| Review: AVG Internet Security 7.5 internet security software | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:13:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | AVG could just be one of the most generous companies in the world. For years it has offered a free download of its anti-virus software. Although many are grateful for this there is, of course, a paid-for option too. Grisoft, its Czech creator, is hoping people will upgrade to its full internet security suite. AVG Internet Security has just reached version 7.5 and consists of anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and firewall programs. Installation is very simple; load the software from the supplied CD, enter the licence number and select the type of PC you're installing the firewall on. From AVG’s point of view there are four types: Allow everything, Block everything, Computer in domain and Standalone PC. Obviously these choices aren’t exactly clear, not only for their descriptions but for their purposes too.... | |
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| | | Securent Could Be a Fine Addition for Oracle | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:10:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | As a journalist in the high-tech space, every now and then I get to hear things that make me think two companies would be a perfect marriage. Not that I'm advocating that companies land on other companies and absorb them, even though it gives us more to talk, pontificate and write about. But sometimes two companies seem destined to be intertwined, either in a partnership or in an acquisition. I believe Oracle (Quote ), which has shown no hesitation in shelling out for cash for technologies, customers or other assets it covets, should acquire Securent Corp. The purchase makes sense for a myriad of reasons. Securent makes entitlement management software, which some experts consider the next frontier in identity management for Web-based businesses. But, you say, Oracle already has an extensive security software portfolio.... | |
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| | | Websense Security Expert to Participate on Internet Security Panel at the Anti-Phishing Working Group 2006 Fall General | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:40:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | Websense, Inc. , a global leader in Web security and Web filtering productivity software, today announced that Dan Hubbard, vice president of security research for Websense, Inc., will participate on an Internet security panel discussing the current state of Internet security and the proliferation of crimeware exploits at the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) 2006 Fall General Meeting on November 14, 2006, in Orlando, Florida. WHO: Dan Hubbard heads Websense(R) Security Labs(TM), the security research arm of Websense that developed the patent-pending Websense ThreatSeaker(TM) technology. Websense ThreatSeeker scans more than 595 million Web sites every week to provide ongoing threat intelligence to Websense security software, allowing the software to block and protect customers from Web- based threats before they have a chance to steal business information and affect business productivity.... | |
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| | | Air Force Awards Fortify Software Contract to Provide Application Security Assurance | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:22:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Fortify Software Inc., the market-leading provider of security products that help companies identify, manage and remediate software vulnerabilities to mitigate enterprise security risk, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide application security assurance services to the United States Air Force (USAF). Under the agreement, Fortify Software professional services staff will conduct on-site analysis of mission-critical software being managed, developed, and distributed by the Sensors Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and deployed to all Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Centers as part of the DoD Software Protection Initiative. "The Software Protection Center of the AFRL Sensors Directorate distributes products that enhance the security of critical DoD software by preventing theft, reverse engineering, and unauthorized modification via a novel application-centric information security model," said Jeff Hughes, Chief of the Anti-Tamper / Software Protection Initiative Technology Office, Sensors Directorate, AFRL.... | |
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| | | Software and cameras deployed to beef up rail security | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:46:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Maryland Transit Administration unveiled new security technology at the Camden Yards Light Rail and MARC station Wednesday. The MTA and the federal Department of Homeland Security spent 15 months developing a program that integrates high-tech software with security cameras. Like a human security guard, the software monitors changes on rail station platforms that are recorded by the cameras. For example, the software can identify bags, packages or objects that are left unattended. It then notifies transportation authorities. The round-the-clock surveillance would be impossible to provide using only available manpower, the state said. .... | |
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| | | Brabeion Simplifies IT Security Compliance - Becoming Sole Independent Software Vendor to License IT Controls Content | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:15:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | Brabeion Software, a leader in IT security risk and compliance management software, has become the first independent software vendor to deliver two components critical to helping organizations address Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance: controls content from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the COBIT 4.0 control framework licensed from the IT Governance Institute (ITGI). As the only ISV to license both PricewaterhouseCoopers and COBIT 4.0 content, Brabeion has also integrated that content into Brabeion Compliance Center (BCC), its software solution for IT compliance policy management. As a result, Brabeion Compliance Center is the first compliance platform that defines what should be done -- as specified by ITGI's COBIT control objectives -- and how control objectives can be achieved -- as specified by Brabeion controls including controls content licensed from PricewaterhouseCoopers.... | |
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| | | Microsoft To Link To Rival Security Software In Vista | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:24:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | By Gregg Keizer TechWeb Oct 16, 2006 01:29 PM Microsoft will post links to rival security software makers in the welcoming screen for Windows Vista, the company has said, another appeasement to a competitor who has raised questions about the developer's monopolistic position. One of the changes to the upcoming new operating system, said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, in a question and answer session on Friday, is to the Welcome Center, the first screen that Vista users see after installing the OS or turning on a new PC. As it stands in Vista Release Candidate 2 (RC2), the Welcome Center includes a link to purchase Microsoft's own OneCare security software, but doesn't extend that to third-party vendors. In the final release of Vista, said Smith, the page will also offer a link to "alternative security offerings." That link, added Smith, will be right next to the one for OneCare.... | |
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| | | Microsoft's Live Meeting For Security Firms Crashes | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 7:17:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Microsoft says its Live Meeting software allows collaboration online in real time among colleagues, customers and partners -- but it better not try telling that to the nation's security software makers. After days of waiting, Microsoft finally called an online briefing for Thursday to explain how it would carry out a promise to the European Commission to address concerns of security software makers about its new Vista operating system. Fifteen minutes into the much-anticipated briefing, dozens of the security companies were kicked off line and could not connect again. Perhaps a dozen or more continued to hear the presentation. "We contacted Microsoft but they told us: 'Sorry for the snafu, but you'll have to wait for the 5 p.m. meeting,"' said one unhappy software company employee.... | |
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| | | Beyond Security's beStorm Speeds Up Bug Discovery In Applications | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 7:16:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Beyond Security is using a common hacker technique to help software developers and testers weed out glitches in applications that could later become the target of exploits. The idea behind the technique, called "fuzzing," is to take a certain request—between a Web browser and server, for example—and modify it so that it's slightly different from what one side expects. Although time-consuming, fuzzing can yield interesting results that point to security vulnerabilities, causing servers to crash or applications to provide access to unauthorized users, said Aviram Jenik, CEO of Beyond Security, McLean, Va. With the mid-September release of beStorm 2.0, Beyond Security is introducing 'smart' black-box testing, which begins by fuzzing a small group of known attack vectors in order to speed up the process of finding the majority of undiscovered vulnerabilities, Jenik said.... | |
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| | | Software empowers information lifecycle security. | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:12:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Offering complete ILS solution, FileData Classifier(TM) v2.1 solves problem of discovery, extraction, and management for security-related, non-public information. Riding on top of SLICEbase engine, software employs advanced pattern recognition, target-based data mining, and heuristic proximity searching. Program functions allow for compliance archiving, data grooming for backup and disaster recovery, legal discovery, and laboratory instrument file management. .... | |
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