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SAN FRANCISCO - Normally, the buzz around a RSA Conference is confined to talk of products and services and the challenge of improving enterprise security. This year however, it was different.

SAN FRANCISCO – RSA CONFERENCE - Qualys, a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, today said that its QualysGuard Web Application Firewall (WAF) service for web applications running in Amazon EC2 and on-premise is now available.

SAN FRANCISCO – RSA CONFERENCE 2014 - Network security firm Check Point Software Technologies today introduced a new security architecture that the company explains as modular, agile and secure. Called Software-defined Protection (SDP) by Check Point says the architecture takes a three-layer approach comprised of enforcement, control and management layers.

In my previous article for SecurityWeek, I discussed how the city of Atlanta handled a recent snowstorm to illustrate the difference between having the information necessary to accurately predict events and taking proactive steps to alter or alleviate the outcome.

SAN FRANCISCO - RSA CONFERENCE 2014 - Cisco Systems made multiple announcements Monday touting the integration of recently-acquired security technologies into the company's efforts to address malware protection.

Shape Security, the Mountain View, California-based web security firm that recently emerged from stealth mode, today announced that it has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners.

AT&T and IBM announced a new partnership that the two companies say will offer customers a simplified, single-source for network security and threat management.

SAN FRANCISCO - RSA CONFERENCE 2014 –Juniper Networks has unveiled a new malware detection service for its SRX Series Services Gateways that the company says can identify malware that many traditional solutions which analyze signatures or Command and Control traffic cannot detect.

WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday declined to comment on claims that its spies are conducting sweeping surveillance of hundreds of prominent Germans, though it did not deny the reports.

Cyber Thieves Blamed for Bitcoin Heist: ResearchersWASHINGTON - A gang of cyber criminals using an army of infected computers made off with at least $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies, security researchers said Monday.

Security researchers at Bromium have poked holes in the armor of Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit.

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BERLIN - US intelligence has stepped up eavesdropping on hundreds of key figures in Germany, including a government minister, after Chancellor Angela Merkel was dropped as a direct target, a German report said Sunday.

In the world of security, these types of announcements don’t happen often. While still bad news, the recently-disclosed data breach at Neiman Marcus has impacted fewer customers than the company first thought.

Mocana, a provider of security solutions for embedded and mobile devices, has introduced a new appliance designed to simplify and secure enterprise mobile app deployments.