Stories about: Foundstone

In a previous column, I revealed how the vast majority of computer security threats facing your environment live on the client side and require end-user involvement. Users have to be socially engineered to click an item on their desktop (an e-mail, a file attachment, a URL, or an application) that they should not have. This is not to say that truly remote exploits aren't a threat. They are.

McAfee will pay US$60 million to acquire Citadel Security Software, a producer of security compliance products that ensure corporate employees are using assigned IT policies.

As companies migrate to New Data Center architectures, it stands to reason that they'll look at a wide range of vendors with new tools to help. Here are seven promising products.

Vulnerability management starts with tools that assess security in network gear and applications, but it's a road that forks, one way leading to host- or agent-based scanners and the other to network-based or agentless scanners.

Vulnerability management technology allows companies to choose which threats are most urgent and which IT assets take priority for protection.

Attackers are no longer bothering to attack average Linux systems, because there's so much more money to be made from invading Windows, according to security researchers.

Recognizing that Google's search engine can become a repository for far too much information, McAfee this week released an updated version of its Foundstone SiteDigger security tool that helps enterprises identify damaging information that may be exposed on the Web.

From the corporate boardroom to the enterprise data center, the 50 men and women on this list exercise power within the network industry to one degree or another. Some have the clout to sway the world's technology decisions, while others command attention within vertical industries, particular market segments or simply -- though not inconsequentially -- within their own organizational domains. We have ranked each of our 2004 power-brokers based on such stature, as well as on the person's visibility and the ways in which the person functions as a role model. To see how these 50 fit together, we've aligned them by category as well, from the titans to the standards-setters.

The newest version of the MyDoom virus suggests to security experts that the much-anticipated Zero-Day attack may have already arrived.

A pair of vulnerability-assessment and remediation tool vendors are separately upgrading their products so that customers more easily can prioritize which networked systems need to be fixed.

Melbourne's Monash University has implemented a vulnerability scanning system to get a clearer picture of potential threats across its 25,000-node network used by more than 50,000 students and 5000 staff.