Recent Articles
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Zyxel ZyWall USG100 Brings Unified Threat Management
The word "firewall" conjures up all sorts of images, and therein lies the problem. That word has become a catchall for an abundance of security products, both software- and hardware-based, which can share very little in common. While the industry continues to struggle with the question of what exactly a firewall is, networking vendor Zyxel…
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Are Enterprises Ready for Biometrics as a Security Solution?
To hear some tell it, all signs are pointing to an era when biometrics will be a key element of authentication for enterprises. Just how close that era is depends on who you ask. For companies like UPEK, the time for biometrics is now. The company strategy has involved partnering with notebook vendors such as…
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Symantec Acquires Windows Security Vendor PC Tools
Symantec has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PC Tools, a provider of security and utilities software for Microsoft Windows. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close by the end of 2008, were not disclosed. Headquartered in Australia, PC Tools has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and the Ukraine.…
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Making Money on Security Assessments
In the early days of the security boom many customers required solution providers to give them a security assessment for free as part of the effort required to convince customers they needed a particular security product. But as the security market as evolved customers increasingly realize that security assessments are not a one time event.…
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Core Security Extends Impact Product Line
Core Security Technologies this week rolled out a new wares aimed at giving users greater breadth and depth of testing options. The vendor introduced Core IMPACT Essential along with version 7.6 of its flagship product which will now be known as Core IMPACT Pro. Collectively, the two products will now support a comprehensive set of…
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Breaches, Flaws and Security, Oh My!
With all the high profile security breaches in the retail sector and well-documented flaws in DNS servers there is probably not better time than the present to be in the security assessment business. Just about every customer on the planet right now is realizing that its security posture is probably not as strong as…
