Network professionals are typically well-versed in the technical aspects of networking: router and switch configuration, server deployment and management, and …
Companies warned over ‘aging’ firewalls
According to U.K.-based Pentura, firewalls are typically managed by a succession of admins who create their own rules, which then …
McAfee builds SaaS arm
McAfee on Monday announced that it has rolled its SaaS security offerings into a new business unit. The new unit …
IBM building 20-petaflop machine to secure nuclear stockpile
Supercomputer designers spent years chasing after the elusive petaflop barrier – the ability to perform one thousand trillion calculations per …
Windows 7 Will Not Sway XP Users
The chances of Windows 7 suddenly winning over Windows XP users in droves are slim to none. Windows 7 is …
Juniper switch enables mega-router creation
Juniper this week is unveiling a matrix switch for interconnecting core routers into a higher density, more scalable system. The …
Data-breach costs rising, study finds
In its study of 43 companies that suffered a data breach last year, the Ponemon Institute found the total cost …
Wi-Fi hotspot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public …
SonicWall introduces management appliance
SonicWall is putting its Global Management System software onto an appliance to make the platform easier to deploy. Called EM …
Google bug vexes Saturday morning searches
A glitch that apparently occurred in Google's “Stop Badware” program led to what Verizon's security blog called a “self-inflicted denial …
How secure is Firefox?
Mozilla's open source Firefox browser has made a significant dent in Internet Explorer's dominant market share. Much of its popularity …
Securing video surveillance system
Video surveillance was once the exclusive province of physical security; operators looked at multiple video screens, each displaying the field …
Full-disk encryption for all computer drives
The world's six largest computer drive makers today published the final specifications(download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that …
Malicious Web sites on the rise, AVG notes
Web sites rigged with malicious code are becoming more numerous by the day, but the time those sites are online …
Backup merger unites Barracuda, Yosemite
With the addition of software agents from Yosemite, Barracuda can offer incremental backups of applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server …
A versatile NAC
Few customers of network access control use it for what it was intended, preferring instead to deploy the security technology …
Cisco aims to energise small-business productivity
Cisco aims to help small businesses gain greater agility and efficiency in working with customers who are increasingly expecting to …
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: allowing the big data-center synch
For the County of Los Angeles – with more than 10 million residents, the nation's largest county – the timing …
Monster.com reports theft of user data
Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen …
Scan and monitor network with Nsauditor
If you've got a solid networking background and are looking for an all-in-one tool for monitoring the safety of your …