Fire Eye, Inc. today launched a full line of inline network security appliances. According to Fire Eye they are capable of stopping the 90 percent of Modern Malware attacks that traditional intrusion prevention, Web filtering and antivirus products miss. more…

An survey announced today by Juniper Networks highlights that the majority (89 percent) of IT Decision Makers surveyed view IT security as crucial to their company’s success. According to Juniper the research findings also suggest that there is a link between this view of security as a business imperative and those companies that met or exceeded their financial targets in 2009. more…

Fire ID today announced Fire ID Transaction Verification, a new application that ensures only legitimate online transactions and payments are made. Providing a solution to the much publicized man-in-the-browser (MITB) and man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks which banks are experiencing, Fire ID’s out-of-band Transaction Verification application ought to generate a unique code on the end user’s mobile phone to verify the transaction details for online purchases and transactions before they are authorized. more…

McAfee Inc. today announced the release of its next generation firewall, McAfee Firewall Enterprise version 8. This new release ought to expand existing application protection delivered by McAfee’s enterprise firewall appliance product line, giving security admins visibility, recognition and policy enforcement over thousands of applications that are invisible to conventional firewall technology. more…

Zertificon Solutions has now equipped their ‘Z1 Secure Mail Gateway’ e-mail encryption solution with an ERP-Connector integrated into the administrative interface. The solution ought to be able to easily connect via web GUI to Active Directory and Lotus Notes as well as to other LDAP directories. Existing users and groups as well as client structures are now automatically synchronised with the solution. According to Zertificon this will make it even more efficient to run solutions – especially in enterprise environments – by using the simple ERP-Connector. more…

Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. (TSC) announced that the company is offering a free trial of its award-winning Security Blanket 4.0 product. According to TCS it’s the industry’s only automated operating system (OS) lock down, or hardening tool. Security Blanket ought to enable system administrators to configure and enhance the security level of operating systems including Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4 and 5, Cent OS versions 4 and 5, Solaris 10, Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, Novell SUSE 11 and Open SUSE 11, as well as Fedora 10, 11 and 12. Security Blanket also ought to support Linux on IBM System z. more…

Tenable Network Security, Inc. today announces the release of version 3.2 of the Passive Vulnerability Scanner (PVS). Tenable’s PVS is a passive technology that monitors network traffic and provides real-time vulnerability data to Tenable’s Security Center management console. In addition, Tenable’s PVS also collects real-time user and forensic activity on the network. more…

According to IDC’s EMEA Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 17.7 percent of all new servers shipped in EMEA in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09) were virtualized, an increase from 16.31 percent in 4Q08. Actual shipments increased year over year for the first time since 4Q08, rising 2.8 percent to 110,000 physical servers. more…

Armorlog International Limited announced that one of its Directors, Mr Louis Leahy, will present present the proof of concept software of a new, Australien Patent pending authentication technology, known as Variable Proprietary Character Set Multi-layered Login (VPCSML) at Worldcomp 2010. The Worldcomp Congress, hosted by The World Academy of Science, is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. more…

Sophos announced the release of version 5.50 of Sophos Safeguard Easy and Sophos Safeguard Enterprise that ought to provide customers with comprehensive security and data protection at reduced costs and complexity. In the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, the analyst firm noted: “Every company must include mobile data protection in its IT operations plan.” more…