May 2002 Cutter IT Journal -- Information Security and Privacy in a Fragile World

by Cutter Consortium

People who think about information security are used to finding fault, delivering the bad news, and using sales techniques usually associated with the insurance industry to sell the next phase of the security program. But now everyone is forced to start thinking the unthinkable. These days people seem willing to accept arguments for increased security with little concern for the freedom and privacy they might be giving up for it, both in the world at large and in the microcosm of their enterprise. In the May 2002 issue of Cutter IT Journal, we debate the limits of what is practical, appropriate, and effective in information security. How much security is "enough"? How can you sell better security programs to management? What role should security have in the design, architecture, and engineering process? Join us next month as we discuss how -- and whether -- we can increase the safety of computing in a dangerous world.