Brian Prince

IBM has launched a new version of its Tivoli Identity Manager with an eye toward easing deployment and delivering on its promise of end-to-end security. With Tivoli Identity Manager 5.0, IBM delivers a major addition to its identity management portfolio, which is an important element of its security strategy for 2008, IBM officials said. “One […]

Microsoft is once again after resellers hawking counterfeit Microsoft goods worldwide. In the past several weeks, the software giant has filed 52 lawsuits against resellers who allegedly sold counterfeit Microsoft software on various online markets. Fifteen of the 52 lawsuits involved software traced to a Chinese counterfeiting syndicate, broken up earlier this year by Chinese […]

EnterpriseDB is expanding its Advanced Server product line with support for HP-UX 11i v3, Hewlett-Packard’s Unix operating system. Enterprise DB officials said the move extends support for a widely-used Unix platform. “As enterprises start to realize the benefits of EnterpriseDB Advanced Server, they are increasingly deploying the database in large, mission-critical OLTP [online transaction processing] […]

Alcatel-Lucent’s security strategy took another step forward Dec. 10 with the release of a new appliance aimed at protecting data and easing the strains of regulatory compliance through policy enforcement and access management, a move that will help such heavily regulated sectors as healthcare. The company’s OmniAccess 8550 Web Services Gateway takes on three key […]

Cisco Systems’ plan to tie together role- and identity-based access management has the company looking to make its own unique footprint on a tried and true path. Called Cisco Trusted Security—or TrustSec—the architecture leverages Cisco’s collection of routers, switches and Unified Wireless Network controllers to lay a foundation for authenticating users, assigning roles, enforcing access […]

When Chris Boyd, senior director of malware research at FaceTime Security Labs, stumbled upon a collection of stolen credit cards in a Warez forum, he saw something he didn’t expect—a photo. But not only that, the poster also listed his or her supposed location underneath his or her forum avatar. It was a first for […]

Grisoft has acquired Exploit Prevention Labs in a bid to extend its protection against Web-based threats. Grisoft is behind the AVG suite of security products. The merger, made for an undisclosed sum, gives the company Exploit Prevention Labs’ experience in safe surfing technology. Officials at both companies said they hope the acquisition will give them […]

Measure and manage are the two words database administrators and their teams key in on when it comes to performance. Those words also are the focus of Database-Brothers, a 2-year-old company trying to make headway in the database performance tool market by helping DBAs understand—and get value from—performance metrics. “The database performance market is crowded,” […]

Cisco is targeting data centers and transaction-heavy networking environments with its new high-performance intrusion prevention system. Cisco IPS 4270 is designed to deal with high-density traffic loads, offering up to 4G-bps performance for media-intensive environments with Web-based content and video. For networks with many transactions such as e-commerce and VOIP (voice over IP), the new […]

Panda Security is arming customers with new software—Panda Security for Business Version 4.02SP1—that takes advantage of its “Collective Intelligence” strategy. The Madrid-based company is bringing the Collective Intelligence approach to bear with integration between the latest version of Panda Security for Business and Malware Radar, an on-demand service that provides an automated malware audit for […]

Trend Micro has re-branded and released Provillas flagship data leak prevention product suite with a new emphasis on user education as well as additional platform and application support. Keeping an eye on studies showing many data leaks are the result of accidents by employees as opposed to hackers or malicious insiders, Trend Micro designed Trend […]

Data storage and security provider Symantec Dec. 3 completed its acquisition of Vontu, a San Francisco-based maker of data loss prevention software. The purchase price was $350 million in cash and assumed options. Symantec’s deal to buy Vontu, announced Nov. 5, comes after a busy few months in the DLP sector. Security rivals McAfee and […]