Brian Prince

Symantec is making another play in the managed security space with a new service offering businesses in-depth, customized analysis of security risks affecting their enterprise. Called MTA (Managed Threat Analysis), the service will be sold through Symantecs Managed Security Services business. MTA customers get access to Symantec Global Services Security Response analysts, who will review […]

ESET wants to compete for consumer and small and midsize business security customers and expects speed to be its advantage when compared to the heavyweights McAfee and Symantec. ESET, based in Slovakia, introduced of the ESET Smart Security suite and a new version of its NOD32 Antivirus software that claims to outpace comparable McAfee and […]

WhiteHat Securitys Web vulnerability assessment service has been woven into an independent managed security service platform for the first time, extending the companys ability to deliver security to different segments of the market. SecurView, an Edison, N.J., provider of risk assessment and managed security services, will integrate WhiteHat Sentinel into its managed services platform. The […]

Embarcadero Technologies is selling data modeling templates for its ER/Studio product as a way for database administrators to be able to stop reinventing the wheel every time the need for data modeling or data warehouse design comes up. Dubbed Universal Data Models, the templates are off-the-shelf data model designs for nine common subject areas and […]

Database security vendor Sentrigo released the first major upgrade to its Hedgehog software Oct. 29, expanding operating system support and adding new quarantine capabilities to thwart unauthorized changes to the database. The upgraded version, which will once again be available in standard and enterprise editions, now features support for all Oracle databases version 8.1.7 and […]

Does lower consumer confidence and fears about a slowing economy have an effect on buying decisions for PC security products? That is the question at the heart of sharply different outlooks for the next fiscal quarters of Symantec and its computer security rival McAfee. On Oct. 24, Symantec announced that its profits for the second […]

CrossTec has released a new version of its Activeworx Enterprise software with enhanced log management features. In Activeworx Enterprise 4.1, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based company has added a new module, dubbed the Audit Logger Extension, or ALX, which CrossTec officials said allows a simpler construction of a log management install in a distributed environment. The […]

A Freemont, Calif. couple was among a handful of defendants sentenced to prison Oct. 23 for defrauding Microsoft out of more than $29 million by illegally obtaining discounted software. Husband and wife team Mirza and Sameena Ali, ages 60 and 53, respectively, received five years in prison and were ordered to pay more than $20 […]

For the moment, officials at Symantec are not commenting on their plans for any acquisitions in the data loss prevention market. For almost two weeks, rumors have swirled publicly about the Cupertino, Calif., company moving to buy Vontu. However, Symantec CEO John Thompson on Oct. 24 neither confirmed nor denied whether Symantec had an interest […]

Trend Micro announced plans Thursday to purchase Provilla, becoming the latest security firm to add data loss prevention tools via acquisition. The Japan-based Trend Micro will operate Provilla, based in Mountain View, Calif., as a subsidiary of Trend Micros U.S. affiliate. Provillas products specialize in intelligent content filtering and policy enforcement, capabilities Trend Micro officials […]