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ComputerWorld的Mary K. Pratt发表了其关于2007年安全技术走向的分析，列举了其看好的五大安全技术。它们是：

1. Identity management systems.
2. Smart cards used to provide secure access to networks.
3. Content and e-mail filtering software.
4. Transparent encryption.
5. Voice-over-IP technology.

看完Mary的分析后，我倒是觉得XML的安全技术实在是比上述五种安全技术的更为基本的技术。XML的分析与控制、基于SAML的认证鉴别、VoiceXML的安全控制等与上述五大安全技术息息相关。

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Five Security Technologies for 2007

January 01, 2007  (Computerworld) -- Data integrity tools and systems topped the list of the most critical technologies for 2007 among the IT executives who participated in Computerworld’s Vital Signs trends survey for the first quarter of 2007.

Their plans for 2007 mirror a marketplace trend: As IT executives place data recovery and business continuity planning, as well as data security and privacy, at the top of their priority lists for the year, they expect that technology will drive many of the upcoming initiatives.

Here are what some IT leaders consider five key technologies for the new year:

1. Identity management systems. Having a centralized repository and management system enables organizations to better know who has access to what, says Jonathan G. Gossels, president and CEO of SystemExperts.

2. Smart cards used to provide secure access to networks. Bruce Brody, vice president for information assurance at CACI International, says federal employees and contractors will be moving toward these cards over the next several years, and they will integrate them with identity management systems.

3. Content and e-mail filtering software. These applications can help alert security executives to breaches in protocol — such as workers e-mailing unencrypted Social Security numbers. The applications could either block, encrypt or quarantine such information, says Scott Laliberte, global product lead for the security assessment practice at Protiviti.

4. Transparent encryption. Some hard-drive manufacturers are adding this feature so that data stored on hard drives is automatically encrypted, Laliberte says. Meanwhile, companies are using software that automatically encrypts information on laptops and in e-mails so that users don’t have to take any extra steps to do so.

5. Voice-over-IP technology. This, combined with the growing reach of broadband, is allowing companies to develop more comprehensive business continuity plans that will allow employees to work from home during a crisis, says Darryl Lemecha, CIO and senior vice president of shared services at ChoicePoint.