Fahmida Y. Rashid

Cisco is rethinking its long-term security strategy in light of the consumerization of workplace technology that’s changing work patterns and presenting new security challenges. Cisco’s new SecureX framework is consolidating a number of formerly separate security technologies, including its ASA firewall appliances, TrustSec service, IronPort scanning, management tools and suite of cloud services. Cisco unveiled […]

The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities made the virtual desktop shift for all 1,500 employees as part of a larger project to modernize its infrastructure. The department announced a new virtual desktop infrastructure, based on management software from Unidesk and VMware View, on Feb. 28. The combination allowed DoDD to create custom desktops, allow user […]

The London Stock Exchange can’t seem to catch a break. Less than 48 hours after a technical glitch stopped all trading, Google flagged the stock exchange’s Website for malware. Users trying to get to londonstockexchange.com via Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox were shown a warning page on Feb. 27 that warned the site may contain […]

Massachusetts General Hospital was fined $1 million for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It is the second ever fine imposed on a health care organization by the US Department of Health and Human Services ever since HIPAA went into effect in 2003. “We hope the health care industry will take a […]

Clearly scammers are keeping abreast of the political developments in the Middle East. A number of Nigerian-style scams have emerged referencing the situation in Libya. As violence escalated in Libya as demonstrators called for Col. Moammar Ghadafi to step down after 42 years of rule, countries around the world are taking action to evacuate their […]

EMC has a sunny forecast for European businesses: the cloud will generate 2.4 million jobs over the next four years. If companies across Europe’s five largest economies, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, continue to adopt cloud technology as expected, they will generate more than $243 billion in revenue per year, EMC said […]

Cyber-criminals are launching more of their attacks from legitimate Websites and services, according to a report from Blue Coat Systems. In the 2010 Blue Coat Annual Web Security Report, security researchers examined Web behavior, types of malware users most often saw and top 10 attack vectors in the past year. Researchers also examined some of […]

Microsoft pushed out an update to the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine on Feb. 23. It was discovered by Cesar Cerrudo, CEO of security research firm Argeniss, who publicly disclosed his Token Kidnapping research at the Black Hat security conference in July 2010. The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine is used in various Microsoft security products, including […]

In the search for a new CEO, virtualization software maker Parallels stayed close to home and named one of its own senior executives to the post. Birger Steen, the current president of Parallels, has been promoted to CEO, effective Feb. 23, the company said. Company founder and outgoing CEO Sergeui Beloussov announced Steen’s appointment during […]

As expected, a British judge has ruled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault charges. This opens the door to a possible extradition to the United States to face charges relating to the posting of allegedly stolen confidential U.S. diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks Website. Howard Riddle, the judge […]