Hey all, Mike here. I've been thinking of switching from my current antivirus and firewall solutions, so it's a good thing I checked out the MediaConnect Security Summit 2005 in Singapore last week. IT security vendors came together to discuss how to beef up the Asian digital fortress.

Samantha Bond lookalike Samia Rauf of Workshare discusses where the next missile's coming from.

MessageLabs' Andy Lake estimates the number of bugs per line (5-50 per 1,000) in Windows XP's forty million lines of code. You do the math.

McAfee's Nigel Stewart shows us why multilayered security...

...is really nothing new.

Let's play visual charades! Guess what's on that screen. For the answer, click here.

SurfControl's Matthew Gyde, protecting Asian workers from pr0n.

No, the biohazard symbol in the sixth crosshair does not mean SurfControl now kills germs and controls genes. Matthew says it represents viruses. But yes, as the fifth crosshair implies, Clippy is evil.

I asked VeriSign's Ed Eliff which portal best protects it's users identities. His reply: "Would you really trust a search engine with your private information?". He was last seen battling the Googlebot with Sarah Connor. Check out VeriSign's presentations, In or Out and Who Are You?

PureHacking's ex-cop Rob McAdam does penetration testing for his clients. Stop snickering. His most l33t haxx0r was simulating an extortion attempt on a financial institution.

Joey Alarilla (left) concurs with Joel Pinaroc that Internet attacks getting more targetted, with even the blogosphere now at risk. Erwin Oliva (right) predicts IT security as regulatory compliance, APAC catching up in IT security outsourcing, and VoIP hacking.