With each passing day it’s becoming clear that law enforcement organizations are gaining more insight into the cybercriminal community.

There’s no better example of how much IT security is still considered an afterthought than the whole shift to agile application development. In theory, agile application development is a major business boon because it dramatically increases the rate at which new application and follow-on updates are delivered.

As security researchers look for patterns to all the various types of attacks that were launched in 2011, there is one glimmer of optimism that should warm the hearts of IT security administrators everywhere.

It’s hell week for many IT security professionals: Not only did Microsoft issue its usual raft of “Patch Tuesday” security updates, one of which involved a critical flaw to the Windows Media player, but Adobe Software also issued several updates as part of an ongoing process to address fundamental security issues.

There’s nothing quite like the simultaneous announcement of hundreds of mobile computing devices to draw one's attention to IT security issues. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week is playing host to the launch of a raft of mobile computing devices, ranging from ultra notebooks and smartphones that will run Windows 8 to prototype devices that run the Linux distribution from Canonical.