McAfee, Inc. and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced a global alliance partnership to jointly deliver new solutions that ought to offer more comprehensive security to both companies’ customers. Together, McAfee and Adobe will deliver an integrated Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Enterprise Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution to expand the reach of data protection beyond the enterprise boundaries. more…

According to Gartner the worldwide security software market will total $14.5 billion in 2009, an 8 per cent increase from 2008. In 2008, it grew at 19 per cent, and Gartner anticipates the market to grow 13 per cent in 2010 as revenue will total $16.3 billion. In Europe, the security software market will total €3.2 billion in 2009, representing 7 per cent growth from 2008. more…

Software testing and quality management company AppLabs announced that it will host a live Webinar entitled ‘Security in the Cloud’. The thirty-minute event will take place on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT / 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT / 8.30 PM – 9.00 PM IST. Interested users can register online. more…

IT security and data protection vendor Sophos announced that its industry-recognized anti-malware technology Sophos AntiVirus will be offered free for one year to HP Integrity server customers who select Sophos for protection against viruses and malware threats. Unlike many vendors’ anti-malware solutions, Sophos is said to support all platforms that run on HP Integrity servers – HP-UX 11i v1, v2 and v3 on Itanium, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and OpenVMS 8.3 on Itanium – in one all-inclusive license. more…

Access Data announced the release of Silent Runner Sentinel, a next generation network forensics solution engineered to deliver large-scale security functionality. Silent Runner Sentinel enables the forensic collection of network data at full gigabit network speed. The original Silent Runner product collects network traffic at 100 MBit/s and will still be available. Silent Runner Sentinel ought to deliver true enterprise security capabilities: monitoring, capturing and analyzing network traffic on a large scale. more…

Califonia based M86 Security announced the availability of Web Marshal 6.5, a secure Web gateway product that ought to enable organizations to address three key business issues: Web threat security, Web access control and data leakage prevention. According to M86 Security Web Marshal 6.5 is the first product to fully integrate technologies from the former Marshal and 8e6 Technologies. With this release, M86 Security introduces Tracenet, a Web threat security service, along with several other new features and upgrades. more…

Kwikset Smartcode with Home Connect

Kwikset, a Black & Decker company, at CEDIA Expo 2009 (booth No. 6135 , Sept. 10-13, 2009) in Atlanta announced the availability of its remote access control solution Smartcode with Home Connect Technology. These keyless entry electronic locks are developed for interoperability with home automation and security systems, can communicate wirelessly with other devices in the home and ought to deliver a variety of access control options for residential security. The lock allows to check door lock status, automatically arms and disarms security systems and initiates customized scenes upon entrance and exit. more…

Bochum, Germany based G Data is warning of a current marked increase in infected files in peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing services. Since the beginning of the week, the percentage of infected files has almost tripled. According to analyses carried out by G Data Security Labs, a lot of malware is circulating in software warez, maps for navigation devices, ringer tones, videos, and music recordings. With a share of more than 90 percent, Torrentreactor.net clearly exceeds Torrent.to and The Pirate Bay when it comes to malware infections. more…

Nuremberg based mobile and communication security specialist Certgate in cooperation with the informatics centre of the (mutual) savings bank organization SIZ now extends secure mobile business transactions to Blackberry devices. The Certgate Smartcard Micro SD with its built-in cryptographic chip enables Distributed Electronic Signature (DES) with EBICS through a secure SSL connection. The technology had been introduced for Windows Mobile based devices earlier in 2008. more…

Long Crendon, England based Thales today announces Safe Sign Single Sign On, the latest addition to the Safe Sign strong authentication and ID management product line. Safe Sign Single Sign On (SSSSO) ought to deliver simplified strong authentication for organizations concerned with increasing security threats, rising help-desk costs and management problems of multiple and complex passwords. more…