For some people, November is all about festivity: turkey, cranberry sauce and the start of the long ramp-up to the December holidays. However, that’s not always the case if you happen to be in IT security. If you are, you know that November can be anything but festive — unless your idea of “festive” includes end-of-the-year network freezes, the inevitable holiday malware, spam out the wazoo, and, worst of all, the 2008 budget.