IT Security

Open AT Security Plug-in provides M2M communication protection

Plug-In prevents jamming of tracking signals and enables secure wireless communications within the enterprise

29 April 2008: Wavecom

Complinet positions itself for further growth after record quarterly earnings.

Investment activity, key product releases and improved distribution results in strong year end for Complinet with forecasts for further growth in 2008.

29 April 2008: CompliNet

Recognition for Sourcefire CTO.

Founder of Sourcefire named as one of top 100 influential people in the IT industry by eWeek.

29 April 2008: Sourcefire

E-mail backup and archiving for Liverpool University.

Protection of vital documents and attachments for University of Liverpool achieved including offsite access with the implementation of Archive One from C2C.

29 April 2008: C2C Systems

Jail term for spyware using private investigators.

PI agency who used spyware as an industrial espionage tool have received prison terms in Israel after illegally gaining access to competitive information using spyware technology.

29 April 2008: Sophos

Partnership for two factor authentication over VPNs

Aladdin and Juniper join forces to offer secure remote access over VPNs using Aladdin’s eToken strong authentication solution.

29 April 2008: Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Web cam hacker faces charges in Canada.

Sophos warns home users to unplug their web cams when not in use to prevent being spied upon by hackers who take control of them.

28 April 2008: Sophos

Payment security guide available at VeriFone stand at Kiosk Europe.

Secure point of sale payment systems demonstrated at European event with information and advice available for all aspects of ensuring secure retail payments.

28 April 2008: VeriFone

Law company protects its information assets with DeviceLock.

Information protection for respected law firm enabled using DeviceLock for controlling access to USB ports, WiFi and other system endpoints.

28 April 2008: DeviceLock

Secure EPOS network upgrade for Somerfield retail chain.

UK Supermarket chain, Somerfield to upgrade existing Ethernet network to take advantage of the security features of the ES-3148 managed switch for protecting EPOS transactions.

28 April 2008: ZyXEL Communications

Scandinavian channel partnership for ArcSight

Swedish reseller to offer compliance and IT security expertise in the Scandinavian region as an approved partner of ArcSight.

28 April 2008: ArcSight

Tru-View web filtering technology leads to phenomenal growth for Bloxx

Focus on technological development and improvements to web filtering technology have led to 700% growth over three years for Bloxx.

25 April 2008: Bloxx

Simple and effective internet filtering for shipping agency

Easy to apply filtering policy and effective content based blocking enables Graypen to control employee online activity with ease.

25 April 2008: Bloxx

Internet content protection at Scottish school

Glasgow school stays ahead of pupil’s internet activities by deploying Bloxx Tru-View technology to prevent access to unsuitable web sites.

25 April 2008: Bloxx

Preventing inappropriate site access by blocking anonymous proxies.

Fears over the use by employees or students of anonymous proxies to bypass web filters can now be allayed by the use of Bloxx Tru-View software for content filtering which blocks access to anonymous proxies.

25 April 2008: Bloxx

Majority of businesses don’t use encryption on wireless networks.

Study by Network Box reveals that businesses are continuing to leave themselves exposed to data losses through not encrypting their wireless network transmissions.

25 April 2008: Network Box

Cool vendor accolade for GrIDsure

April Gartner report lists GrIDsure in line up of application security and authentication vendors.

25 April 2008: Gridsure

E-mail survey demonstrates workplace complacency.

British workers don’t meet corporate data protection standards when it comes to e-mail usage according to survey conducted by Sendmail.

24 April 2008: SendMail

Javascript injection attacks compromise high profile sites.

Infection of good reputation web-sites highlights the need for the right tools to protect against the growing number of sources of malicious code.

24 April 2008: Websense

International demand for Trusted Client leads to record growth.

Good financial results for BeCrypt derived from international expansion and continued highe levels of demand for the Trusted Client solution.

24 April 2008: BeCrypt

Internet security from BitDefender to hit the UK high street.

Distribution agreement with Focus Multimedia brings BitDefender technology within range of the domestic consumer.

24 April 2008: BitDefender UK

Small retailers suffer from cyber-crime

McAfee explains the predicament of small businesses which can also suffer at the hands of criminals engaged in credit card fraud, potentially putting them out of business.

23 April 2008: McAfee

JavaScript attack switches domains

Tracking of malicious code by Websense reveals new domain from which JavaScript attacks originate.

23 April 2008: Websense

Proximity of Olympics heralds themed attacks

Beijing Olympic theme penetrates all aspects of web security as Messagelabs tracks down different attacks based on the same theme.

23 April 2008: MessageLabs

Card crime threat on the rise for retailers.

With card crime reaching half a billion pounds last year, retailers are facing an uphill struggle in combating high street fraud.

23 April 2008: The 3rd Man