Dennis Fisher

Firewall and VPN giant Check Point Software Technologies Inc. on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $0.23 per share on revenue of $106.3 million. Although revenue was up slightly from the $103 million reported during the same period in 2002, earnings per share fell from $0.25. Company officials attributed the drop to an increase in the […]

Network Associates Inc. on Monday will unveil the details of its enterprisewide intrusion protection strategy, including the rollout of a new product. The new strategy relies heavily on technologies and products that the company acquired through its recent acquisitions and is based on the concepts of both host and network-based intrusion protection. This new plan […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday issued its first scheduled monthly security update as part of its new patch-management strategy. The October release contains patches for five new vulnerabilities in Windows, four of which are considered critical. Microsoft is touting the monthly security updates as a way to give enterprises more time to test and install the […]

CHICAGO—Where does the security buck stop? All of the certifications and training in the world wont make any difference to the security of corporate networks if senior managers and top executives dont understand the problems and requirements faced by security professionals, a consultant and former CIO said in a Wednesday keynote speech here at the […]

IBM is in the early stages of crafting a new strategy around its security products and services that company executives believe could change the application development process, as well as alter the way enterprises buy and deploy security wares. The plan calls for bringing security technologies together to form a common infrastructure layer into which […]

The three top financial executives at Computer Associates International Inc. resigned under pressure Wednesday after preliminary findings of an investigation by the companys board found a host of accounting irregularities related to the way CA booked revenue several years ago. Ira Zar, CAs chief financial officer; Lloyd Silverstein, senior vice president of finance; and David […]

NEW YORK—IBM on Wednesday announced a wireless LAN security solution that combines some new technology with a set of services from the companys consulting division. The announcement signals an increased interest in the wireless security market from IBM, which has until now focused most of its security efforts on the PC and network segments. But […]

A day after one of its main rivals announced a major acquisition, Check Point Software Technologies Inc. on Tuesday will unveil a line of VPN appliances designed to expand the companys presence in the small and medium-size business space and open up a new revenue stream. The VPN-1 Edge boxes are also Check Points first […]

Verisign Inc. has crafted a sweeping new security strategy that pulls data from the companys expansive stable of customers and disseminates it to each in an effort to help customers prepare for, and even prevent, network breaches and hacks. The strategy, known as Security Intelligence and Control Services, will combine several of VeriSigns services to […]

As the fallout from the firing of a security researcher over his authorship of a controversial paper continued last week, other researchers and security experts said the incident could cast a pall over their work, making it difficult to speak their minds on important topics. A security researcher and scientist with more than 30 years […]