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Rethink security zones
Insight As IT professionals balance many responsibilities, they may omit certain fundamentals that are made easier in the current tech landscape through multiple layers of abstraction, virtualization and management. Rick Vanover suggests a rethink.
Tags: Security Management, Data security
Most security products flunk quality tests
News Nearly 80 percent of security tools fail to perform during initial certification tests, requiring two or more cycles of further testing, reports product testing firm.
Tags: Security applications/tools, ICSA Labs, Security Product, Verizon Communications Inc., Security, performance, Security Update, accounting, Security applications/tools
Smartphones: A bigger target for security threats
News As the iPhone, BlackBerry, and other devices become more popular, harmful software such as viruses and spyware is emerging to exploit their vulnerability.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Security applications/tools, Apple Inc., Phone, Security, software, mobile, handset, Smart Phone
IT security: Maxims for the ages
Techguide Roger G. Johnston of the Argonne National Laboratory's Nuclear Engineering Division attempts to enlighten the rest of the world about managing security.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security, Physical Security, security device, vulnerability assessment, Information Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, senior manager
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Windows Vista
Card security rules hinder virtualization
News Current guidelines for security card payment need updating as they conflict with virtualization practices and may hamper adoption of the technology, say industry experts.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Virtualization, Jason Pearce, bank, International Data Corp.
Firewalls failing to protect banks, says security expert
News Banks are spending more than they need on technology they would not miss, according to network security pioneer Nir Zuk.
Tags: Firewalls, Malware, Security, bank, network, Firewall Technology, Server, port number, security company, security technology
Govt red tape adds to security threats
News Bureaucracy and lack of sharing of data between countries impede efforts to address cybersecurity, but work is in progress to resolve issues, notes global industry body.
Tags: Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Howard Schmidt, Impact, Cybersecurity, Singapore, cyberthreats
S'pore looking to improve online security
News Monetary Authority of Singapore exploring new guidelines to enhance security for online transactions and credit card payments, says Visa exec.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Authentication, Security, credit card payment, bank, Authentication and encryption, Noka, Payment Structure
Is Firefox + Perspectives the most secure browser for TLS/SSL encryption?
Techguide Perspectives is a TLS/SSL encryption certificate validation tool that works even for self-signed certificates.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Certificate, Computer Associates International Inc., Security, SSL, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Web Browser
Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat'
News Symantec's analysis of fake security software over 12 months finds 43 million attempts to install some 250 programs, most of which were coded in English.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security, EMEA, Rogue Security Program, Security Software, Asia-Pacific, antivirus, Server
Secure remote firewall administration via SSH
Techguide Using Web-based component to configure firewalls may not be secure. Vincent Danen highlights another way.
Tags: Open source, Firewalls, Security Management, Authentication, TCP, Linksys Inc., network, firewall configuration, SSH, Web Browser
Reducing threats for Net-linked security cameras, ATMs
News ICSA Labs, which sets standards for commercial security products, has a new program designed to help companies keep hackers and malware off their networks.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, ATM, Security, Device, Server, managing director, Internet, camera
Cisco to buy cloud security firm for US$183M
News Cisco Systems plans to buy U.K. Web-based security software company ScanSafe, marking the third announced acquisition this month.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Web services, LANs and WANs, Acquisitions, Starent Networks Corp., ScanSafe, Security, software, Cisco Systems Inc.
Security: A brand owner's responsibility
News Businesses must intrinsically build safety into their products or services, and not include it as an afterthought, say experts.
Tags: Security, Alcatel, Web Service, enterprise security, security company, Paris, Lucent Technologies Inc., brand, Security, Web
