Brian Prince

Websense closed its acquisition of SurfControl Oct. 3, opening a new phase for the company. The roughly $416 million acquisition represents a major milestone in an 18-month journey since Gene Hodges took the helm as CEO of Websense, in San Diego. It is the companys second major acquisition to close in 2007. The first, PortAuthority […]

McAfee is bringing a new licensing strategy, enhanced features and a security-as-a-service model to the latest versions of its security software. In a move it dubbed a “triple play,” the security vendor announced Oct. 1 that it is taking security for PCs, mobile devices and on the Web a step further with updates to McAfee […]

ForeScout Technologies is expanding the capabilities of its flagship network access control product with the goal of adding flexibility and security to endpoints and voice over IP deployments. CounterACT 6.2, announced Oct. 1, includes a number of new enhancements—from a dissolvable client option to a new, powerful scripting engine for tailored automated remediation—ForeScout officials said […]

Vontu has added new data discovery capabilities to the latest version of its data leak prevention product that it says will help enterprises locate data stored anywhere. Officials at San Francisco-based Vontu said the ability of Vontu Data Loss Prevention 8 to accurately detect data as it is used, copied or sent at the endpoint […]

SWAT is raiding the Web, and its after Web 2.0 threats. SWAT, which stands for Secure Web 2.0 Anti-Threat Initiative, is the brainchild of Secure Computing, of San Jose, Calif. Despite its name, there are no guns or body armor involved—just a new effort by the company to work with others and provide research, best […]

A new report by Web and messaging security provider MessageLabs sees an increase in phishing and targeted attacks at executives as fixtures on todays online threat landscape. The September 2007 MessageLabs Intelligence report states that one in every 87.2 e-mails is a phishing attack. The figure represents a slight increase over what was previously the […]

CA has fixed a number of vulnerabilities reported in its BrightStor Hierarchical Storage Manager application that can be used by hackers to launch SQL injection attacks, cause a denial of service condition, or compromise a vulnerable system. BrightStor is an application used to create a tiered storage solution for enterprises, and caches frequently-used files on […]

Microsoft officials say they are investigating reports that files the company deployed this summer prevent Windows XP users who run a built-in “repair” function from installing as many as 80 of the companys latest security patches. “We are aware of reports about customers not being able to download some updates from Windows Update when using […]

Symantec is pushed its latest answer to enterprise security into a crowded playing field on Sept. 27 with the release of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Network Access Control 11.0. Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0, code-named Hamlet, combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention in a single agent, managed through a single console. Slated to […]

A day after users of AOLs instant messaging service were advised to upgrade to address a vulnerability uncovered by Core Security Technologies, well-known security researcher Aviv Raff reports that he has found a way to defeat the patch. His finding, subsequently confirmed by AOL in an e-mail he received, is the latest twist in the […]