IT Security

Anti spam certification for eSafe

West Coast Labs confers anti-spam certification on Aladdin eSafe as well as reporting on product performance

07 August 2008: Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Finjan trend report confirmed by payment card thefts

Theft of payment card details from US retailer indicates scale of organised fraud that exists as in IT security threat

07 August 2008: Finjan Software

Clientless endpoint protection for leading law firm

Pepper Hamilton lawyers choose Promisec Spectator for protecting corporate data from end point leakage

07 August 2008: Promisec

Greater compliancy for Linux systems

Security Blanket from Trusted Computer Solutions now includes compliance features for meeting PCI and government regulations

07 August 2008: Trusted Computer Solutions

Filtering for safe searching

Content filtering added to Network Box Unified Threat Management product to enable security assessment of sites returned from Google searches

07 August 2008: Network Box

DNS vulnerability protection from Nominum

By using Nominum DNS software, ISPs are providing their broadband users with protection against DNS vulnerability threats

07 August 2008: Nominum

Managed IT security services for Fender

Telecity Group to provide managed security as part of its hosted IT services to provide business continuity support to Fender Musical Instruments

06 August 2008: TeleCity Group

Webcam voyeur given custodial term

Cyprus hacker goes to jail for spying using hacked webcam and attempting to blackmail his victim into posing naked

06 August 2008: Sophos

Customer service improvements with Unisys support

Sourcefire clients in the Asia and Pacific region to be served by Unisys warehousing and customer support services

06 August 2008: Sourcefire

Application blocker ensures adherence to company application policy

By adding browser blocking to Endpoint Security and Control, Sophos has enabled companies to enforce their policy concerning preferred applications and prevent the unauthorised use of other browsers along with IM, games and other applications

05 August 2008: Sophos

Endoint protection to secure against data leakage

Sactuary Endpoint Protection and Data Protection Suite from Lumension Security prevents the leakage of corporate data from removable storage media

05 August 2008: Lumension Security

Real time web security reporting tool

Secure Web Reporter is a new tool from Secure Computing for optimising web performance and providing a real time secure web monitoring and reporting tool

05 August 2008: Secure Computing Corporation

Protection technology for cryptographic keys

Anti tampering technology from Arxan has result in TransformIT, a cryptographic key protection system

05 August 2008: Arxan Technologies

Rootkit and cyber security presentations by Core Security

Experts in security testing products to give Vegas presentations at the Black Hat USA conference on cyber security and rootkits

05 August 2008: Core Security Technologies

Core Impact now provides testing for a broader scope of businesses

In two variants, Impact Pro and Essential are able to provide a security testing environment that covers all computing environments for businesses of any size

04 August 2008: Core Security Technologies

Preventia added to expanding Proofpoint reseller network

New addition to list of resellers to provide customers with Proofpoint’s range of data loss prevention and e-mail archiving products

04 August 2008: ProofPoint

Application security testing drives strong annual growth

Double the orders for 2007 drive outstanding growth for Fortify, consolidating its position in the market of Business Assurance software

04 August 2008: Fortify

Thin client network exposures continue to grow

Poor implementations of Citrix networks are exposing organisations to a wide range of unnecessary vulnerabilities.

04 August 2008: Global Secure Systems (GSS)

National DNA database represents only a part of Government data security issues

InfoSecurity Europe online forum reveals data privacy issues are not as high with the national DNA database than with other databases which hold more useful information for data thieves

04 August 2008: InfoSecurity Europe

Secure information system business acquisition

Northgate buys into information security for government and public sector businesses with the acquisition of Anite Public Sector Holdings

01 August 2008: Northgate Information Solutions

Internet Security Suite trial to be bundled on Toshiba laptops

Laptops from Toshiba on the EMEA small business and consumer market to be bundled with free 30 day trial of McAfee’s Internet Security Suite

01 August 2008: McAfee

DLP acquisition for McAfee

Reconnex purchase by McAfee signals the IT security giant’s venture into the data discovery and data loss prevention markets

01 August 2008: McAfee

Parental tips for controlling summer internet activity of school-free children

With a staggering 84% of parents relying only on verbal agreements with their children for safe use of the internet, BroadBandChoices offers some practical advice for preventing children on holiday from becoming internet victims

01 August 2008: Broadband Choices

Teneros distribution partnership takes hold of European business continuity market

Reseller recruitment and training programme underway for Europe as Teneros enters the market for e-mail back up and business continuity systems

01 August 2008: Teneros

Unified Threat Management from phion M range

Product range from phion targets medium sized businesses requiring centralised IT security management with UTM

01 August 2008: Phion