- IBM Internet Security Systems Expands Desktop Protection with Additional Antivirus and Anti-Spyware
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has incorporated additional features for antivirus and anti-spyware into its Internet Security Systems™ Proventia® Desktop Endpoint Security product. The combined feature set will provide customers with a comprehensive desktop protection solution. - F5 Partners With Secure Computing to Launch First Reputation-Based Message Security Module
F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, and Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today jointly announced the industry’s first reputation-based network edge security module. - Check Point Announces a Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Protect Data
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announces a cash tender offer to acquire Protect Data AB (publ) (PROT.ST), 100 percent owner of Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB, the global leader for enterprise data security, for SEK 180 per share with a total transaction value of approximately SEK 4,152 million or approximately US $586 million. - ConSentry Networks Enables Identity-Based Control for Texas School District
ConSentry Networks, a leading provider of secure LAN solutions, announced today that the Mount Pleasant Independent School District of Mount Pleasant, Texas, is using the ConSentry LANShield platforms to detect and stop unauthorized activity and to prevent the spread of malware. - Stration/Warezov Virus: Agonizing Defeat for Anti-Virus Solutions
Speeding across the Internet and transforming at an unprecedented pace, the email-borne Stration malware continues to evade detection by leading anti-virus solutions, reported Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH). - Imprivata Joins Open Security Exchange
Imprivata®, Inc., the enterprise authentication and access management appliance company, today announced that it has joined the Open Security Exchange (OSE), a cross-industry forum dedicated to merging physical and IT security solutions throughout an enterprise. Bringing its IT expertise to the forum, Imprivata will work with other leading security organizations on delivering vendor-neutral interoperability specifications and best practices guidelines in the area of security management. - Paul Smith Selects ScanSafe to Protect Its Corporate Network From Web-Based Threats
ScanSafe, the global leader in managed Web security, has added Paul Smith, one of the fashion industry’s best known brands, to its growing list of customers. Paul Smith is using ScanSafe Web Filtering, Web Virus Scanning and Spyware Screening services to protect its network from an increasing number of malware threats and to control use of the Internet by its employees. - BT Selects Forum Systems’ Web Services Security Gateway for 21st Century Network (21 CN) Programme
Forum Systems today announced that after a diligent evaluation process, BT has selected Forum‘s industry-leading Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) threat protection and trust management products for BT’s 21st Century Network (21 CN) programme. - Beyond Security Automated Vulnerability Detection System Helps Keep Enterprises
Enterprise-wide vulnerabilities to hackers and malicious attacks can now be detected more quickly and easily than ever before, thanks to a new Automated Vulnerability Detection System (AVDS) from Beyond Security, a leading provider of security assessment technologies. - eIQnetworks’ First-Annual Partner Forum to Bring Together Thought Leaders to Share Best Security
eIQnetworks™, Inc., a global leader in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) market, today announced that registration is open for the first-annual Partner Forum taking place on January 16-17, 2007 at the Hilton Disney Resort in Orlando, Florida. eIQ will also host a complimentary solutions training session on January 18 for the first 50 registrants. - Gemalto Nominated for Seven Awards at CARTES 2006 Tradeshow
Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announced its seven nominations for Sesames Awards at this year’s CARTES tradeshow, demonstrating its leadership in secure personal devices, user centric software and value added services. - Kyocera Mita America Launches Enhanced Security Solutions To Combat Illegal Distribution
Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world’s leading digital document imaging companies, today announced the availability of two new security solutions; the IB-23 Secure Network Interface Card (NIC) and the KX Driver Security Watermark Plug-in, which is an application that expands the functionality of the Print Driver. - Core Security Appoints Tom Kellermann as Vice President of Security Awareness
Core Security Technologies, provider of CORE IMPACT, the first-to-market penetration testing product for assessing specific information security risks, today announced the appointment of Tom Kellermann as vice president of security awareness. In this capacity, Kellermann will be responsible for building relationships with key industry and government partners, and helping further the acceptance of auditing security defenses to reduce organizations’ operational risk. - Cambia Security Accepted into Mercury Alliance Program
