As our lives increasingly straddle the physical and the virtual worlds, the management of identity becomes increasingly crucial from both a business and a social standpoint. John Clippinger, Kaliya Hamlin, and Reid Hoffman examine how online identity can foster relationships and deepen value creation. They discuss OpenID, including how America Online has chosen to adopt it, and answer questions related to such issues as anonymity and restricting information.

Sony's Blu-Ray defeats HD-DVD, but will downloadable movies make that victory moot? On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, targeted trojan horse attacks are a growing security threat and have expanded the spyware vocabulary. Also, an interview with Ash Nehru of UnitedVisualArtists on their interactive light exhibits.

Since data is the raw material of the information economy, it is increasingly important that it is properly controlled by organizations. Data governance is a quality control discipline for assessing, managing, using, improving, monitoring, maintaining, and protecting organizational information. Steven Adler, Program Director of IBM Data Governance, joins Phil and Scott to discuss the increasingly important issue.

"Practice safe VoIP," is Dan York's appeal to the new entrants in the digital telephony landscape. In a spicy, fictional anecdote, CISSP's Director of Emerging Communication Technology cleverly reveals the possible security vulnerabilities VoIP networks are amenable to. Like all happy tales, in the end, the bad guys lose; VoIP security tools are to the rescue. But in real life, Dan warns, the potential threats are only increasing.

Jeff Jonas of IBM explains enterprise intelligence by using his experience providing security in the gambling industry. When data is kept in separate silos, important connections can be overlooked. Jeff outlines the method he uses to manage connections in multiple large datasets.

Can consumers and social networkers trust the security and privacy of information they share on line? How can companies manage their brands to earn customer confidence? Lise Buyer moderates this astute panel of experts from business, the law and academia as they look at what it means to be trustworthy in the digital age.

While the Internet is quickly becoming an indispensable part of our lives and business, it still remains a challenging environment to achieve a secure and private experience. In this moderated panel from the Trust Online Conference, Lise Buyer leads an insightful discussion of trust with the help of an extremely qualified panel. Scott Charney, Mozelle Thompson, and Dr. James Ransome share their experience while addressing some of the fundamental challenges of managing risk on the Internet.

Honeypots have demonstrated immense value in Internet security. Virtual honeypots share many attributes of traditional honeypots, but you can run thousands of them on a single system-making them easier and cheaper to build, deploy, and maintain. Thorsten Holz, co-author of the book Virtual Honeypots: From Botnet Tracking to Intrusion Detection, joins Phil and Scott to discuss the book and how the concept can assist in thwarting Internet malware. He talks about how they can be used for both protection and analysis.

In The Book of Risk, Dan Borge writes that "the purpose of risk management is to change the future, not to explain the past." The subtitle of Andrew Jaquith's book is "Replacing Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt" and that is a clear description of the purpose of security metrics. Phil and Scott are joined by Andrew, as well as Daniel Geer, Vice President and Chief Scientist of Verdasys. The group discuss the concepts and purpose of metrics in security management, as well as Jaquith's book.

Virtual booty has become more important to some online game players than feeding their real bodies in the physical world. Deb Radcliff, veteran online security writer and Vice President of Publishing for The Security Consortium discusses what is happening now that criminals have started to take advantage. In addition to discussing how the ability to monetize booty began, she identifies who the criminals are and what methods they are using to accomplish their acts.