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- McAfee acquires Onigma
- This is a very busy fall for the data protection space. I define that space as leak prevention + encryption + device management as in Safend and Devicewall. I have started to compile a matrix of all the partnerships that have been announced and those that are possible....
- Tags: McAfee Inc., leak prevention company, data protection
- Blog posts 2006-10-15
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- Trend Micro LeakProof: Leveraging Data Leak Prevention Technology to Secure Corporate Assets
- Never before has the threat to corporate data assets been so great - and so costly. According to Attrition.org, an industry monitoring organization, in calendar year 2007, more than 162 million records such as credit cards and Social Security numbers were compromised through December 21 - both in the U.S....
- Tags: Asset, Trend Micro Inc., Asset Management, Social Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Government
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Websense CEO Gene Hodges on attack vectors, the future of AV and the malware arms race
- Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, has had a busy year. The company has integrated the acquisition of SurfControl, built out its security suite and delivered strong financial results. "Last year was one of rapid change," said Hodges, referring to the integration of SurfControl and removing 50 percent...
- Tags: Software, Web, Suite, Antivirus, Websense Inc., Malware, Antivirus Software, Attack Vector, Attack, Data Loss Prevention, Europeans, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'
- U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'Not arrived in the UK yet?Where do you live? The disease has been here for much longer than anywhere else.What is a Government? Even if it is prefaced by Her Majesty's. Can any unelected government be wrong ever? Ask George W not Washington, Bush!...
- Tags: Biometrics, Financial services, privacy disaster, U.K. Government
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Trend Micro makes DLP move, Symantec stands pat
- Trend Micro has made its move in the red-hot DLP data leak prevention business, snapping up Provilla, a two-year-old company that markets DataDNA fingerprinting technology. Financial terms of the deal were not released. The Japanese security powerhouse plans to operate Provilla as a subsidiary...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., DLP, Trend Micro Inc., Vontu, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Justifying Data Security: An Investment in Competitive Advantage
- Locks on doors do not protect sensitive data. Security measures intended to keep the outside world at bay do little to protect the data from internal leaks. Eighty-one percent of data loss comes from unintentional, internal leaks, according to a study by the Ponemon Institute. Yet, few businesses take action,...
- Tags: Leak, Competitive Advantage, Investment, Websense Inc., Data Security, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Regulatory Compliance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2007-08-26
- Remembering five years of vulnerability markets
- Guest Editorial by David EndlerWhile compiling some stats this week for our Zero Day Initiative two year anniversary, I came across this recent news article by the Associated Press, Researchers Seek Cash for Software Flaws. It's the latest in a long line of media coverage on the launch of...
- Tags: Botnets, Black Hat, Apple, Zero-day attacks, Wireless, Windows Vista, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- As goes Ohio, so goes the country
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation.Guest Editorial by Paul F. RobertsWhat do 225,000 Ohio taxpayers, 64,000 state employees and 600 lucky holders of winning lottery tickets have in common? They were all unlucky enough to have some of their personal information -- names, social security numbers, and bank account numbers...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, McAfee, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- Wow, the security industry is consolidating!
- All right Ill be the first to admit it - Websense acquiring a competitor, Surf Control, is indeed industry consolidation. The news broke last week and, as could be expected, it was labeled "security sector consolidation". I am somewhat constrained from commenting on industry matters now that I am not...
- Tags: consolidation, Data Security, Richard Stiennon, Security, Security blog, Security Industry News, Websense Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Proofpoint Offers a Strong ILP Solution With Great Future Promise
- Proofpoint offers a strong Information Leak Prevention ILP solution that holds its ground among industry heavyweights in a number of specialized areas of functionality. But the company's most powerful feature is its strong partner network of licensees, technologists, and resellers. In Forrester Wave study of eight leading ILP offerings, Proofpoint...
- Tags: Proofpoint Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Network Security, Workforce Management, Networking, Human Resources
- White papers 2006-12-15
- Check Point Software to acquire hardware security platform. NOT.
- Don’t get excited. That is the news I was hoping to hear out of the leading software firewall vendor. But sadly, it is not to be. The actual head line is “Check Point to acquire an endpoint encryption vendor as part of a data protection strategy”. ...
- Tags: Spyware
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- More partnerships in the data protection space
- I mentioned last week that the face of data protection was changing. This week and next will there are even more announcements. So last week it was Websense essentially OEM-ing PortAuthority’s technology and Vericept linking up with Entrust to create a “encrypt sensitive information” email solution. Today...
- Tags: PostX, data protection
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- HP hearing underway: House reps cover their asses while slamming HP
- The HP hearing is underway right now. You can tune in to the hearing here, but RealPlayer is required (I didnt have it, so I got a late start). Ive turned on my recorder and will podcast what Ive captured later. But to summarize what Im hearing so far...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Blog posts 2006-09-28
- Leak prevention entering the next phase
- OK, the experimental phase is over in the nascent leak prevention space. Many security companies launch in response to a problem. (Occasionally companies are started to address a potential problem. Those are a roll of the dice for the entrepreneurs and their venture...
- Tags: Websense Inc., leak prevention
- Blog posts 2006-09-27
- Welcome EMC!
- Today EMC announces the completion of their acquisition of RSA, fully joining the ranks of big security players. What I like most about this acquisition is that it was accompanied by a well articulated plan to create a business around protecting data and the infrastructure that contains it. EMC...
- Tags: security, acquisition, Network Intelligence, EMC Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-09-18
- RSA & EMC???
- OK, I think I get it. Repeated surveys by just about any research group show security concerns and security spending expectations to be number one. Usually just above storage. I must admit to being perplexed when EMC acquired VMWare ( I still don't get that one.) Now, with the...
- Tags: security, RSA Security Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-06-29
- McAfee in the news
- McAfee in the newsMcAfeeFinjan or Radware, with Finjan making more sense.not the first time, won't be the last...http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=136998McAfee DAT 4629 falsely tagged a bunch of things too, and recently. The only difference is which things it tagged. 4629 was a big deal inasmuch as it was the first...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, McAfee Inc., virus
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
- Payroll firm pulls Web services, citing data leak
- Payroll firm pulls Web services, citing data leakPayMaxx you should be thanking Greenspan.the only thing Greenspan did was protect every customer of PayMaxx from being exploited. PayMaxx is thanking him by trying to bring him up on charges? Maybe they should be hiring him on the agreement that he takes...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Government, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Web, ChoicePoint Inc., BOA, Web service, RFID Reader, payroll, PayMaxx
- Discussion threads 2005-03-01
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