Latest security news.
Cisco launches IPS offensive, 02/14/05
Cisco this week will announce its presence as a player in the intrusion-prevention system market with five appliances and software that adds IPS capabilities to Cisco switches, firewalls and routers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405-cisco-rsa.html?nl
Identity software giveaway aims to increase demand, 02/14/05
Start-up Ping Identity is looking to jump-start demand for identity software by giving away its server that helps customers link access control systems across network boundaries.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405-ping-identity.html?nl
Drumbeat of security products to roll across RSA Conference, 02/14/05
The RSA Conference 2005 this week will be a showcase for product rollouts from established vendors and start-ups, with RSA Security, the show’s organizer, grabbing the spotlight to announce its authentication server will be offered in appliance form …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0214rsasecprod.html?nl
RSA: Microsoft, eBay, Visa form Phish Report Network, 02/14/05
To make it easier to identify and react to new scam Web sites, Microsoft, eBay and Visa Monday said they are launching a program to share information about online identity theft scams known as “phishing attacks.”
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0214rsa-mic.html?nl
Vendor layers-on spam protection, 02/14/05
Tumbleweed Communications last week introduced an appliance called MailGate Edge, a relay server that sits at the edge of a corporate network and deflects malicious e-mail-based traffic before it reaches internal systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405-mail-spam.html?nl
Novell unveils security appliance, 02/14/05
Novell this week is expected to launch a software-based security appliance for small and midsized businesses that will protect them from threats such as hackers, viruses, worms, spam and intrusions.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0214novellsec.html?nl
Microsoft acquisition adds to anti-virus, anti-spam arsenal, 02/14/05
Microsoft last week made another acquisition to strengthen its anti-virus and anti-spam strategy and signal corporate customers that it plans to increase protection for desktops and servers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405-microsoft-sybari.html?nl
Demo@15 spotlights security, 02/14/05
Emerging technology moves beyond the perimeter for securing data.
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2005/021405demomain.html?nl
Extending identity management’s realm, 02/14/05
With the security benefits and administrative efficiencies of user identity management coming into focus for IT leaders, some experts say those same benefits can be extended to routers, switches, applications, Web services and devices by creating a …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405specialfocus.html?nl
IPS gaining ground over IDS, 02/14/05
IT security managers say the dangers posed by computer worms and hacker attacks have compelled them to shift defenses from passively monitoring their networks to actively blocking attacks, even though legitimate traffic sometimes gets blocked.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/021405ids.html?nl
RSA: HP finds place for virus throttling, 02/11/05
New technology on servers and switches from HP will slow virus outbreaks on computer networks that use the HP products, the company said.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0211rsa-hew.html?nl
Weblog: Parents protest school RFID plan, 02/11/05
Parents in a Northern California town are up in arms over the school district’s mandate that their children wear RFID-equipped ID badges on school grounds. All students wear employee-like badges…
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/007680.html?nl
House of Commons passes U.K. biometric ID card plan, 02/11/05
The U.K. Parliament’s House of Commons easily passed a bill on Thursday to establish a system of potentially compulsory biometric identity cards and a central database of all of its citizens. However, the bill’s primary sponsor, the Secretary of State …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0211houseofco.html?nl
RSA Conference organizers expect busiest year ever, 02/11/05
Organizers of the RSA Conference in San Francisco expect a record number of attendees and exhibitors at this year’s show, underscoring the increased interest in computer security and security technology.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0211rsa-con.html?nl
Software CTOs call for U.S. cybercrime commission, 02/10/05
A group of CTOs from major software vendors on Thursday called on U.S. President George Bush’s administration to convene a national commission to address cybercrime and identification theft.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0210softwctos.html?nl
Newsletter: Positive Networks poised to gain ISP reseller for its VPN service, 02/10/05
Service provider Positive Networks is expecting a boost to its stature later this month when a large ISP – unnamed so far – resells its service.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/vpn/2005/0207vpn2.html?nl
Newsletter: ITIL offers help for network operations management, 02/10/05
Every network operations center needs to implement standards for the efficient and effective management and control of its people and resources to meet the needs …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/2005/0207sec2.html?nl
New program attacks Microsoft’s AntiSpyware, 02/10/05
One month after Microsoft released a beta version of its new antispyware software, security researchers at Sophos say they have detected the first malware program that seeks to attack it.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0210newprogr.html?nl
Sophos joins Cisco’s NAC program, 02/10/05
Anti-virus software company Sophos Thursday said that it is joining Cisco’s Network Admission Control program, according to a statement.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0210sophojoins.html?nl
RSA Conference news, 02/11/05
Latest news from the RSA security conference.
