Leading this latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: An account of the similarities between resolving the turn of the century's Y2K date problem with toughening security through IT modernization today.

In the report, you'll also hear (click on player to listen):

The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Tuesdays and Fridays. Be sure to check out our Oct. 25 and Oct. 28 reports, which respectively analyze the ways to thwart massive distributed denial of service attacks and evaluate new U.S. government guidance to prevent the hacking of automotive computers and electronics. The next ISMG Security Report will be posted on Friday, Nov. 4.

Theme music for the ISMG Security Report is by Ithaca Audio under the Creative Commons license.