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Netgear Offers VPN Firewall with DMZ at SMB Price Point
Netgear released a new firewall through the channel today that aims to give SMBs more robust and affordable protection at Gigabit LAN speeds. The new ProSafe 8-port VPN firewall offers remote access for small businesses with 10 or fewer users that is embedded with business-class network security. The IPsec VPN device comes equipped with eight…
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Four Ways to Add Value to Health Care Security Offerings
The Centers for MEDICARE and MEDICAID Services (CMS) released a report this week that documented findings from reviews it conducted last year of ten poorly-performing health care organizations’ HIPAA security compliance. The report documented the bad and ugly of health care security failings, with a number of recommendations springing forth from CMS review of organizational…
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New Card Readers Promote Physical-Logical Security Convergence
SCM Microsystems today announced that it will release to the channel a new set of smart card readers that are small enough to be carried on key rings, in pockets or in purses starting this month. The family of three new models are designed for connection through USB or Near Field Communication (NFC), giving clients…
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New Appliance Helps VARs to Offer SMBs Business Continuity
A small Las Vegas-based vendor today introduced to the channel a new business continuity appliance that it believes can make disaster recovery planning more accessible to SMBs and open up opportunities to VARs and MSPs in the process. XiloCore will roll out the X700 Business Recovery System exclusively through the channel. Designed to be deployed…
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Twitter Site Knocked Down in Hack Attack
(Reuters) – Twitter, the popular Internet micro-blogging service, said it is fending off a cyber attack that prevented people from accessing its website for several hours on Thursday. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said on Twitter’s blog that the site was the victim of a denial-of-service attack, a technique in which hackers overwhelm a website’s servers…