In 20 years integrated technologies — from biometrics to secure operating systems — will make the hacks of today nonissues. Within this same timeframe the United States will suffer at least one if not more major cyberattacks, attacks that will cost our nation billions of dollars and fundamental put at risk at least one or more elements of our society/economy. It will make 9-11 look minor.

With bad behavior comes more regulation and that means regulatory oversight will continue to increase and put more pressure on overworked security and compliance groups. Whether it's PCI, HIPAA (and successors), NERC/FERC, or FISMA, organizations of all shapes and sizes tend to have to deal with not one, but many regulatory hierarchies and multiple audits. In this "10 Minutes On" SC Magazine webcast, Mike Rothman, SVP of Strategy for eIQnetworks will discuss an approach to provide leverage in both security and compliance operations.

President Obama doesn't have to kick his BlackBerry addiction after all, the White House confirmed Thursday. The security concerns apparently have been worked out, even to the point where hackers will not be able to track Obama with GPS coordinates from the device. The president will be outfitted with a super-secure (and pricey) smartphone version. -- CAM