Latest security news.
FaceTime secures distributed enterprises’ use of IM, 09/04/06
FaceTime Tuesday announced a new version of its security and management software for IM communications designed to accommodate distributed workforces.
Privacyware going corporate, 09/04/06
Privacyware next month is scheduled to unveil a management platform for its personal firewall that will make the desktop- and laptop-based software suitable for deployment in corporate networks.
Banks under gun to bolster online security, 09/04/06
Federal mandate spurs banks to try out new security technologies.
Network World Video: Protecting online transactions, 09/04/06
How does your mental fingerprint give you away online? And how can it help you protect online transactions? Find out from Verid CEO Kevin Watson in this week’s Network World Hot Seat.
Opinion: From Russia, with luck, 09/04/06
Your global business partners may not have the same network security concerns you have – if they have any at all. On a recent 10-day sojourn in Eastern Europe, I learned a great deal about that region’s take on security. It is definitely not the same …
Quantum cryptography demo is a security first, 09/01/06
Northwestern University researchers have joined forces with BBN Technologies to demonstrate what they are calling the first truly quantum cryptographic data network.
Opinion: Phishers get fancy with Lamborghini e-mail scam, 09/01/06
Gee, I thought you were supposed to give something made of iron or wood on your sixth wedding anniversary, not a Lamborghini.
Q&A: ISS founder on IBM and beyond, 09/01/06
Internet Security Systems (ISS) last week entered an agreement to be acquired by IBM for $1.3 billion in cash, a deal expected to close by the end of the year. Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer recently talked with Chris Klaus, founder and …
GAO report critical of federal banks’ security, 09/01/06
The Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C., Thursday issued an information security report critical of the Federal Reserve banks’ computer systems and networks that are used in selling Treasury notes at auctions.
