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The Application Flow model may be best described as an automatic analysis of content. Based on how a user interacts with an application over time, policies are designed to allow the user leeway to accomplish their task. Generating policies of . . .
Security will move farther from the fallible hands of users and closer to the heart of the computer with a deal announced by Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Wave Systems (Nasdaq: WAVX) . The deal will help bridge the gap between . . .
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.28 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.28 as compared to 1.3.27. . .
The Apache Software Foundation on Monday released a new version of its open-source Web server project to plug four potentially serious security holes. The latest update to the Apache 2.0 HTTP Server (version 2.0.47) is described as a security and bug . . .
Last month I used NetStumbler under Windows to search for wireless access points in my travels. This month I gave a Linux-based alternative a spin. AirTraf is a basic site survey tool that looks for 802.11b access points and displays traffic . . .
FreeS/WAN 2.01 has shipped and is available as both source and binary RPM's. This is an important release for anyone using Opportunistic Encryption (OE) as there is a small but serious change to the OE protocol. For now the protocol is . . .
On Tuesday the organization responsible for the Bluetooth wireless standard unveiled version 1.2 of its official spec at the Bluetooth World Congress in Amsterdam. But for real evidence that that the technology is finally gaining acceptance turn to the conference program . . .
Application Security Inc. is rolling out a security scanner for MySQL, the open-source database from MySQL AB, and for Web applications. AppDetective 3.2 for Web Applications and AppDetective 3.2 for MySQL are network-based vulnerability assessment scanners that locate and assess . . .
A global survey has revealed that 39 percent of financial institutions experienced at least one security breach within the past year. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's Global Security Survey, which was released Wednesday, showed that two-thirds of the security breaches were breaches from outside the organization. . . .
Reducing spam remains the No. 1 concern for IT professionals on the e-mail front, but security and migration issues are also top priorities for 2003, according to a recent survey. In a survey released by the Radicati Group Monday, roughly . . .
Guardian Digital, Inc., the premier open source security company, today announced the availability of the next generation Guardian Digital Secure Mail Suite, the industry's most secure and cost-effective email platform. Capable of managing all email functions within an . . .
As IT staffs continue to look for ways to stretch their security budgets, vendors are readying new products that combine multiple security functions in a single offering. Nokia Corp. and Broadcom Corp. next week will introduce products that take discrete . . .
The death knell for intrusion detection is getting louder. Tired of doing full-time monitoring and fending off alerts that 99 times out of 100 mean nothing, enterprises have been ready to shove these expensive network-monitoring products off the proverbial cliff.. . .
Users and resellers of RAV AntiVirus, popular especially on Linux platforms, are in limbo after Microsoft Corp. announced plans to buy the RAV technology from Romania's GeCAD Software Srl. The RAV product line will be discontinued after Microsoft completes the acquisition . . .
Control-system specialist Verano has introduced a service and software package to help companies protect their critical infrastructure from digital attacks. The product, dubbed Industrial Defender, aims to close holes in the security surrounding control systems used by utility companies, manufacturers and other industries.. . .
deepquest submits, Microsoft said Tuesday it will acquire antivirus technology from a Romanian software company and develop its own antivirus product, stepping into a market it has long ceded to others specializing in software security.. . .
Focusing on the near-Herculean task network executives face in keeping patches current on their Microsoft, Macintosh and Linux software, BigFix last week introduced tools to help with the heavy lifting. With Version 3.0 of its Patch Manager, the company has . . .
... it doesn't take the skills of a hacker to see that Foundstone, a privately owned $20-million-a-year company in Mission Viejo, Calif., is in trouble. It has been accused of widespread software piracy by a leading industry trade group, FORTUNE has learned--charges corroborated by current and former Foundstone employees and by computer printouts obtained by the magazine.. . .
Last week Microsoft announced plans to revise the process it uses to provide patches that fix problems with its software. While IT executives around the world may be swooning in gratitude at this latest demonstration of 'Trustworthy Computing' in action, those . . .
Cisco Systems this week introduced an architecture designed to make wireless LANs easier to manage and more secure. Cisco's Structured Wireless-Aware Network framework, which includes a series of enhancements and additions to its hardware portfolio and new software capabilities, are . . .
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