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McAfee Launches Security Innovation Alliance

SAN JOSE, Ca. - McAfee Inc. has announced the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance, a new program for technology companies who want to integrate with McAfee's ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO). The program offers a set of tools designed to help integrate third-party applications with the company's security and compliance risk management technology. "Traditionally, security products have been

By |2007-10-12T00:00:00-04:00October 12th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|

Open Source Edges Commercial Security Software As IT Professionals’ Preference

CAMPBELL, Ca. - If all things were equal, 53 per cent of 228 U.S.-based IT security professionals surveyed would deploy open source security software versus 47 per cent that would use a commercial product for similar functionality, according to a recent study conducted by Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of e-mail and Web security appliances.

By |2007-10-12T00:00:00-04:00October 12th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|

Secure World Detroit, Michigan InfraGard Update

DEARBORN - InfraGard shared the excitement along with several hundred security professionals for the two-day SecureWorld conference held this year in Dearborn at the Ford Conference and Event Center. Opening keynoter Jason Witty, Vice President, Security Services, LaSalle Bank covered the State of the Internet. The State of the Internet, in a nutshell, is dangerous.

By |2007-10-12T00:00:00-04:00October 12th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|

The Golden Keys Of E-Commerce

NEW YORK - It only takes a minute to establish if one is holding that magical key or just toying with a rusty screwdriver. Today, in order to have a commanding presence with universal access on e-commerce, domain names must act like very special golden keys as without it, the entire exercise of Internet-centric commerce

By |2007-10-09T00:00:00-04:00October 9th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|

Security Needs To Reinvent Itself: McAfee Security Chief

TORONTO, Ontario - Martin Carmichael doesn't strike an imposing figure. But the chief security officer for McAfee Inc. manages to loom large in the sense of his views on how integrated information and physical security ought to be sold to businesses and consumers. Carmichael is responsible for both IT security and physical security at McAfee,

By |2007-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|

Financial Loss Doubles For Companies Due To Cybercrime

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. companies are reporting that their average financial loss from cybercrime has doubled from $168,000 to $350,424 after a five-year run at lower reported losses, the Computer Security Institute reports in its 2007 Computer Crime and Security survey. Financial fraud, such as payments of fraudulent invoices, overtook virus attacks as the source

By |2007-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|

Attacks To Exploit Widgets, Gadgets Imminent

SAN JOSE, Ca. - People who install or use widgets are opening themselves up to major security vulnerabilities, according to Finjan's 2007 third quarter Web Security Trends Report. Widgets and gadgets are popular applications that are provided by either operating system manufacturers like Microsoft Vista out of the box or as small applications from the

By |2007-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27th, 2007|Archive, Guest Columns|