New security frontier is all about data

While the rise and rise of internet threats is leaving some organisations jaded and confused, there's no going back. So, what are the new security issues and trends in preventing security breaches?

Chris Pick, vice-president of productions and marketing at NetIQ in the US, says that in the past 15 years organisations have been reactive in implementing security procedures, such as firewalls and anti-virus software, to reduce risks and threats.

NetIQ is and US-based security management consultant and Mr Pick was recently in Australia for one of its security seminars. He says things are different now, and the major trend in addressing internet security concerns in the US is the convergence of IT security and operations processes.

For example, he says the Sasser virus from about three years ago caused a lot of confusion in many organisations because people in IT security and IT operations followed different procedures.

"Security people followed incident security processes and didn't understand the critical impact on systems. IT operations have their own management, and they are interested in uptime, performance and capacity."