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Financed by the European community, OpenEvidence -part of European Project Group FP5- is an open source framework for data certification, time stamping and data archival that brings technology for evidence creation, validation and long term protection of documents.. . .
Businesses should see a 180-degree improvement in the security of their Windows software environments within eight months, according to Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates. . .
Microsoft's recently-announced anti-spam add-on for Exchange Server 2003 may be a first step in the company's assault on enterprise junk mail, say analysts, but the move is neither a threat for third-party software makers already in the market, nor of much use to large corporations.. . .
Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) will give away its consumer antivirus and firewall software product with a year's subscription to virus signature updates, it said Tuesday. . .
Red Hat Tuesday said it is offering a new training course, designed to improve the security skills of users. The course, called RH423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication, will cover directory services, authentication and security configuration for companies . . .
Cisco Systems is to combat the spread of computer worms across internal networks. Cisco's Network Admission Control program is designed to minimise the threat posed when mobile or guest users connect infected PCs to internal company networks. . .
Micael Mimoso submits Red Hat recommends users upgrade to updated packages that address security vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL, stunnel, XFree64, and Zebra. The consequences of the vulnerabilities include denial of service, execution of arbitrary code and privilege escalation. . .
Network-security company CyberGuard Corp. on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire privately held SnapGear for $16 million in stock and cash.. . .
Lokitech Inc., a small software security firm in suburban Washington, D.C., has crafted an Open Source-based security solution for credit card processing that will run with .NET and Java enterprise systems. . .
The market is heating up for products that allow secure access to corporate networks based on a widely used browser security technology known as secure sockets layer encryption. Cisco Systems became the latest company to introduce a virtual private network (VPN) . . .
In this short paper I want to explore the rather interesting row level security feature added to Oracle 8i and above, starting with version 8.1.5. This functionality has been described as fine grained access control or row level security or virtual . . .
Networks are dynamic, constantly changing with the addition of new devices and services--each with vulnerabilities and risky configurations. Vulnerability assessment tools that take snapshots don't reflect this ceaseless flux. That's where Tenable Network Security steps in, taking a completely passive approach . . .
Heightened awareness of security issues on the part of IT administrators is, for the most part, a good thing. But there is a downside -- it has pushed vendors to integrate security into products ad infinitum. In the switching world, newly added features of layer 3 routing switches are starting to make these products resemble firewalls.. . .
Today, Halloween, marks the debut of Devil-Linux 1.0, a runs-from-CD (or USB flash device) firewall/router distribution designed to give you a large amount of security in return for very little setup work. The Halloween release date and the 'Devil-Linux' name . . .
Intel will launch a new motherboard this week containing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which is an electronic safe that can store encrypted keys to sensitive documents and personal information.. . .
Secure Linux operating system and software provider Trustix was today acquired by internet security company Comodo. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Comodo, which is best known as a certification authority for SSL certificates, said that the deal will . . .
This certification is another step in IBM's initiative to provide secure products for government and other high-assurance organizations. In August, IBM and SuSE Linux announced that SuSE achieved the first security certification of Linux. IBM Directory Server, AIX and advanced security . . .
By definition, it's rare to hear a CEO say something like, "There's not another major technology company that's shown the revenue and earnings growth we've shown the past four years." But John Thompson of Symantec says it matter-of-factly, with obvious pride . . .
Sun's chief security officer last week said that vendors should bear legal responsibility for any security vulnerabilities found in their software, and should work harder to build more secure platforms and applications.. . .
Big Blue said its wireless intrusion detection service is designed to help customers protect themselves against security breaches on wireless local area networks. The service includes Linux-based sensors that detect irregularities in the wireless network and identify unauthorized or unsecured access . . .
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