Brian Prince

Slowly but surely, a new segment of the identity management market is gaining steam. Generally referred to as entitlement management, its percolating popularity is being driven primarily by the need to meet regulatory compliance mandates, analysts said. “Theres been a lot of focus around identity management and provisioning and role management because of regulatory compliance,” […]

The Sept. 30 deadline set by Visa USA for large enterprises to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is looming. But even with the deadline so close, a study commissioned by EMCs security division found that many businesses are still struggling to make the grade. The study for RSA Security—performed by Forrester […]

Sophos added remote connection tools to its list of blocked devices on its Sophos Endpoint Security and Control, shutting a new window on threats, company officials said Sept. 25. Remote connection tools like RealVNC and Radmin that allow employees to access remote-based PCs or laptops from any other computer via the Internet, though often unendorsed […]

The motto of Catbird Networks—dont run naked—may need to be changed to “never leave home without protection.” With the Pocket V-Agent, slated to be released Sept. 26, Catbird has taken its virtual network security assessments technology and placed it in a portable, pocket-sized unit. Pocket V-Agent allows security consultants, auditors and managed security providers to […]

Officials at network security firm FireEye have their eyes on botnets and their minds on a strategy that mixes a new anti-botnet appliance with a global intelligence and analysis service. FireEye has integrated its FireEye Botwall 4000 appliance with its Botwall Network, a subscription-based botnet discovery and analysis service. According to the company, the service […]

Code Green Networks expects to find a willing market for enterprise-class data leak prevention among small and midsize businesses. Unveiled this week, the CI-750 provides features from Code Greens midsized business appliance—the CI-1500—but slimmed down to meet the cost and management challenges unique to organizations or locations with fewer than 250 network users, officials at […]

Oracles revenues for new application licenses jumped 65 percent in the companys first fiscal quarter, driving a 28 percent increase in earnings per share compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle President Charles Phillips said Sept. 20 that the Redwood Shores, Calif., company is grabbing market share from SAP in the applications space. While […]

Selling illegal software is a worldwide, multi-billion dollar business. For software companies, that means coming up with ways to stop piracys negative effects is an important element of survival. With that in mind, Uniloc USA, which specializes in electronic device recognition products for software copy control, is offering up several software licensing strategies to help […]

Open-source security provider Untangle is looking for a few good managed service providers. The company plans to announce a new MSP partner program Sept. 24 that allows MSPs to offer and manage Untangles open-source network security product, the Untangle Gateway Platform, to protect customer networks from spam, viruses, spyware, adware and other threats. “From the […]

Sophos, in its latest release of PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange, sports added simplified management features and enhanced data leak prevention. PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange 3.0 features several advances on the previous version, including Support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 and the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 The ability to monitor and manage multiple PureMessage instances […]