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Explores approaches which can be employed by business organizations to respond to computer network security alerts. Assessment of response to security breaches; Systematic way of dealing with the growing number of security alerts; Factors to consider when determining the appropriate response to security breaches.

The article focuses on the Security Intelligence Report released by Microsoft Corp. on April 17, 2013 which shows that the attack of the wormlike programs Conficker and Autorun declines in 2012 while Web-based attacks increase in corporate networks. It says that computers without anti-malware protection are at a higher risk of infection with malicious code. It mentions that the company recommends that anti-malware software and other security systems should be used in business networks.

The article reports on the challenges facing business enterprises concerning the implementation of cloud-based computing software in the U.S. It discusses the failure of the Simple Storage Service (S3), an Internet-based software offered by Amazon.COM Inc. on July 20, 2008 and the transformer explosion at the data center of 365 Main Inc. in July 2007 which affected the connections of various companies utilizing the software. It reveals that reliability and security are the common problems facing the use of cloud computing software. The author stresses that eliminating the use of software offered by outside service providers by businesses will help them address the security risks offered by Web-based software.

The article presents results of a study conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC on problems related to spyware. More than 500 North American IT security professionals were interviewed for the study. Majority of respondents said despite having technology and procedures in place to prevent and remediate attacks from spyware, their companies are facing problems related to spyware. Spyware is being built to steal personal information and is used for identity fraud. Larry Ponemon, chairman of the company and author of the study, said that anti-spyware capabilities of many packaged anti-virus products may not be doing enough to stop attacks.

The article reports that Trend Micro Inc. is preparing for a major product expansion that will introduce hardware, software and services that will move the company beyond its prowess as an anti-virus provider. The company is to introduce the new Inter- Scan Web Security appliance, a hardware-based version of the company's InterScan software, with anti-spyware, anti-phishing and content filtering feature, and is planning to release more multifunction security appliances later in 2006. Moreover, Trend is planning an aggressive expansion of its service-based offerings for business enterprises and consumers, including a fee-based version of its free HouseCall security scanning service and intelligence services to help Internet service providers fight compromised computer networks.

Presents tips and advisories in securing corporate server and client network from spyware. Necessity of granting user of set of system administration privileges required to get work done; Importance of delegating limited user accounts and software installation rights in the corporate settings; Efforts of Microsoft Corp. to make limited user accounts work more smoothly in its Longhorn operating system.

Security Profiling Inc.'s SysUpdate 4.1.4.4 and Policy Compliance & Enforcement 1.0 module promise IT administrators one-stop patch and security policy remediation across the enterprise. However, despite decent multiplatform support and some nice features, tests showed the SysUpdate PC & E package needs to mature before eWEEK Labs can recommend it. SysUpdate PC& E differs from Altiris Inc. and Patch-Link Corp. products by way of its modular security policy enforcement capabilities and burgeoning multiplatform support. Remote management console users have no way to see what jobs are being installed across the enterprise, nor can they predict what job will be scheduled next.

Reports on the security issues affecting corporate networks discussed at the Vulnerability Summit hosted by 'EWeek' magazine and Guardnet. Security threat from corporate management; Role of information technology managers with regard to security issues; Consequences of having unsecured networks.

Explores ways of preventing breaches in the computer networks of businesses. Extent of damages caused by security breaches in companies; Microsoft Corp.'s experience with computer hackers; Ways of responding to security breaches.