Cisco has made available a free iPhone app that can be used to receive over a dozen security-related information feeds in customizable form related both to Cisco products and to general security topics, such as newly detected threats.
The Federal Aviation Administration says that it has fixed a computer glitch responsible for flight delays across the United States, although it says that possible flight delays may still be in the cards.
The U.S. Defense Department is expanding its exclusive arrangement with McAfee, whose security software is at the heart of the military's cybersecurity efforts.
In a conversation with Computerworld today, Heartland CEO and Chairman Robert Carr blasted VeriFone's lawsuit and its suggestion that Heartland is incapable of supporting VeriFone customers.
It’s not a very good day when a security report concludes: Disruptive cyber activities expected to become the norm in future political and military conflicts. But such was the case today as the Government Accountability Office today took yet another critical look at the US federal security systems and found most of them lacking.
A new report from a mobile security vendor details how the most popular smartphones, including the iPhone, are very vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, carried out via public Wi-Fi connections.
There's a groundswell of frustration about today's endpoint security, as well as worries about how newer technologies such as virtualization or cloud computing will impact it, according to a new study.
Start-up InZero Systems Tuesday makes its debut with a security service that promises to protect PCs from possible malware, intrusions and other types of attacks.
I've noticed a disturbing anecdotal trend in talking to enterprise customers lately, and some recent IDC numbers I just stumbled across seem to back it up. The unfortunate movement is away from corporate-liable mobile phone models and towards individual-liable setups, where employees procure their own wireless devices and services and may be reimbursed for their expenses by their employer.
I've noticed a disturbing anecdotal trend in talking to enterprise customers lately, and some recent IDC numbers I just stumbled across seem to back it up. The unfortunate movement is away from corporate-liable mobile phone models and towards individual-liable setups, where employees procure their own wireless devices and services and may be reimbursed for their expenses by their employer.
Blue Coat on Monday unveiled new Web gateway security appliances that the company says achieve higher throughput and scalability compared with its earlier products.
HP and 3Com fit remarkably well together when considering the target markets that drove them together in this week's blockbuster $2.7 billion deal: core Ethernet switching and China. But most of the rest – low-end, SMB and edge switching, plus wireless networking – faces considerable overlap.
At a recent media event, SAS CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight spoke with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how businesses did -- and didn't -- take advantage of BI during the downturn and how the economy has changed the playing field in the BI market.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S.
Georgia Tech researchers have received a $450,000 NSF grant to boost security of iPhones, BlackBerries and other smartphones and the wireless networks on which they run. And it’s those networks where the researchers are really zeroing in.
While surveys about security usually end up telling us about how bad people feel, a global survey released Tuesday indicates there's substantially less anxiety about Internet security, personal safety and national security than there was six months ago.
There is a new kid in town in the world of botnets - isn't there always? A heavyweight spamming botnet known as Festi has only been tracked by researchers with Message Labs Intelligence since August, but is already responsible for approximately 5 percent of all global spam (around 2.5 billion spam emails per day), according to Paul Wood, senior analyst with Messagelabs, which keeps tabs on spam and botnet activity.
In the prior newsletter, we raised the question of whether the time is here – or past due – for moving email from local PCs back to the network. This time we want to continue the discussion by looking at some of the key questions that need to be addressed.
In the prior newsletter, we raised the question of whether the time is here – or past due – for moving email from local PCs back to the network. This time we want to continue the discussion by looking at some of the key questions that need to be addressed.
No one reading this column needs general references to news about the economic difficulties we are living through in the United States and elsewhere. Just the other day, I spoke with a long-time friend and colleagues from the information security field who used to earn a decent living as a much sought-after consultant; last week he canceled his business telephone line to save money. He's looking for a permanent job.
No one reading this column needs general references to news about the economic difficulties we are living through in the United States and elsewhere. Just the other day, I spoke with a long-time friend and colleagues from the information security field who used to earn a decent living as a much sought-after consultant; last week he canceled his business telephone line to save money. He's looking for a permanent job.