Beyond displaying an extensive slate of existing Linux products, vendors at this week's InfoSecurity show pointed to possible future offerings ranging from a Linux client for a CD-ROM encryption system to a Linux-enabled all-in-one device for securing both physical access and video surveillance.

In a sign of the growing convergence between information security and physical security, the InfoSecurity conference was combined this year with the East coast edition of the ISC show, another perennial event at New York City's Javits Center. Conference sessions tended to skirt matters specific to OS and interoperability, focusing instead on convergence issues such as organizational restructurings and information sharing, as well as on what general types of tools to deploy against the latest nuances in bots, pharming, and other cyberattacks.

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