Dennis Fisher

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday will roll out its OpenView Select Identity provisioning product, a new offering based on technology the company acquired earlier this year. The solution is one of the first pieces of HPs new security strategy, a plan that comprises offerings in trustworthy systems, proactive security management and identity management. Like many of its […]

Network Associates Inc. officials denied Wednesday that they are actively looking to sell the company—to Microsoft Corp. or anyone else. NAI recently has shed all of its nonsecurity business units, agreeing to sell both its Sniffer and Magic divisions, while choosing to focus on its new intrusion prevention strategy. This trimming of the product line […]

As part of a continuing effort to halt the exploding online crime of phishing, MasterCard International Inc. on Tuesday announced that it is establishing a program to help eliminate the Web-based card-swapping rings and phony Web sites that are the tools of the trade for online scammers. Under an agreement with NameProtect Inc., the card […]

One year after it surprised rivals and partners by jumping into the anti-virus market, Microsoft Corp. still has no clear AV strategy, and users are still hanging on to the promise of integrated Windows protection. The companys sluggish AV development is a far cry from the plans Microsoft trumpeted when it acquired the Romanian company […]

Blue Coat Systems Inc. on Monday is unveiling a new set of appliances designed to solve the latency and throughput problems that hamper the current generation of Web anti-virus boxes. The ProxyAV appliance works in conjunction with the companys ProxySG security gateway, and only inspects the Web objects that the gateway hands off to it. […]

With more corporate workers than ever working at home or in secondary locations at least part time, many enterprise security managers find themselves at a loss to control the security and integrity of the machines their users work on. This can be especially troublesome when users bring files and documents from home or from the […]

The former chief financial officer of Network Associates, known for its McAfee anti-virus software, was charged Wednesday with 20 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy in connection with an alleged scheme to fudge the companys books to hide losses and inflate earnings in the late 1990s. Prabhat Goyal served as the companys CFO from late […]

RSA Security Inc. on Monday announced that it is rolling out a set of services to help organizations manage and secure their implementations of RFID technology. Radio frequency identification has been touted as a time- and money-saving solution for a wide variety of organizations, especially retailers and distributors who need to keep close tabs on […]

Microsoft is working on a set of security upgrades for Windows Server 2003 that executives said will deliver on the companys promise to make its products more secure by default and give enterprises more options for locking down servers. The security capabilities for the companys flagship server operating system are due to be included in […]

The intrusion prevention market was once the province of a smattering of small players, all fighting to make a name for themselves and attract the attention of customers and potential acquisition partners. That strategy worked for many companies, and Network Associates Technology Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. now stand as the top two IPS vendors, […]