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IN THIS ISSUE:

• 5 Best Practices for Measuring IT Security: How to use metrics to improve security practices, make buying decisions, and prove security ROI.
• Bots Outpace Humans: Humans were responsible for only 41 percent of network traffic; bots made up the rest, according to a recent study. What does this mean for your applications?
• Half of Retail and Healthcare Sites Are "Always Vulnerable": Finding vulnerabilities in custom Web applications isn't the major problem; fixing them in a timely fashion is, a WhiteHat Security report finds.