Cambia Security Inc., a leading provider of security policy enforcement software, today announced that it has become a Premier Alliance Partner in the Mercury Alliance Program in the category of security policy enforcement for integration with Mercury Universal CMDB™, Mercury’s configuration management database. Mercury Interactive Corporation is the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software. - Gemalto Announces Product Integration with Microsoft for Digital Security Solutions
Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announced integration for its .NET smart cards in Microsoft Certificate Life Cycle Manager (CLM). As a result, customers will be able to streamline deployment and management of Gemalto smart cards using CLM. The two companies demonstrated CLM and Gemalto .NET smart cards this week at RSA Europe, and will demonstrate at several upcoming events including Microsoft Tech-Ed IT Forum, CARTES 2006 and Infosecurity. - Merlin International, Watchfire WinWeb Application Security Contract with U.S. Department of Veteran
Merlin International, one of the nation’s fastest growing federal IT solutions providers, and Watchfire, the worldwide market-leading provider of web application vulnerability assessment software and services, today announced they have secured a multi-million dollar award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deploy and maintain a web application security system to reduce risks within the agency’s existing Web infrastructure. - Neoware Introduces Thin Client Notebook to Solve Enterprise Local Data Loss and Security Problems
Neoware, Inc. (Nasdaq:NWRE), today introduced the Neoware m100 thin client notebook, becoming the first leading global thin client provider to offer the mobility of a notebook computer combined with the security of a thin client. Unlike traditional mobile devices that place potentially sensitive data at risk by storing information locally on the notebook, Neoware m100 thin client notebooks pose no data risk, as they have no hard drive and no information – such as employee or customer data - e-DMZ Security Releases eGuardPost v1.2
e-DMZ Security, LLC of Wilmington DE today announced the general release and availability of eGuardPost v1.2 – now with VCR-like session playback capability. - Webroot and Sophos Join Forces to Combat Growing Problem of Internet Security Threats
Webroot Software, Inc., the leading provider of anti-spyware software for consumers, and Sophos, the world leader in protecting businesses against viruses, spyware and spam, today announced a technology partnership that will bring to market a new standard of protection against the most dangerous Internet security threats. Through the partnership, Webroot will license Sophos's anti-virus technology for use in select Webroot consumer and enterprise products. - Enterprises Secure Corporate Messaging with Mirapoint
Mirapoint, the secure messaging experts, today announced its multi-layered approach to email security has further demonstrated itself to be a steadfast enterprise-grade messaging security solution. Leading enterprises such as Delphi, University of Georgia and The Toro Company have all announced their satisfaction with Mirapoint and its security products’ hallmarks such as security, reliability and low total cost of ownership. - Dedicated Host SoftLayer Adds Cutting Edge Security Services
SoftLayer Technologies announced several significant additions to its portfolio of security solutions. The new products include Cisco ASA firewalls, McAfee Enterprise Anti-virus, AntiSpyware, Host-based IPS products and VPN alternatives to server management. “SoftLayer is focused on delivering enterprise quality security services to our dedicated hosting platform,” said Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer at SoftLayer. - INSERTING and REPLACING Decru Selects Mu Security to Enhance Secure Development and Deployment
Automated Security Analysis Helps Bullet-proof Leading Encryption Platform
Mu Security, a pioneer in the new security analyzer market, today announced that Decru®, a Network Appliance company (NASDAQ:NTAP) has selected Mu Security to enhance its investment in secure development processes and ensure the highest level of security for Decru storage security appliances. - Expanding Success in Canadian Marketplace, Proginet Signs Agreement with Major Canadian Financial
Proginet Corporation [OTCBB: PRGF], developer of enterprise security software, today announced a new software license agreement with a major Canadian financial institution. Under the terms of the agreement, the client, who has chosen not to be named for security and confidentiality reasons, will use Proginet's CyberFusion Integration Suite (CFI)TM to secure and control mission critical file-transfer activity, both across the enterprise and externally with customers and business partners. - Juniper Networks Expands Secure Services Gateway Family to Deliver Integrated Security
Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:JNPR) today added three new appliance lines to the Secure Services Gateway (SSG) Family of branch office security products. The new SSG 5, SSG 20 and SSG 140, which collectively bring nine new SSG models, combine proven firewall/virtual private networking (FW/VPN) and robust routing with a complete set of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security features to protect traffic as it flows in and out of the branch office. - Beware of Geeks Bearing Spam and the Expanding Phishing Net
