IT security is an aspect of the modern world that no business can afford to ignore. As advances in technology have progressed, security threats have kept pace and become more dangerous. The good news is that the solutions are evolving also, and a current security plan involves a complex mix of tools.

Daniel Blum, Senior Vice President and Group Research Director with Burton Group begins the Catalyst 2005 conference's discussion of IT security issues. Blum explains that security has to be an integrated aspect of enterprise - reaction is not sufficient in today's climate of risk and compliance issues.

Blum points out that security is subordinate to business needs, but a real assessment of threats need to be done in order to manage risk. He also reminds listeners to take a realistic view of security - the risk of an insider subverting processes is more likely than a hack attack. This talk provides an overview of security issues facing enterprise today.

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Daniel Blum is Senior Vice President and Group Research Director with Burton Group. He is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, directory services, federated identity and electronic messaging. He has authored or co-authored over 50 vendor-neutral research reports, technical positions, and methodologies/best practices within technology focus areas and consults for many Global 1000 companies on key strategic architecture and technology decisions.

Mr. Blum has served on International Standards Organization (ISO) and National Institutes of Standards (NIST) committees. He is a columnist for Network World, a co-author of The E-mail Frontier, published by Addison-Wesley, 1994 and author of Understanding Microsoft Active Directory Services, published by Microsoft Press, 2000. He speaks at prominent industry conferences including Catalyst, I4, Networld+Interop, RSA Conference, Digital ID World, Information Security Decisions, and many others.

Resources:

• Burton Group Catalyst Conference

This program is from the Burton Group Catalyst series.

For Team ITC:

• Description editor: Darusha Wehm
• Post-production audio engineer: Jay Yeary