BT has won a host of accolades in recent weeks, including Best Global Carrier Award at the World Communication Awards 2005, a Telemark Gold Award for business IP services, a Frost & Sullivan award for customer service and topping the Dow Jones Sustainability Index - for the fifth year running.

Security wouldn’t be a problem in an ideal world. Hackers wouldn’t exist, applications would be bulletproof and people simply wouldn’t make mistakes. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world – so how do you go about securing your network infrastructure?

How do natural defence mechanisms provide the key to building more secure IT infrastructures? Scientists at BT’s research and development centre, Adastral Park, are engaged in a six-year research project to find out.