Dennis Fisher

Application security vendor Permeo Technologies Inc. on Monday will unveil version 5.0 of its Application Security Gateway, which includes a new Web-based console and improved PKI support. Version 5.0 of the gateway also introduces support for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), which is used in a number of applications, including voice over IP and some […]

In an extraordinary move, the National Security Agency has purchased a license for Certicom Corp.s elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) system, and plans to make the technology a standard means of securing classified communications. As part of the $25 million agreement, the NSA can grant sublicenses within a limited field of use. This most likely will […]

Network Associates Inc. on Thursday reported earnings of $0.06 per share on revenue of $226.9 million for the third quarter. In the same period last year, the company earned the same amount on revenue of $232.2 million. The Santa Clara, Calif., company has had a tumultuous year thus far, including two major acquisitions, the launch […]

VeriSign Inc. on Thursday reported a loss of $0.13 per share on revenue of $268.1 million for the third quarter. In the same period in 2002, the company had a net loss of $0.34 per share on revenue of $301 million. The bulk of the companys revenue—40 percent—came from the Internet Services Group, which includes […]

Symantec Corp. on Wednesday posted earnings of $0.49 per share on revenue of $429 million for its fiscal second quarter, a substantial increase over the $0.33 per share it earned on revenue of $325 million in the same period last year. The company also announced that its stock will split two-for-one next month. Company officials […]

Security, engineering and public policy experts at Carnegie Mellon University are joining together to form a new lab at the school dedicated to researching and developing new security technologies. The new organization, known as the Carnegie Mellon CyLab, will include representatives from the schools engineering, computer science and public policy departments, as well as personnel […]

Two of the largest security vendors in the industry are getting together to offer an all-in-one security appliance, and in so doing will join what is already a very crowded market segment. Network Associates Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies Inc. on Monday announced a new partnership under which NAI will contribute some of its […]

With vulnerabilities in its newest—and supposedly more secure—products piling up and users growing more frustrated with patches and updates, Microsoft Corp. is launching an effort to re-energize its Trustworthy Computing campaign. The Redmond, Wash., company began the initiative two years ago as an internal push to improve the security of its products. Since then, much […]

Network Associates Inc. this week will unveil the details of its enterprisewide intrusion protection strategy, including the rollout of a new product. The new strategy relies on technologies and products that the company obtained through its recent acquisitions and is based on the concepts of host- and network-based intrusion protection. The first new product to […]

Symantec Corp. on Monday announced that is has agreed to acquire SafeWeb Inc. for $26 million in cash. SafeWeb is a small security vendor known mainly for its appliances that feature SSL VPN technology. This is the second purchase of an SSL VPN (Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network) vendor in the last few weeks. […]