If you're a nature enthusiast, you'd know that snakes hunt by 'seeing' the heat signature of their prey. It is probably the single most effective sense that betters the five senses combined. Similarly, thermal imaging is the technology behind a new series of surveillance cameras that will be able to detect people and incidents with greater reliability in difficult conditions, even in complete darkness.

In 2009, we saw tighter regulatory mandates, more remote workers and increased focus on data loss prevention. These trends will continue into the new year. Moving deeper into 2010, SonicWALL foresees these and more emerging trends affecting industries across the board.

Almost 20 years since the commercialization of the Internet, no business or individual could possibly function without it. But the World Wide Web is not without its flaws. The online threat environment has intensified in the last few years due an increasing pool of sophisticated fraudsters and the availability of new technologies that has facilitated such criminal activities. In this article, Geoff Haydon, Vice President, Asia Pacific, RSA, The Security Division of EMC, identifies the Top 8 forms of online attacks to watch out for in 2010.

The rapid evolution of Web 2.0 services and the parallel world of cybercrime is driving a revolution in the price that criminals charge each other for user credentials, says data security specialist Imperva.

Cybercrime in the area of wireless networks and the Internet is expanding geometrically. IT security breaches in recent years have highlighted the fact that compliance does not necessarily equate to being secure.

The loss of laptops, memory sticks, smartphones and other portable equipment storing private information is often inevitable; therefore, having an encryption solution on these devices is paramount to the security of today’s mobile society. Organizations, especially government agencies need to take a proactive approach to data security by encrypting and protecting all corporate data

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.

Internet architecture and operations community facing a 'perfect storm' of challenges, according to Arbor Networks' fifth annual infrastructure security report.

Organizations are not actively deploying prevention strategies. Research revealed that just 35% of workers feel that they are responsible for their own computer security when working remotely with 29% feeling no responsibility (IT dept does it) and 17% feeling it is a shared responsibility.

Not surprisingly, CA sees security in 2010 much the same as others. But it has a couple of alternate views as to why these threats would be more prevalent in its 5 predictions...