Virtual lockdowns: It may be the buzzword du jour, but conversations and conjectures about the future of virtualization need to take into account the need for security, says Tom Yager in this week's Ahead of the Curve column. How dangerous are the theoretical risks that Tom proposes? And how much faith do you put in virtual security tools (Roger Grimes has made his concerns known already)? For your viewing pleas Virtual lockdowns: It may be the buzzword du jour, but conversations and conjectures about the future of virtualization need to take into account the need for security, says Tom Yager in this week’s Ahead of the Curve column. How dangerous are the theoretical risks that Tom proposes? And how much faith do you put in virtual security tools (Roger Grimes has made his concerns known already)? For your viewing pleasure: Check out our newest video, an SOA-focused interview with Oded Noy, CTO of Zag.com filmed at the recent SOA Executive Forum. Zag uses SOA as the underpinnings for its online car-shopping and financing business, and Noy has some interesting advice on the real-world hurdles he encountered during deployment. If you want a closer look at Zag’s SOA project and more nitty-gritty details, we’ve also got an in-depth case study that should fill the bill. Deja vu all over again: Well, it appears that Office 2007 and Vista have been cracked – that didn’t take too long. And IE still has its own problems, as this phish-off with Firefox suggests. Are Microsoft’s efforts “good enough”? An interview with Steven Toulouse of the MS Security Team Unit suggests that changes have been made in terms of how the company approaches security — and this week’s Patch Tuesday weighed in at a relatively light six patches. Should be interesting to see how Longhorn’s security stacks up… Technology Industry