SAN FRANCISCO - Usable Security Systems has announced its first service, UsableLogin, which allows a person to choose one simple codeword to login securely with multi-factor authentication to any Web site. Passwords and all other Web authentication options available today rest on the assumption that humans are perfect, that they have amazing memories, can keep
TROY - Walsh College has been re-certified through June 2013 for mapping its information assurance courses to five of six national security standards. It is the only Michigan school so certified.. Re-certification is a step toward Walsh being re-designated in 2009 as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Information Assurance Education by the National
SAN DIEGO - A British developed revolutionary, system-level computer security program Lanxoma was launched during the DEMOfall 08 emerging technology conference in San Diego - the first product to address the need for data security from the inside, creating a permanent, digital record that deters abuse, provides accountability and satisfies the most stringent auditing standards.
TORONTO, Canada - Trend Micro has released its 2009 versions of its flagship consumer products. The release of Trend Micro Internet Security and Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2009 is focused on maximizing protection while optimizing performance. "Our promise to consumers is all about providing the maximum security while allowing them the freedom to go
RENO, Nevada - A recent survey by Voltaire Ltd. found that although CIOs and senior IT executives overwhelmingly believe that a green datacenter will become mission critical, many lack the budget to implement green initiatives. Nearly 90 percent of executives surveyed said they believed that greening their datacenters would be crucial to meeting their companies'
SAN JOSE - Nearly 70 percent of executives believe that their companies' sensitive information is at risk of data theft. But not all of them are taking the right steps to prevent it, according to a study published earlier today. In a survey of more than 1,300 corporate executives -- 54 percent of whom have
MIAMI - Mortgage giant Countrywide Financial earlier this month informed as many as 2 million customers their personal data, including social security numbers, may have been stolen. The data was allegedly stolen from the mortgage company's computer system. The information was being sold to mortgage brokers as sales leads. The breach was one of the
SANTA CLARA, Ca. -McAfee has announced McAfee Artemis Technology that uses a new Internet-based service hosted by McAfee Avert Labs to provide active protection on the fly when a computer gets hit by malicious computer code. "[Artemis] redefines how malware protection is delivered to customers out in the field," said Dave Marcus, security research and
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security is weathering a deluge of criticism of its lackluster cybersecurity efforts on grounds that they have proven to be inefficient, bureaucratic, and not even able to do a decent job of monitoring federal computer networks. This week, it even led to what would have been unthinkable a year or two ago--a
INDIANAPOLIS - Fortinet thas announced that two rogue security applications, AntiVirus XP 2008 and XP Security Center, have claimed the top two positions in Fortinet's Top 10 most reported threats for August 2008 with nearly 20 per cent of the month's activities. "They try to entice users that they are legitimate security applications like virus