Stories about: Surfcontrol

Websense has appointed Timothy Lee to a newly created position of vice president for the Asia-Pacific and Japan, another step in its aggressive strategy to take on its larger rivals Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro.

Mitigating network-borne threats has been an imperative to companies of all sizes and statures. As if malware and viral infestation weren't enough, today's corporations must contend with even bigger bugs, including regulatory compliance, information leaks, and intellectual property theft.

McAfee plans to deliver more scalable versions of its email and Web security appliances, designed for enterprise users.

IT security provider, SurfControl today opened its first Asia Pacific data centre in Sydney.

Websense's US$400 million buyout offer for rival network filtering specialist SurfControl should help position the two companies for short-term growth and possible acquisition in the future, according to market watchers.

Security software vendor, Websense, has moved to acquire competitor SurfControl, with a Websense subsidiary offering about $US400 million in cash for SurfControl.

The traditional signature-based method to detect viruses and other malware is increasingly seen as an insufficient defense given the rapid pace at which attackers are churning out virus and spyware variants. All of which raises the question: What's next?

Check Point has announced its first ever unified threat management (UTM) appliance, as it redoubles its efforts to gain a foothold in the SME sector.

Security company SurfControl has appointed David Lenz as vice president of sales.

With phishing scams masquerading like the flu and malware attacking from new fronts such as Websites, USB keys and mobile devices, IT security professionals are expected to be human firewalls. Throw in the need to regulate compliance over new and encrypted communication channels like IM or P2P, plus the security concerns of Vista and its easy to see why IT security management is getting tougher. Richard Cullen, distinguished engineer (who researchers emerging security threats and methodologies) from security software vendor Surfcontrol explains the concerns of today's IT security professional.

Sophos has released a Web filtering appliance for business users, one of several vendors adding the technology to their security product line-up.