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PatchLink to acquire endpoint security specialist SecureWave
PatchLink® Corporation has announced that terms for the acquisition of SecureWave SA, a provider of endpoint security products to more than 1,700 companies worldwide, have been agreed to in an all-stock merger. The merger transaction is subject to the approval of SecureWave shareholders and is expected to be closed in the following weeks. The c...
AEP Networks provides secure remote access system to law firm
UK legal practice Michelmores is implementing a secure remote access system from AEP Networks to support its growing demand for mobile working and to provide a contingency for emergency situations. The 260-staff Exeter and London-based firm is also considering using the system to create secure portal areas on its network which will be accessible t...
Implementing an effective security strategy
In the last ten years, the risks for enterprise security have grown steadily and new types of attacks have appeared. These are often combinations of viruses, Trojans or other malware from a wide range of anonymous sources. At the same time, enterprise networks are growing ever more complex. A large number of servers are dedicated to a variety of ta...
Hackers download personal details of University of Virginia faculty members
Around 6,000 University of Virginia faculty members have been warned that their personal details - including their Social Security numbers and dates of birth - have been downloaded by hackers. According to University officials, on 54 separate days between May 20, 2005 and April 19, 2007, hackers tapped into the records of 5,735 faculty members. ...
Microsoft IIS Web server are twice as likely to be hosting malware
According to Google, Web servers running Microsoft's IIS Web server software are twice as likely to be hosting malware as other site servers. High profile cases such as computer hardware giant ASUStek who recently had their web site compromised, created a situation where visitors the website may have been attacked simply by accessing the site ...
StealthWatch protects U.S. Army against zero-day attacks and internal misuse
Lancope, Inc. has announced today that StealthWatch has been approved for the U.S. Army Information Assurance Approved Products List (AIAAPL). Unifying flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring, StealthWatch protects critical infrastructures and confidential governmental records against zero-day attacks, internal misuse and u...
GE deploys Sophos Security and Control solutions
Sophos has announced that GE will begin deploying Sophos's Security & Control solutions in 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, Sophos may be deployed on up to 350,000 endpoints (laptops, desktops and servers) throughout the world and within every division of the company. Seeking to improve manageability and reduce costs which arise from ma...
New York-based global financial institution selects keyAuthority enterprise key management solution
Enterprise key management is increasingly seen as an important way to address IT and compliance concerns in relation to data security. A recent survey by Taneja Group reported that 54% of respondents plan to deploy key management systems within the next 12 months. nCipher plc has been awarded a significant contract by a major New York-based glo...
Snooping IT Staff peek at your confidential data
According to a survey released by Cyber-Ark® Software, whilst you sit at your desk working innocently away, little do you realise that one in three of your IT work colleagues are snooping through company systems, peeking at confidential information such as your private files, wage data, personal emails, and HR background, just by using the special ...
AKH Vienna General Hospital Deploys Non-intrusive StealthWatch for End-to-End Network Visibility
With more than 2,200 beds and 9,000 staff members, AKH Vienna General is the largest hospital in Austria and one of the largest in Europe. The 2,200-bed institution opened officially in 1994. Lancope, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch™ System, has announced that AKH Vienna General Hospital has deployed the StealthWatch System, which levera...
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