IBM ISS engineers in C|EH training
A group of over 90 engineers from IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) India recently completed the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) program. The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) program ought to provide knowledge of different hacking tools and methodologies to engineers, who deploy this knowledge to test and improve the capability of products that they are offering to global customers of IBM ISS. more…
Berlin, Germany based Auconet presented Port Security Manager 2.0 at the SC World Congress in New York City. The solution ought to be the first IEEE-802.1X-compatible network access control management solution for vendor-independent high-level security in complex heterogeneous networks. According to Auconet the network management platform offers extensive security mechanisms and resource administration with pinpoint inventory function in real time. more…
Employees plan to spend nearly two full working days (14.4 hours) on average shopping online from a work computer this holiday season, according to a survey conducted on behalf of ISACA, a nonprofit association of 86,000 information technology (IT) professionals. One in 10 plans to spend at least 30 hours shopping online at work. Convenience (34%) and boredom (23%) are the biggest motivators, according to those polled. more…
Portwise announces the availability of the latest version 4.8 of the Portwise Identity and Access Management product suite. The version 4.8 ought to provide optimized, secure application access together with versatile authentication services for organizations and enterprises, thus enabling customers to securely embrace the promises of cloud computing. The new release is focused on extending application support, enabling digital signatures and extending cloud security options. more…
Scansafe today announced that it has been ranked as the worldwide market leader in SaaS Web security, according to influential market research firm IDC. New data within the recently released Worldwide Web Security 2009–2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares report show that Scansafe holds over 30 percent of the worldwide SaaS Web security market – more than four times the market share of any other named vendors, including Websense, Blue Coat and Symantec. more…
The popular practice of embedding shortened URL into Twitter tweets, Digg posts and other social networking communications is being threatened by hackers who use the anonymity of these URLs to hide poisoned web pages. According to AVG it’s Link Scanner is the only security tool available today that can detect the presence of these poisoned web pages, because it tests the destination of each URL link in real time and does not rely upon blacklists that become outdated as soon as they’re created due to the ever-shifting locations of malicious websites. more…
As interest in Google’s Wave technology – the online giant’s successor to old-fashioned E-Mail – peaks, so hackers and scammers will inevitably ride the coat tails of Wave Web searches and attempt to divert Internet users to malicious and infected sites, says data security specialist Imperva. more…
With Kaspersky Open Space Security Release 2 (KOSS Release 2) Kaspersky Lab announces the release of an updated line of it’s corporate products. The new line includes the latest version of Kaspersky Administration Kit (a centralized management tool) and three applications designed to protect workstations and servers running under Microsoft Windows. The tools ought to offer better protection and improved performance for corporate users of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. more…
Solera Networks and Trusted Strategies have released the results of a survey on network forensics. The survey found that an overwhelming number of companies have recently experienced or expect to experience a significant network security breach within the next 36 months. more…
In its Third Quarter 2009 Security Threat Summary F-Secure Corporation reports on major security developments, including leaner and more secure operating systems, the growing importance of safe search results, cybercriminals exploiting social networking websites and celebrity deaths and the re-emergence of past mobile threats. more…
