Friday | 8 August, 2008
Stories by: Ellen Messmer
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Conference bios show funny side of security 06/08/2008 09:52:03
What's so funny about information security? A lot if you read some of the bios that security experts have written about themselves in the official Black Hat conference guide. A tip of the Black Hat to the funniest excerpts from the official bios: - +
Symantec buys nSuite for virtualization security, management 06/08/2008 08:22:41
Symantec is acquiring nSuite Technologies for an undisclosed price to build out its portfolio of virtualization security and management technologies. - +
McAfee outlines DLP integration strategy with Reconnex 05/08/2008 09:57:10
With McAfee buying data-loss-prevention vendor Reconnex for US$46 million in cash, the question now is how will McAfee move forward in the future to bring the Reconnex product suite into its portfolio, especially with the overlap in DLP products between the two? - +
Jericho Forum: Visionaries with a visibility problem 05/08/2008 11:12:00
The Jericho Forum, a group created in 2004 by IT security managers convinced that firewalls and other perimeter gateways had become a hindrance to e-commerce, made quite a splash with its rallying cry of "de-perimeterization." - +
Black Hat/DefCon: Welcome to the funhouse 01/08/2008 08:09:30
The Black Hat conference and its post-event, DefCon, promise to be a security funhouse in the coming week, as experts in Las Vegas seek to shock and amaze by poking holes in today's network technologies. The Web, wireless LANs, routers and desktop software may all look different reflected in the Black Hat/DefCon hall of mirrors, where security vendors will be revealing their hacker sides. - +
Study: Web sites, open source, social networking at risk 30/07/2008 09:58:36
IBM and Websense are separately issuing their semiannual security trend reports this week, and the picture isn't pretty for Web sites, open source software and social networking programs. - +
Study: Companies need to address telework security 30/07/2008 08:28:41
Allowing employees to work from home and telecommute poses security and privacy risks that are not being addressed adequately by business or government, according to a study released Tuesday by consulting firm Ernst & Young in partnership with the Washington-based advocacy group Center for Democracy and Technology. - +
Open-source software a security risk, study claims 22/07/2008 08:39:15
Open source software is a significant security risk for corporations that use it because in many cases, the open source community fails to adhere to minimal security best practices, according a study released Monday. - +
Insider threat looms as San Francisco crisis plays out 17/07/2008 07:54:00
The unfolding cliffhanger in San Francisco this week -- in which a city network administrator has been arrested for allegedly holding the network hostage -- represents an extreme example of the insider threat that IT security vendors and others have been sounding the alarm about for years. - +
Hunt for the elusive rootkit 'Rustock.C' revealed 17/07/2008 08:56:53
Rootkits are software code designed to hide from detection. So Kaspersky Lab's hunt for the elusive Rustock.C rootkit, rumored to exist for almost two years, reads like a detective plot. - +
IT spending tight at investment firms 11/07/2008 08:40:56
There's nothing like a global credit crunch to get the corporate mind to focus on what really matters when it comes to spending on information technology. For financial-services firms caught in the middle of the subprime-mortgage fiscal storm, there's also pressure to make every dollar count.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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