xpfirewall.htm
What Does Windows Firewall Actually Do?
WatchGuard LiveSecurity, November 19, 2004

Depending on whom you believe, SP2's Windows Firewall either breaks countless business-critical applications, or it doesn't do anything. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between. As you decide what role Windows Firewall can play in your network, Dave's article can help you sort the myths from realities; learn what Windows Firewall offers; and consider ways it might help your organization improve PC security.

http://searchnetworking.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci1035704,00.html
Lisa Phifer's Networking Predictions for 2005
searchNetworking, December 20, 2004

As a site expert for searchNetworking, Lisa offers a few predictions for the new year, ranging from reshaping the AV market to replacing IE. To ask questions of Lisa or other site experts through the coming year, visit this page.

http://hhi.corecom.com/arc20050101.htm
Dave Piscitello's Blog
January 2005

In January postings, Dave Piscitello ponders doorknob rattling at his firewall, Firefox as an IE alternative, Microsoft's anti-spyware beta, Data Source Object (DSO) exploit removal. If you enjoy Dave's blog, subscribe by sending email or add this RSS to your news feeds.

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