IT vulnerabilities such as inadequate documentation and poor PC access controls put enterprises at risk of being noncompliant with regulatory mandates and prone to security events -- and most companies have at least a few such deficiencies present in their environments, according to research released Monday.
IBM says it has partnered with BitDefender to incorporate that company's antivirus and antispyware technologies into its Internet Security Systems division's endpoint security products.
In its annual review of the worst security problems spotted for the year, the SANS Institute Wednesday cited zero-day attacks and human gullibility in falling victim to phishing scams or other social engineering tricks as among the most dismal trends of 2006.
IBM's Internet Security Systems division is making its security-management console software available in an appliance form for the first time.
Trend Micro Monday unveiled updated security software for smartphones and handheld mobile devices that run some of the latest Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems.
Webroot, which partnered with Sophos in order to combine its antivirus technology with Webroot's antispyware, says it has ready a consumer product for PCs and expects to have an antispyware/antivirus product by year-end for the small-to-midsize business segment.
At its Security 2.0 event in New York Tuesday, Symantec plans to make use of the spotlight to showcase its new Database Security and Mail Security 8300 Series appliances.
The number of new software security vulnerabilities identified by security experts, hackers and others during the first eight months of this year has already exceeded the total recorded for all of 2005, according to Internet Security Systems.
<a href="http://www.reflexsecurity.com" target="_blank">Reflex Security</a> this week plans to announce a higher-speed, intrusion-prevention system appliance as well as its foray into host-based IPS software for desktops and servers.
Trend Micro announced it has begun shipping the 2007 version of its desktop software, which includes new services intended for consumers active in e-commerce and using Wi-Fi at home or other locations.
Juniper Networks and Symantec have agreed to form a broad strategic partnership that includes product development in the areas of unified threat management, intrusion-protection systems and endpoint compliance.
Symantec this week unveiled the 2007 editions of its consumer Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security desktop products, plus a third new offering called Norton Confidential that protects e-commerce transactions.
IBM's US$1.3 billion deal last week to acquire Internet Security Systems is fraught with pitfalls and possibilities: It gives Big Blue a major stake in the security game, but some wonder whether the company will know what to do with it.
IBM on Wednesday announced its intent to acquire Internet Security Systems for US$1.3 billion in an all-cash deal expected to be completed by year-end.
For a year John Stewart has been CSO at Cisco. He's in charge of a team of 60 information security professionals who play a role in IT architecture, policy, audit and incident response to protect an internal user base of about 48,000 employees worldwide. Stewart recently discussed Cisco's risk-management strategy with Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer.
