IT Security

DeviceLock prevents data leakage from Weblight

By deploying data loss prevention technology from DeviceLock, lighting company Weblight can avoid data leaking from user end points such as mobile devices and USB attached equipment

08 July 2008: DeviceLock

NCP customers unaffected by XP discontinuation

Concerns of enterprise security policies with the withdrawal of XP support don’t affect users of NCP Engineering products according to the company

08 July 2008: NCP Engineering

Enterprise wide IT protection for construction firm from Sophos

Calfordseaden to deploy Sophos Enterprise Security and Control across its operations at five UK locations and its central IT base in London

08 July 2008: Sophos

British Peer joins PGP advisory board

PGP gains the expertise of House of Lords member with experience in dealing with computer crime and digital forensics

08 July 2008: PGP (GB)

Content management software specifically for schools

NetSupport School 10 delivers powerful use based content management to enable flexibility, security and safe surfing in a classroom environment

08 July 2008: Netsupport Software

Remote attack on ATM communications leads to large financial loss

Phion recommends the use of secure VPN communications between ATM dispensers and central servers after Citibank loses out to financial fraud

07 July 2008: Phion

Firmware from Cyberoam features additional URL filtering features

With URL filtering and reports on HTTP document uploads, Cyberoam upgrades its firmware to include more web filtering capability

07 July 2008: Cyberoam

Secure gateway for IPv4 and IPv6

Translation gateway for different web protocols developed by Oki with full security functions

07 July 2008: Oki Electric Industry

Web 2.0 drives business success according to IDC report

Worklight endorses opinion that Web 2.0 adoption by businesses represents a growing trend with more corporate sites using this technology than ever before

07 July 2008: WorkLight

SQL injection warning for MS ASP users

Active Server Page users are being warned by Fortify of vulnerability which can result in SQL injection attacks

07 July 2008: Fortify

Laptop Guardian distribution in UK by VCOMM

VCOMM signed up by Alcatel-Lucent for UK distribution of OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian for the protection of corporate data on the move

07 July 2008: Alcatel-Lucent

Asia Pacific region gains new Complinet head

Head of Complinet’s Dubai operational centre promoted to Managing Director of the Middle East and Asia Pacific region for the company

07 July 2008: CompliNet

Medical device manufacturer opts for multi-threat protection from Fortinet

Fortinet supplies DJO with firewalls, intrusion prevention appliances and the full range of threat protection software

07 July 2008: Fortinet

Webroot supports charities through innovative employee programs

By matching employee donations to registered charities and supporting volunteer days for the workforce, the Webroot Giving Programme demonstrates its commitment to charitable organisations

07 July 2008: Webroot Software

Orange ISP users top the spam recipient rankings

With 44000 spam emails each day, Stagecoach buses employee and Orange ISP customer is grateful that ClearMyMail prevents it from getting through to his inbox

04 July 2008: ClearMyMail

ATM hack puts banking customers at risk

With US hackers having found a way to crack PIN codes for cash machines, GrIDsure proposes hardware independent one time authentication to protect bank accounts

04 July 2008: Gridsure

Fourth of July holiday exploited in video spam

E-mails claiming to direct users to videos of US holiday celebrations contain Storm worm putting users at risk of infecting their computers

04 July 2008: Sophos

Huge losses of laptops at US airports put unencrypted data at considerable risk

Recently published statistic that 10000 laptops a week disappear from US airports raises levels of concern over unprotected confidential or sensitive data held on such devices.

03 July 2008: Credant Technologies

Built in copy protection for JetBox range

Auto-run encryption option for SD cards enables users to specify copy protection settings to prevent data loss

03 July 2008: Korenix Technology

Databarracks helps recover enterprise storage network after large scale data corruption

Major building group gets back on its feet after massive e-mail and database failure across enterprise SAN with the help of engineers from Databarracks

03 July 2008: Databarracks

City awards technology recycling company

Los Angeles recognises the work of computer equipment recycling operator, Electronic Recyclers International

03 July 2008: Electronic Recyclers International

PCI assurance audit qualification for MIS CDS

UK organisations wishing to become compliant to the payment card industry data security standard can now turn to MIS Corporate Defence Solutions for compliance auditing

03 July 2008: MIS Corporate Defence Solutions

URL filtering added to network security product

Malicious content and web based proxies filtered out from company network access using Cyberoam firmware

03 July 2008: Cyberoam

Report on using Web 2.0 technology for competitive advantage

The risks and benefits of using Web 2.0 technology in a corporate environment are highlighted in a report published by IT Governance

02 July 2008: IT Governance

eBay fine a signal to step up activity against software theft

FAST backs working with online auctions to prevent the elicit sale of counterfeit software which costs jobs for smaller software houses

02 July 2008: The Federation Against Software Theft