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Feds Get Tough on Cybersecurity Weaknesses
The federal government is taking steps to toughen up the nation’s cybersecurity defenses by establishing new policies and an oversight group to direct security efforts and cut wasteful spending. According to a report in eWeek, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved legislation designed to give federal department CIOs more authority…
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McAfee Claims No. 1 Pure-Play Security Spot with Secure Computing Acquisition
With the acquisition of Secure Computing, McAfee is solidifying its spot as the world’s largest pure-play security technology vendor, positioning itself better against key competitors and opening a mother lode of new technologies to its channel resellers. McAfee will pay $465 million for Secure Computing, one of the oldest security companies in the marketplace. With…
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McAfee to Pay $465 Million for Secure Computing
BOSTON (Reuters) – McAfee Inc (MFE.N), the world’s No. 2 security software maker, said on Monday it plans to buy Internet security company Secure Computing Corp (SCUR.O) for $465 million in cash. The move gives McAfee a suite of software, services and hardware products to protect hackers from getting past the perimeters of computer networks.…
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Cisco, VMware Switch Up Virtual Server Networking
Having trouble networking and securing virtual machines? You won’t have to wait long before a new technology is available that solves that problem. VMware and Cisco Systems announced a jointly developed Cisco Nexus 1000V, a software switch designed to make easy work of networking, manage and secure virtual machines. The software switch, announced…
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Reynolds Resigns from Trend Micro Channel Chief Post
Nancy Reynolds, the face of the North America channel at Trend Micro for the last five years, unexpectedly resigned from the number-three software security company to become vice president of world wide channel sales at Palo Alto Networks, a firewall startup. Trend Micro—which boasts a channel program of nearly 12,000 partners—was quick to react to…
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Information Security Top of Mind for IT Professionals
Is information security a top concern for you? What about your customer’s information security? If the security of your computer network data is your top network-related concern, you are not alone. A new web poll of IT professionals and IT consultants conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) revealed that network data security/information security…