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Support for Standard ISO 8583 Protocol Enables Real-Time Authentication of Card TransactionsPhoneFactor, a provider of phone-based multi-factor authentication technology, this week announced support for ISO 8583, the standard communication protocol that financial institutions use to process credit and debit card transactions.

Global Spam Declines to Lowest Level Since March 2009; Pharmaceutical Spam Takes a Dive

CoreTrace, a provider of cross-platform application whitelisting solutions, today announced and enterprise-ready application whitelisting solution for Mac and Linux endpoints.

The Internet has changed the world, providing advances that allow people to communicate, share information and conduct business in ways that were never before possible. Along with that, cybercrime has also flourished, growing by double digits year after year, and costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

In an effort to support Data Privacy Day which takes place on Jan 28, 2011, the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) today released its 2011 Data Breach Incident Readiness Guide. The guide addresses emerging security and privacy threats, providing prescriptive guidance and questions every executive should ask to help businesses in breach prevention and incident management.

Securing Tablet Devices in the Enterprise - IT Security Managers are being Faced with a New Set of Challenges with the Rapid Adoption and Deployment of Tablet Devices in the Enterprise

Network monitoring solutions firm NetWitness has announced plans to unveil what it’s calling a revolutionary approach to automating malware analysis. Using a new methodology that replicates the knowledge, process, and workflow of world-class malware analysts, NetWitness says it can more easily enable the identification of advanced and zero-day malware.

The FBI has reported that 28 year-old Glenn Duffie Shriver of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced last Friday to 48 months in prison for conspiring to provide national defense information to intelligence officers of China.Shriver pleaded guilty in October 2010, to a one-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to communicate national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it.

WatchGuard Technologies, a provider of business security solutions, today released a number of enhancements to its XCS (extensible content security) line of email and web content security appliances.Enhancements to WatchGuard’s Solution Include:

AlertEnterprise, Inc., a Freemont, California based provider of Security, Risk, and Compliance management software, today introduced a cybersecurity and compliance automation solution for the Nuclear Industry. The Solution is an integrated NEI 08-09 Cyber Security and Compliance Solution designed to analyze risks across IT, Physical Access and Process Control Systems.

Several sources are reporting that Apple has hired ex-Navy Information Warfare expert and author, David Rice, to be its head of global security starting in March. Arik Hesseldahl at All Things Digital was the first to report the news on Saturday afternoon.

Solera Networks, a provider of network forensics solutions, has released a new app enabling customers using its Solera DS Appliance to integrate security alerts coming from the popular Splunk platform.

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