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Anti-Malware Testing - David Harley

HP today announced a new suite of security products designed to deliver comprehensive data protection across both physical and virtual environments.

McAfee Inc. today announced availability a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Web security solution aimed to protect enterprises with no on-premise requirements.

Core Security, maker of penetration testers used by “red teams” to identify security vulnerabilities, today announced beta availability of a fully automated testing solution with the ability to continuously test and measure the overall security standing of an enterprise.

SEPATON today announced an appliance offering the industry’s first secondary storage capabilities designed for multi-tenancy in a cloud environment. The appliance creates virtual tape cartridge

(ISC)2, the large not-for-profit information security professionals organization, today announced that Devon Bryan, CISSP, deputy associate chief information officer for cybersecurity for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has been selected as the new co-chair of the (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Board (GAB) for Cyber Security.

As companies increasingly adopt and integrate smartphones into enterprise networks, they are potentially putting corporate data at risk.

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.