Latest security news.
Open source automates college net security, 05/19/06
Network managers at Middlebury College in Vermont have created an open source application that watches entries in log files, analyzes them and triggers actions such as alerting administrators, quarantining a user, or shutting down a switch port.
Microsoft to buy SSL VPN vendor Whale, 05/18/06
Microsoft plans to buy SSL VPN vendor Whale Communications, taking in-house a company with which it already had an alliance to blend Microsoft’s ISA Server software with Whale’s remote access, application firewall and access-control devices.
Revamped Symantec security client due next year, 05/17/06
Symantec is readying a new application for enterprise PCs that will integrate security and network policy enforcement technology the company picked up from recent acquisitions.
U.K. official advocates jail time for data trading, 05/17/06
Traders in illicitly obtained personal information should be jailed for up to two years, according to the U.K. information commissioner, Richard Thomas.
Blue Security waves white flag, 05/17/06
Israeli anti-spam firm Blue Security Tuesday said that it is ceasing operations after a crippling series of attacks launched against its services earlier this month by a Russian spammer named PharmaMaster.
High-tech Ireland, 05/17/06
While you may hear about multinational companies like Dell and Intel expanding their manufacturing facilities into Ireland, you almost never hear about the league of high-tech start-ups flourishing in the ’emerald isle.’
Verisign to buy SSL vendor for $125 million, 05/17/06
VeriSign said Wednesday it will purchase Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate provider GeoTrust for about $125 million in cash, a deal that will give VeriSign access to GeoTrust’s extensive reseller channel.