MessageLabs, a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced the results of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for September and the third quarter of 2006. In this expanded report, MessageLabs observed the adoption of new spam techniques to circumvent traditional IT security and the sharp increase in phishing attacks which accounted for more than half of all the malicious emails intercepted by MessageLabs in September. - Force10 Networks Vice President Sees High Performance Security Essential
The deployment of next generation high performance security is critical to realizing the full potential of grid networks to enhance collaborative research, modeling and complex analysis, said Steve Garrison, Force10 Networks® vice president of corporate marketing. Speaking at the Cluster 2006 conference in Barcelona, Garrison said that as with other high speed networks, grid security must not come at the cost of compromised performance. - Cisco Systems Teams with ASSA ABLOY to Harness the Power of the IP Network To Enhance Physical
Cisco Systems(R) (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced a technology collaboration with the leading supplier of locking solutions, ASSA ABLOY, intended to deliver physical security solutions that closely integrate with Internet Protocol (IP) networks. This relationship extends Cisco's vision of the Intelligent Converged Environment (ICE), a framework in which the network is the intelligent foundation for new security applications. - Merit Network and Mirapoint Partner to Offer Educational Institutions Complete Outsourced Email
Mirapoint, the secure messaging experts, and Merit Network, a respected leader in developing and providing advanced networking services to the research and education community, have entered into a strategic partnership to offer hosted email services to education and research institutions. Under the agreement, Merit’s education customers will now be offered MeritMail outsourced email and email security, powered by Mirapoint email technology. - Check Point Breaks Price-Performance Barrier for Most Demanding Security Installations
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet today announced a performance breakthrough for security software in demanding network security environments. - Webinar to Present Trends in Fighting Spam, Zombies, Denial of Service and Spear-Phishing
Defending against email security threats in the age of zombies, viruses and spear-phishing will be one focus of messaging industry analyst Michael Osterman in next week's webinar on Email Deliverability and Local Reputation. - SafeNet to Present at The Linley Group's ''Embedded Network Security Design'' Seminar
SafeNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFNT), setting the standard for information security, today announced that SafeNet will present during The Linley Group's Security Seminar "Embedded Network Security Design" on September 21, 2006, at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California. - Network Access Control (NAC), Security Information Event Management (SIEM)
TheInfoPro (TIP), www.TheInfoPro.net, has released the Wave 7 Time Series report of its Information Security Study, detailing the comparison of four sets of in-depth interviews with leading Information Security professionals conducted over two years in six month intervals or "Waves." TIP's latest study, released in Q3 of 2006, involved over 275 in-depth interviews with pre-screened information security decision-makers. - Document Security Systems Launches New Internet Delivery System with Top Global Bank's
Document Security Systems, Inc. (AMEX: DMC):
-- DSS's AuthentiGuard(TM) On-Demand Technology, which Enables Bank Customers to Produce Secure, Verifiable Documents Delivered over the Internet, has Wide-Ranging Multi-Industry and Homeland Security Applications - Silicom Achieves Design Win with Additional Top-Tier U.S.-Based Internet Security Company
Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ:SILC) (TASE:SILC) today announced that it has achieved a Design Win with an industry-leading U.S.-based provider of Internet security solutions. The customer will use the Silicom high-performance Fiber Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters customized for use in network appliances, and has so far placed orders valued at $400,000. - Core Security and Harris Corporation Team to Provide Proactive, End-to-End Vulnerability Management
Core Security Technologies, provider of CORE IMPACT, the first-to-market penetration testing product for assessing specific information security risks, and Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leading provider of network security solutions for more than 25 years, today announced the integration of their products, CORE IMPACT and STAT Guardian(TM) Vulnerability Management Suite (VMS). - CORRECTING and REPLACING BitDefender Unveils Next Generation Security Products
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Newest Version of Internet Security and Antivirus Products Offers Consumers and SMBs the Industry's Most Powerful, Easy to Use Solutions for Security and Data Protection - Responding to Customer Needs, Proginet Enhances Password Management Solution
Proginet Corporation (OTCBB: PRGF), developer of enterprise security software, today announced a new version of SecurPass(R) Reset, the company's solution for self-service password reset. Developed in direct response to needs identified by the company's existing SecurPass Reset install base, the new version contains a completely redesigned graphical user interface (GUI), enhanced security features, and greater control for system administrators.
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