Security Conference 2004 to Address Threats and IT Solutions in Dublin and London.Driven by ongoing concerns about viruses, worms Worms (vôrms), city (1994 pop. 79,155), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. It is an industrial city and a leading wine trade center. , and breaches, European corporations have continued to invest in IT security solutions despite an uncertain economic environment and the skepticism skepticism (skĕp`tĭsĭzəm) [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic position holding that the possibility of knowledge is limited either because of the limitations of the mind or because of the inaccessibility of its object. surrounding new investments. To help enterprise buyers evaluate the latest security threats and solutions, IDC will host Security Conference 2004 Ireland on September 23 in Dublin and Security Conference 2004 U.K. on September 24 in London. Comment: SoBig, Slammer A worm that caused a billion dollars worth of damage on the Internet on January 25, 2003. Slammer infected computers all over the Internet by generating random IP addresses and causing the computer's buffer to overflow with its own instructions that replicate itself and start the process , Nachi, Bugbear, and Blaster--2003 was clearly a year of too many high-profile outbreaks,' said Thomas Raschke, program manager of IDCs European Security Products and Strategies research and speaker at IDC's security events in 2004. 'Beyond this typical threat environment, enterprises also have to deal with an onslaught of 'enlarge and reduce' spamming See spam. spamming - spam , lingering lin·ger v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers v.intr. 1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See Synonyms at stay1. 2. corporate productivity concerns, and potentially image- shattering legal liability issues. Against this background, improving IT security is a top priority for most European organizations. www.idc.com Contact the Editors e-mail at e-patterson@btconnect.com |
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