Dennis Fisher

SAN FRANCISCO—Bill Gates used his keynote speech at the RSA Conference here Tuesday to unveil a host of new technologies and features that Microsoft Corp. is preparing to drop into Windows in the coming months and years. Many of the revelations will come as bad news for the security vendors assembled here, as the worlds […]

As part of Microsoft Corp.s effort to re-launch its Rights Management Services technology, hardware security specialist nCipher plc. this week will announce that its HSMs have been certified by Microsoft for use with RMS, the only modules holding that distinction. The announcement is a big first step for Microsoft along the road to broader adoption […]

As overhyped technologies go, PKI was among the all-time greats. Five years ago, it was being touted as the cure-all for enterprise security woes and an absolute necessity for organizations of any size. But after years of failed pilot projects, maddeningly complex implementation problems and vendor flameouts, customers abandoned public-key infrastructure, and advocates of the […]

Despite predictions of Windows-eating superworms and fears of dozens of new vulnerabilities hitting the Internet every week, security experts say it could be some time before any real security problems arise from the theft of Microsoft Corp.s Windows source code. Many researchers said that they are intentionally steering clear of the code and will not […]

A new version of the Bagle virus is making the rounds of the Internet. Known as Bagle.B, the virus is a mass-mailer like the original Bagle, and it includes a component that notifies the author each time a new machine is infected. Anti-virus companies said they saw several dozen submissions of Bagle.B from customers early […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Blue Coat Systems Inc. on Monday expanded its lineup of security appliances with the introduction of the high-end ProxySG 8000. The new box runs on dual 3.2GHz Xeon processors and is designed mainly for installation in large central offices. The 8000 also includes a variety of storage options, up to 584GB on the box […]

RSA Security Inc. will unveil a finished version of its RFID “Blocker Tag” technology that prevents radio-frequency identification tags from being read. The technology, which RSA plans to demonstrate at its namesake conference this week in San Francisco, is one of the industrys first attempts to secure the anticipated oceans of consumer tracking data to […]

A new security start-up backed by the intellectual capital of perhaps the best-known security personality of the past five years is set to unveil its flagship solution at next weeks RSA Conference. Intrusic Inc. will be showing off its Zephon system, which is designed to pick up where todays existing security technologies leave off. The […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to unveil two new security services next week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, both of which are designed to help customers resist potential and ongoing attacks. The announcements will be a part of Hewlett-Packards big showing at the conference, which also includes a speech by Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Lawler, […]

As part of an effort to crystallize the thinking and product-development around the nascent area of Web application security, a group of vendors will announce next week the formation of a new consortium meant to help define and promote standards concerning application security. Founding members of the group include Application Security Inc., KaVaDo Inc., Sanctum […]

A new version of the Bagle virus is making the rounds of the Internet. Known as Bagle.B, the virus is a mass-mailer like the original Bagle and also includes a component that notifies the author each time a new machine is infected. Anti-virus companies say they have seen several dozen submissions of Bagle.B from customers […]

When Microsoft Corp. announced its intention to get into the digital rights management market, many industry observers —even some DRM vendors—figured that plan signaled the end of many independent DRM companies hopes. But one vendor, Authentica Inc., is going after Microsoft with its new Secure Office solution. The system uses strong encryption and user-defined access […]