Recent Articles
-
At Websense, Layoffs and Executive Shakeup
After a tough earnings call last week, Websense announced yesterday that it plans to cut 5 percent of its roster in order to adjust to the slumping economy. “We have been aggressively managing our expense structure during the recession without any reduction in personnel costs,” said Kate Patterson, vice president of corporate communications and investor…
-
InfoSec Spending to Focus on Application Security in 2010
As organizations begin planning their 2010 budgets, many have targeted application security as a top priority for the coming year, according to a new report from The InfoPro released today. The New York-based research firm released its Information Security Study following thorough interviews with 246 security professionals at Fortune 1000 organizations and midsize enterprises in…
-
NIST Releases New Federal Security Control Catalog
The National Institute of Standards and Technology yesterday rolled out the first installment of what it hopes will act as a unified information security framework for the entire federal government. Brought forth in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), the draft of…
-
Symantec Adds Web Gateway Security to Protection Suite
Symantec today announced the integration of Web Gateway 4.5 into its Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition following the company’s April acquisition of Mi5 Networks. The latest improvement to the Symantec suite adds a new tier of anti-malware technology to the existing anti-virus engine that is meant to better protect users from botnet and Web 2.0…
-
Health Care Unprepared to Secure Digital Health Records
A new report on the state of security within health care shows that these organizations are unprepared to meet the increased risks to their information in the wake of coming requirements by the federal government to push adoption of digital patient records. Released last week, the 2009 Global Security Study for Life Sciences and Health…
-
McAfee Sports MSP Status After MX Logic Buy
McAfee agrees to buy security vendor MX Logic for $140 million to bolster its software-as-a-service business. The deal follows McAfee’s recent announcement that it will be looking to expand its SAAS footprint among enterprises. McAfee announced July 30 that it has agreed to purchase security vendor MX Logic for $140 million to help build out…