Kaspersky And Sophos Top Security Vendor Survey
The annual InformationWeek security survey finds wiggle room for lesser-known vendors in large IT shops, but it's a lack of mobile device security strategies that should raise eyebrows.
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Security Is Falling Short When It Comes To Dealing With Growing Cyber Attacks
The total number of network breaches is on the rise, although data loss from cyber attacks has decreased significantly. Customer records continue to be a primary target for attackers, comprising 89% of...
Riverbed’s Granite Virtualizes Branch Office Storage
When Riverbed and others brought WAN acceleration to the market around the turn of the century, many of us hoped that with WAN acceleration we could pull the servers, and the headaches they cause, from...
Encryption Key To Evolving Data-Centric Security Model
With data access no longer restricted to the four walls of the enterprise (or branch) and 9-to-5 business hours, enterprises that have traditionally relied on a perimeter-based approach to security are...
Sourcefire Uses Big Data Analytics To Stop Malware
Cyber security vendor Sourcefire's latest product uses big data analytics methods to search data to discover patterns in malware attacks and intervene to stop them. The release of FireAMP comes the same...
F5 Networks ‘Fixes’ Data Center Security
Arguing that multiple point appliances intended to secure a network only add to complexity without providing the intended protection, F5 Networks is introducing what it calls a Data Center Firewall to...
Port 80 Report Highlights Network Risks
If IT security professionals think they are protecting their organizations from Web application-related threats by securing Port 80 on their network--the firewall port through which Web traffic passes--they...
Brocade Acquisition Rumors Resurface
Brocade Communications is reportedly in negotiations with a private equity firm for a potential acquisition, Reuters said this week. According to reports in the financial press, the storage and networking...
Security 2012 Outlook: Brace For New Types Of Attacks
Each time enterprises manage to thwart one type of cyber attack, the criminals develop a new strategy. A recently released security forecast from Cisco Systems identifies the new threats to watch out for...
Security 2011: Attack Of The Human Errors
Some household names in enterprise and consumer technology suffered the embarrassment of having been hacked by cybercriminals in 2011. RSA, of all companies -- the IT security division of EMC -- had to...
