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Security Risks Rise due to Mismanaged User Access: HP
Increased threats to sensitive and confidential workplace data are being created by a lack of control and oversight of privileged users, including database administrators, network engineers and IT security practitioners, according to a new report, entitled “The Insecurity of Privileged Users.” The study, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, revealed that 52…
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Smartphone, Tablet Security: 10 Lessons to Learn
It wasn’t long ago that Symbian was the only mobile software dealing with an inordinate number of security problems, due to its popularity. But now that Android and iOS have started to dominate the marketplace, the number of mobile threats impacting consumers and enterprise users around the globe has skyrocketed. What’s worse, the threats mobile…
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StealthBits Introduces Free Data Loss Prevention Tool
Security and IT management solutions specialist StealthBits announced the release of DLP Lite for File Systems, a free, regex data loss prevention (DLP) tool designed to help businesses identify high-risk, unsecured content on their networks to mitigate the risk of data leakage and theft. The freeware solution is a file-level content scanning tool that pinpoints…
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Poor Firewall Management Leaves Networks Vulnerable to Attack
Poor Firewall Management Leaves Networks Vulnerable to Attack Only 7% of network security pros take the time to automate their firewall audit processes. No Title Approximately 40% of security professionals spend a month or more on firewall audits annually. No Title 85% of security professionals say that at least half of their firewall rule changes…
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SonicWall Mobile Connect App Offers VPN
Network security and data protection solutions specialist SonicWall announced the release of the Mobile Connect application, which runs on iOS 4.2 and higher, for Apple devices such as the iPad and iPhone. For users of SonicWall’s SSL VPN and Next-Generation Firewall product lines, the Mobile App, available via Apple’s App Store, enables secure remote access…
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Sophos Launches Updated Endpoint Security, Web Filtering Platform
IT security and data protection company Sophos announced the latest version of its endpoint security solution, Patch Assessment, which identifies, prioritizes and scans for critical threat-related security patches. Patch Assessment also enables scanning for Microsoft and third-party patches from vendors such as Adobe, Apple, Citrix, Skype and others. Sophos Web Filtering makes it possible to…
