Dennis Fisher

Microsoft is working on a set of security upgrades for Windows Server 2003 that executives said will deliver on the companys promise to make its products more secure by default and give enterprises more options for locking down servers. The security capabilities for the companys flagship server operating system are due to be included in […]

The intrusion prevention market was once the province of a smattering of small players, all fighting to make a name for themselves and attract the attention of customers and potential acquisition partners. That strategy worked for many companies, and Network Associates Technology Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. now stand as the top two IPS vendors, […]

Chris Klaus, the founder of Internet Security Systems, has decided to relinquish his role as chief technology officer, but is staying on with the company in the newly created position of chief security adviser. Chris Rouland, formerly the director of the X-Force security research team, is Klaus handpicked successor as CTO. Klaus founded Internet Security […]

Hoping to cash in on the current environment of fear surrounding regulatory compliance and the problem of insider compromises, security information management vendor ArcSight Inc. this week is unveiling a new product that employs data-mining techniques to identify threats and attacks that typically slip through the nets of firewalls and intrusion detection systems. “The point […]

When indications of a worm exploiting the LSASS vulnerability in Windows surfaced April 30, the staff at Microsoft Corp.s Security Response Center didnt hesitate; they knew exactly what to do. Within an hour of the first reports of the worm, which would later come to be known as Sasser, Kevin Kean was on a conference […]

CipherTrust Inc. on Monday plans to announce the latest version of its IronMail secure e-mail appliance, which will include the companys own “reputation service” to help stop spam and other unwanted messages from reaching end users mailboxes. The TrustedSource system, as CipherTrust calls the new technology, relies on data from a variety of sources in […]

A small cadre of vendors is set to release a new class of host-based security technologies that protect applications and processes running in memory. While many enterprises are still adjusting to the concept of signatureless defenses such as intrusion prevention systems, Determina Inc., a startup founded by a group of security-industry veterans, and Immunix Inc., […]

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and to law enforcement officials tasked with fighting criminals online, the skyrocketing number of cyber-crimes is a full-blown crisis. From the front lines, the call is for more of everything—more investigators, more funding and more attention from lawmakers and upper management. That call may finally be getting some attention. […]

Just weeks after stepping down as the companys CEO, Sanjay Kumar announced Friday that he is leaving Computer Associates International Inc. altogether. In a statement announcing the resignation, Kumar said that he felt that CA could not move past its recent accounting troubles and ongoing investigations by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange […]

Since its inception, the one big drawback to anti-virus software has been its reactive nature. Until a vendor sees at least one copy of a new virus, it doesnt know what to look for and therefore cant build a new signature to stop the new creation. So you end up with a Catch-22 situation where […]

Debating the relative levels of security in Linux and Windows is a favorite parlor game among open-source advocates, software executives and security experts. Each side bolsters its argument with numbers showing that there are more vulnerabilities in the other operating system or that their favorite OS has this or that security certification. But, just as […]

Bob Breeden isnt complaining, dont get him wrong. Special Agent Breeden, who heads the Computer Crime Division of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, in Tallahassee, feels fortunate to work in one of the few state police departments running a full-time cyber-crime division. With four other officers under his command and another 10 FDLE employees […]