The release of Verizon's reseach framework (VerIS) will make it easier for companies to analyze and exchange data about security breaches and unite in the fight against cybercrime. The framework addresses a critical industry-wide issue: the lack of a common standard for the collection of security-incident data and analysis.

In the SearchSecurity Asia Information Security Survey at the beginning of 2010, we asked IT and information security professionals from the region questions ranging from security and risk management issues they are currently dealing with, to a comparison of their IT budgets in 2009 and 2010 and their organizations’ information security strategy, to their greatest fears and needs.

We speak to Lee Oh Tee, regional director for South Asia Pacific at Axis Communications, who highlights the changing trends in the surveillance scene, particularly in the use of network cameras in the digital age.

Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad builds complete and seamless data center and office network infrastructure with Juniper switches, security devices and Junos software.

St James' Settlement reduces staff time spent on data protection administration by 80% and on software inventories by almost 100%.

Asia’s first all-in-one hotel, casino, restaurant and residential complex has selected H3C to build its network infrastructure and ensure that its business-critical information networks operate reliably and securely, 24x7.

On 31 December 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence began tracking a new botnet named Lethic, which has been sending an even mix of pharma and replica watches. The pharma websites linked to are all hosted in Beijing, the replica watch sites are all hosted in Seoul.

Australia’s Queensland Police Service is the first police force in the country to internally adopt Gemalto’s Protiva family of solutions to provide an innovative solution that strengthens access security and enhances operation management.

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In 2010, Vincent Goh of RSA anticipates security spending to continue to be strong in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia – and more targeted to address the security risks that come with the deployment of new technologies within the enterprise.