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EMC today announced that it has named Thomas P. Heiser as president of RSA, the Security Division of EMC. Heiser, a 26 year veteran of EMC and most recently serving as RSA's Chief Operating Officer, will continue day-to-day leadership of the division.

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Many are familiar with the popular T.V. series’ fictional account of the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service). Real-life NCIS Acting Special Agent Kirk Greffin has been cracking down on white-collar crime, government corruption and contractor fraud. Greffen states, “A $10 million heist is a major crime, whether the money is taken with a gun or with a keyboard. Fraud victimizes every taxpayer. It wastes billions of tax dollars and erodes public confidence.

According to a recent survey, 90 percent of U.S. and UK IT managers said they are planning to implement new mobile applications this year, with half saying that successfully managing mobile applications tops their priority list.

With an estimated one trillion devices that will be connected to the Internet by 2015, security vulnerabilities are emerging that companies need to address. Recognizing this trend, IBM today announced initiatives to extend security to the growing number of mobile and instrumented devices beyond an organization’s own walls, such as smartphones, ATMs, retail kiosks, traffic systems, meters, buildings and sensors.

New Version Enables Users to Create Custom Anti-Malware Signatures and Leverages Cloud to Protect Users from Newly Discovered Threats

VASCO Data Security, a provider of software security authentication solutions, today announced that VASCO's DIGIPASS authentication technology can now utilize the embedded token of Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT), allowing customers to deploy two-factor authentication without the need to roll-out software or hardware devices to end-users.

An Internet “Kill Switch” Is could be more myth than reality. What makes it so hard to pull off in the U.S.?

Report Shows Organizations Continue to Lack Communication and Understanding of Data and Application Security Strategies. A trio comprised of Application Security, Inc., Unisphere Research, and the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) today released its 2011 Data Security report, “Managing Information in Insecure Times.”

Dell announced today that it has completed its acquisition of SecureWorks, a deal which was announced just over a month ago.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions provider Agiliance today announced the launch of Agiliance Continuous Compliance Service™ (CCS) for PCI, a cloud-based solution that manages the entire PCI life cycle.

A new survey from Symantec has revealed that 36 percent of consumers in the United States have either lost their mobile phone or had it stolen.

McAfee’s latest threat report released today, shows continued growth of threats to mobile platforms as many predicted would be a trend in 2011. The McAfee Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2010, also revealed that the number of pieces of new mobile malware in 2010 increased by 46 percent compared with 2009, noting that McAfee uncovered 20 million new pieces of malware in 2010, equating to nearly 55,000 new malware threats every day.

After all the doom and gloom predictions our industry typically sees coming out in December and January, it’s refreshing to see a report highlighting some positive trends. According to the 2011 Identity Fraud Survey Report released today by Javelin Strategy & Research, in 2010 the number of identity fraud victims decreased by 28 percent to 8.1 million adults in the United States, three million fewer victims than in 2009. Total annual fraud decreased from $56 billion to $37 billion, the...

Regulatory Mandates are Proliferating faster than Organizations Can Ramp up to Meet the new Requirements. So How do I get Ahead of the Curve?

Symantec today introduced the next version of its Symantec Control Compliance Suite, the company's solution designed to address IT risk and compliance challenges.New features in Symantec Control Compliance Suite 10.5 help organizations better manage IT risk while achieving a more holistic view of risk across their IT infrastructure. The latest release also continues to provide support for the latest regulatory and security standards and further expands upon integrated native assessment capabilities.

Google Ventures, the venture investment arm of Google, has invested in Dasient Inc., a provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks.

IT security and data protection company Sophos today introduced Sophos Mobile Control, a solution to help safeguard data on smartphones and handheld devices, including Apple iPhones and iPads, Google Android, and Windows Mobile devices.

Touting “the highest level of security available to protect confidential board communications,” the NASDAQ on Saturday acknowledged that its Directors Desk platform had been compromised and had been infected with an undisclosed “suspicious file.”