THE ITWEB SECURITY SUMMIT, which comes just one week after Symantec`s ninth Internet Security Threat Report, is under way as I write this. THE ITWEB SECURITY SUMMIT, which comes just one week after Symantec`s ninth Internet Security Threat Report, is under way as I write this.

Security is on everyone`s lips, and at iWeek, we`re becoming experts in this complex and dynamic field.

We already have some of Kevin Mitnick`s insights in this issue, so turn to page 8 for our initial round-up, to be filled out with a full report back next week.

We follow up last week`s lead article on banks` EMV compliance with a look at the position of retail in the race to get ready.

Enlisting the help of retail solution provider UCS and the retail mass chains themselves, the writer provides readers with remarkable depth of insight into an arena heavily bombarded by enterprise IT vendors.

We know you will like Laura Franz`s closer look at the potential of blogging to make the life of shoestring marketers easier. But beware the wrath and vitriol of this breed they don`t like to be taken advantage of.

And then there are the regulation news stories, one with fascinating revelations on exactly how close Parliament and the Department of Communications are. Not very, we learn.

Another, also on Parliament, discloses what the recipients of underserviced area licences are doing with their R5 million grants. Again, not much, it appears.

Enjoy this week`s issue,Carel Alberts