Dennis Fisher

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in collaboration with scientists from several other universities and organizations, are designing a new distributed, self-healing Internet infrastructure that they hope will be resistant to attack and failure. The project, known as IRIS (Infrastructure for Resilient Internet Systems), aims to take some of the properties of current distributed […]

Netegrity Inc. on Monday released a new version of its flagship SiteMinder software, the first in a series of new releases the access-management vendor will announce in the next few weeks. The biggest addition to SiteMinder with the 5.5 release is support for federated identity management, including the SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) specification and […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday released a patch to fix three flaws in its Java Virtual Machine, one of which gives an attacker complete control of a users machine. The release comes 10 days after news of the vulnerabilities was posted to a security mailing list. The BugTraq posting discusses more than 10 flaws although the […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday will announce a broad security initiative that includes two new solutions, a new partner program, consulting services, training and the release of a new cryptographic technology. The new iForce Perimeter Security solution combines intrusion detection, anti-virus and other functionality and includes software from a wide variety of Suns partners, such […]

The White House on Wednesday released a draft of its cybersecurity plan, a document that many critics are already saying is too tepid and watered-down to have any real effect on the countrys network security. Richard Clarke, chairman of the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, has been planning for several months to release the National […]

Computer Associates International Inc. on Tuesday announced a new security console designed to integrate its various eTrust technologies and support the companys new “holistic” security strategy. The eTrust Security Command Center will pull together solutions from CAs new Identity Management, Threat Management and Access Management solution lines and display information in a portal-style console. It […]

The White House has decided to delay the release of its long-awaited cyber-security plan in an effort to gain more input from industry executives and government officials. Richard Clarke, chairman of the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, has been planning for months to release the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace Wednesday at a high-level event […]

Security vendors are responding to customer demands for technologies that can prevent attacks, instead of simply warn of their presence. Entercept Security Technologies Inc. and TippingPoint Technologies Inc. are both set to unveil IPS (intrusion prevention system) products in the coming weeks. And a trio of leading vendors—Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Okena Inc. and […]

Despite a year of unrelenting talk about the specter of cyber-terrorism, 30 percent of information security professionals responding to a new survey said their companies dont have adequate plans for dealing with security and cyber-terrorism issues. In addition, nearly 40 percent said their companies security policies and plans are not regularly reviewed by senior management. […]

After months of wrangling and back-and-forth offers, Network Associates Inc. on Friday announced that it has completed its exchange offer with McAfee.com Corp. The two companies expect to complete a special merger agreement, known as a short-form merger, after the close of the stock markets Friday. NAI executives said the company now owns 96 percent […]