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Cisco's free iPhone app grabs security feeds

Cisco has made available a free iPhone app that can be used to receive more than a dozen security-related information feeds in customizable form related both to Cisco products and to general security topics, such as newly detected threats. The Cisco ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Security service protects PCs from attack

Start-up InZero Systems Tuesday makes its debut with a security service that promises to protect PCs from possible malware, intrusions and other types of attacks. The InZero Secure PC service features what the company calls a "little black box" that, ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Phil Zimmermann,  Wesley Clark

Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks?

Network World - Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills;  they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals. That's a point made in McAfee's new report ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, ComputerWorld,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Security Agency,  Peter Hoekstra

Space agency eyes Amazon cloud for star data

Network World - The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a new scanning satellite to map the stars in our galaxy in more precise form than ever before, and researchers supporting the project, called Gaia, are evaluating whether Amazon's cloud ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, ComputerWorld,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle

Online users becoming less anxious over security, privacy

While surveys about security usually end up telling us about how bad people feel, a global survey released Tuesday indicates there's substantially less anxiety about Internet security, personal safety and national security than there was six months ago. ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Unisys

eEye scans for vulnerabilities, compliance problems

EEye Digital Security today unveiled a compliance and security management tool that can be used to ensure endpoint computers meet vulnerability-assessment standards required by various industry regulations.  The Retina CS Compliance and Security ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CA Inc.

Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices

Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, ending months of speculation about the future of its Monitoring, Analysis and Response System. ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.

Is the Cisco MARS mission going into abort on non-Cisco security devices?

Is Cisco freezing support for any new non-Cisco security devices in the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (MARS) appliance? Cisco isn't confirming it or denying it, but Cisco rivals claim they're hearing from Cisco customers that ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

HITECH Act: What you need to know about new data-breach guidelines

Healthcare providers and others handling sensitive patient data are now finding the stakes raised if they suffer a data breach because of a new law known as the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act," or HITECH Act. Passed ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  United States Department of Health and Human Services,  Federal Trade Commission,  PHI, Inc.

Symantec ties DLP software to third-party security tools

Symantec has updated its Data-Loss Prevention Suite so that if the software finds a data issue that needs fixing, it can apply third-party encryption and digital-rights management controls to the problem. Announced today, Symantec DLP Suite v. 10 adds ...

From ELLEN MESSMER, NetworkWorld,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Symantec,  Oracle,  Microsoft Corporation

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