Here is an interesting video about malware and threat management. It is from DeepSec2007, an indepth security conference that took place in Europe this past November. Here is an excerpt from the description:

In this talk we will address the main challenges to be solved in order to build an automatic, global network which can perform early ... all » warning, automatic classification and analysis of malware and exploits as they propagate, or are used, worldwide. We all know of honeypots, early warning systems, and the Internet Storm Center: what are the missing pieces before we can really observe the tidal waves of malware and exploit the knowledge gained?