Dennis Fisher

SonicWall Inc. and Certicom Corp. last week announced major layoffs and corporate restructurings, continuing a trend that has seen several major security vendors reshuffle their organizations in recent weeks. SonicWall, a Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of virtual private network and firewall appliances, plans to lay off up to 20 percent of its work force and take […]

As the threats to corporate networks continue to mount and attackers methods evolve, security vendors are turning to technologies that detect not just what attackers are doing but how theyre doing it. Okena Inc. and IntruVert Networks Inc. this week will announce IDS (intrusion detection system) products that eschew the traditional signature-based approach to intrusion […]

The Deceptive Duo, a Web defacement crew that has struck several government and banking sites in the last week, on Thursday defaced a site belonging to Gartner Inc., an IT research firm. As of 4:45 p.m. EDT Thursday, the site located at http://asiapac.gartner.com/press was still displaying the defacement. Gartner, based in Stamford, Conn., conducts research […]

An anonymous message on a security mailing list about credit card numbers flying through the air unencrypted has touched off a wave of hysteria over the security of the wireless point-of-sale terminals used in many large retailers. The frenzy has escalated to such a degree that Best Buy Co. Inc. this week decided to take […]

A new crew of Web vandals that has taken to defacing government and bank Web sites has hit several new, high-profile targets. The crew has posted a lengthy portion of a database apparently taken from a U.S. Geological Survey computer, which includes employees full names and passport numbers, as well as a bank database that […]

SonicWall Inc. and Certicom Corp., Tuesday announced major layoffs and corporate restructurings, continuing a trend that has seen several major security vendors reshuffle their organizations in recent weeks. SonicWall, a Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of virtual private network and firewall appliances, plans to eliminate as much as 20 percent of its workforce and will take a […]

Computer Associates International Inc. last week unveiled a product that company executives said they believe will bridge the gap between the electronic and physical security measures deployed in enterprises. eTrust 20/20 is a visual tool that gives systems administrators a detailed picture of their companys physical and network environments and enables them to see up-to-the-minute […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Computer Associates International Inc. is refocusing again, this time toward security. For a company with roots in mainframe and systems management software, its a risky gambit that industry insiders say will be hard to pull off. The security strategy is the latest shift for the company, which makes 1,200 products but is […]

Network Associates Inc. on Thursday said that it has discovered some accounting inaccuracies in its 1999 and 2000 financial statements and has begun an internal investigation into the matter. As a result, NAI will have to restate its results for these years, which also has led the company to withdraw its exchange offer for McAfee.com […]

RSA Security Inc. on Wednesday announced that it will cut 200 jobs and take a second-quarter charge of at least $8 million as part of a sweeping corporate reorganization. The job cuts come less than two weeks after the Bedford, Mass., company posted a loss of $13.7 million for the first quarter vs. a profit […]

A group of software and security vendors that is developing a standard for disclosing security vulnerabilities said it hopes to have a completed document ready for public inspection within a month. The Organization for Internet Safety, or OIS, which has been working on the standard for several months, submitted a preliminary version of the proposal […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday unveiled a new product that company executives believe will bridge the gap between the electronic and physical security measures deployed in enterprises. The product, called eTrust 20/20, is a visual tool that gives systems administrators a detailed picture of their companys physical and network environments and […]