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September/October 2008

Features October 2008 Guest Editors' Introduction Virtualization and Security: Back to the Future Samuel T. King and Sean W. Smith The guest editors of the special issue on virtualization introduce the topic space.

Departments October 2008 Secure Systems A Life or Death InfoSec Subversion Camilo Viecco & Jean Camp Details about failures of complex and well-implemented information-based attacks on systems are extremely difficult to obtain. However, here the authors examine a real-life analogue—an information attack on a highly complex security system, that of the Colombian guerrilla group FARC. This operation included a man-in-the-middle attack, targeted denial of service (DoS), and authentication subversion. The attack on FARC's communications structure is interesting not only because of its electronic and analog components, but also because it was a life or death matter. October 2008 Privacy Interests Cross-Border Data Flows and Increased Enforcement Peter McLaughlin As information flows become more international, the regulation of those data flows is enforced more frequently at the national or local level. The challenge for companies is that consistent rules among regulators are unlikely while penalties and audits increase.

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