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iPhone 4 and iOS 4 Expected to Drive Increased Demand for iPhones in the Workplace; More Than Half of iPhone Owners Will Increasingly Use It to Conduct Work; More Than a Third of non-iPhone Owners Will Consider Purchasing One for Business

According to a recent survey conducted by security information and event management company NetForensics, the perceived need for protection against network threats is going up, while the resources available to deal with the problem are headed in the opposite direction.

Log management priorities – and tools – are evolving in small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), with the focus shifting away from compliance towards security and threat management, according to two recently released surveys.

Governments and utilities involved in building the United States’ “smart” power grids of the future are also constructing some of the most attractive targets imaginable for potential adversaries in a cyber warfare scenario.

Enterprise Website Vulnerability Management Product Updated With Enhanced User and Role Management, New Reporting Capabilities and Stronger Access Control 

Adoption of Android, an open source mobile device platform, is growing and millions of Android devices are being put into use every month, many of those with access to corporate networks. While many can argue that users have been waiting to upgrade to Apple’s latest iPhone 4 (launching this week), in the first part of 2010 Android based smartphones outsold iPhones for first time since its inception.

Attendees at the public ICANN meeting in Brussels today heard from over two dozen companies that have implemented or are planning to support DNSSEC, the next-generation standard protocol for secured domain names. It is clearer than ever before that DNSSEC is becoming a reality.

Apple has added a new paragraph to its privacy policy which, depending on your viewpoint, may usher in a new era of amazing convenience and relevance to the mobile experience, or bring society one step closer to an Orwellian future where governments and corporations can track your every move.

Palo Alto Networks today announced GlobalProtect™, a solution that helps enterprises secure remote endpoints with better performance and easier management.

RSA, The Security Division of EMC and endpoint security firm Lumension today announced an agreement to embed parts of the RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Suite into Lumension products. The initial goal will be for Lumension to build DLP classification technology and expert RSA DLP policy libraries into future versions of its Device Control product module.

DNSSEC - Steps Your Organization Should Take to Prepare for DNSSEC Deployment

Malvertising Attacks Continue to Rise. Brands and Consumers Threatened.

Social Media Monitoring and Management Solution Addresses Major Areas

Trend Micro today announced the latest major version of its InterScan™ Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA), which the company characterizes as a unique hybrid SaaS email security solution that integrates in-the-cloud protection and SaaS security services.

Although more than 80 percent of the respondents to a new survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute expressed concern about the security of social media, more than half of these same individuals admitted they do not take any steps to actively protect themselves.

Secure mobile voice calling solutions provider, Cellcrypt, today announced that AT&T has approved Cellcrypt Mobile for BlackBerry under the AT&T Solution Certification Program.

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IT security risk and compliance management solutions provider, Qualys, today added a new feature to its QualysGuard Vulnerability Management solution to help customers identify and implement patches to eliminate vulnerabilities in their IT environments.

A survey of IT security professionals, those who should be security conscious, has revealed that over half of respondents (52%), admit to carrying company data on a USB stick with no encryption. The survey also revealed that 11% of the security savvy audience ‘protected’ their devices with passwords only, an insufficient defense that is easily breached.

As cybercrime continues to grow and become more complex, businesses must race to implement tools, technologies and strategies to protect their organizations.Frost & Sullivan cites Cybercrime as the primary driving factor in the growth of the North American Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Market. The firm estimates that managed security service providers generated revenues of $1.20 billion in 2009 and estimates this to reach $3.90 billion in 2016.