Finally, the biggest network equipment vendor has realized that access control lists do not a security policy make. Cisco last week unveiled a wide-ranging plan to protect networks, with help from security giants Network Associates, Symantec and Trend Micro. But this week industry watchers are left wondering – what happens if you want to use products from other vendors? Cisco’s security plan eyed warily http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124ciscosec.html?net
Finally, the biggest network equipment vendor has realized that access control lists do not a security policy make. Cisco last week unveiled a wide-ranging plan to protect networks, with help from security giants Network Associates, Symantec and Trend Micro. But this week industry watchers are left wondering – what happens if you want to use products from other vendors?
Cisco’s security plan eyed warily
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124ciscosec.html?net
Wanted: Flexible IT pricing
Fluor Corp. CIO Ray Barnard says the technology for on-demand computing is out there – and he wants his vendors to get on board. Mainly he likes the pricing, which is tied to how much computing resources his company uses. That was only one of the demands made by users at the AMR Research executive conference last week.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1124amr.html?net
Q&A: Check Point CEO elaborates on upcoming products
Check Point last week announced it will introduce two products by mid-2004 that will address Web security and internal network security for businesses. Called Web Security and Internal Security, these two product families can be deployed independently or integrated with current Check Point products such as VPN-1/Firewall-1. In an interview with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene, Check Point’s Chairman and CEO Gil Shwed gave some flavor of what the new products would include.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1121shwedqa.html?net
For security ask yourself… what would Microsoft do?
Despite taking a beating in the press and from customers for security holes in its products, decision makers at Microsoft appear to think the company still has something to teach the world about computer security.
