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Security specialist Trend Micro and Dell team up to help cost-conscious businesses keep their data safe with the Worry-Free Business Security Services solution.
The disruption of the Pushdo botnet has not stopped spammers, despite nearly two-thirds of the botnet's command and control servers being taken out of commission.
Security researchers at Zscaler say many organizations are leaving themselves open to corporate espionage via the WebScan feature included in HP's all-in-one printers.
One core tenet of demilitarized zone (DMZ) design is to segregate network devices, systems, services and applications based on risk. Because of this, it's crucial to carefully plan and design a DMZ because it may not be easy to fix major flaws in the DMZ's design once it's live. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Michael Hamelin explains how to design a secure DMZ for your enterprise.
Twitter has migrated to OAuth for authentication, meaning third-party apps will no longer have to store and send user credentials over the Internet when the application is used.
Hackers are routinely using social network sites and basic searches to find biographical information on corporate executives. And once they have that information, they're targeting these executives with personalized email messages designed to compromise computers, gain access to the network, and steal corporate information. Smarter Technology reporter, Ashley Daley, discusses the nature of these attacks and what you can do to avoid being the next phishing victim.
Trend Micro is moving ahead with its virtualization and cloud security strategy with new anti-malware technology for virtual environments and encryption key management for the cloud.
News Analysis: Countries from India to the UAE don't like secrets, especially when they're held by their own citizens, but banning BlackBerry is shortsighted and futile.
CA Technologies has agreed to pay $200 million to add Arcot Systems' anti-fraud and authentication technologies to its identity and access management portfolio.
Intel is making a push into the Internet-connected mobile device space with its purchase of Infineon's wireless chip business, whose customers include Apple, Nokia and Samsung.
New research from AVG Technologies ranks the countries where Web surfers come under attack the most. Topping the list are places such as Turkey and Russia. But the countries with the least attacks may surprise you.
With Facebook Connect being abandoned in its favor, and a new draft specification before the IETF, OAuth is shaping up as the cornerstone of identity management for cloud-based applications and services. eWEEK Labs Senior Analyst P. J. Connolly looks at what's behind the seamless access to services on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
The value of conventional password policies is doubtful; users will always be the weakest link in IT security. Perhaps it's better to add remediation to the existing arsenal of firewalls, strong passwords and VPNs, and admit that your security measures, no matter how closely they adhere to best practices, can be bypassed by a motivated intruder.
Proofpoint's Protection Server operates either as a Web service with nothing to install on the client end or as a hardware appliance that can be installed on the customer's premises.
Software vendors have been making their products more secure and have been providing tools and best-practice guidelines for application developers to improve security.
The 2009 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report offers insider knowledge based on forensic investigations of 90 confirmed breaches in 2008. Now anyone with an hour to spare can look over a beta version of the framework used to collect the data. IT managers and business executives alike can use the newly released Verizon Incident Sharing Framework to begin a security review with the goal of avoiding being one of the statistics in 2010.
VIPRE Enterprise Premium combines high-performance antivirus, antispyware, and a client firewall into a single agent so you get comprehensive endpoint malware protection with low system resource usage.