Zions Bancorporation has set up a massive repository for proactively analyzing a combination of real-time security and business data in order to identify phishing attacks, prevent fraud and ward off stealthy hacker incursions known as advanced persistent threats.
<a href="http://www.symantec.com/connect/w32_duqu_precursor_next_stuxnet">Symantec</a> last week was the first to get the word out about <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/101911-symantec-mcafee-differ-on-duqu-252194.html">Duqu</a>, the newly discovered network espionage malware designed to go after industrial control systems. It was quickly dubbed "Son of Stuxnet" by the media, and Symantec said 50% of the code base seems to be the same used in Stuxnet.
A consumer advocacy group yesterday released documents it has obtained that indicate that CSC, the prime contractor for Google Apps services for <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/042810-los-angeles-google-apps.html">Los Angeles</a>, has allegedly not managed to meet the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/042810-corporate-e-mail-in-the-cloud.html?page=6">security requirements</a> of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Guidance Software today said its <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031710-forensics-tools-help-companies-investigate.html">computer forensics</a> tool is now capable of automated collection of data on endpoint devices, including computers and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a>, based on a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> information and event management (SIEM) alert.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">Security</a> firm <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102109-asian-economy-threatened-by-new.html">Kroll</a>'s annual fraud report indicates that half of all senior executives feel their companies are vulnerable to information theft, up sharply from 38% last year.
Confidentiality, integrity and availability are oft-mentioned goals of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a>, and that being the case, this week's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/101311-blackberry-restored-251941.html">lack of service globally for the BlackBerry</a> constitutes a profound security collapse.
Few companies inspire the awe — and the dread about privacy concerns — that Google does, because of its search engine, Google maps and its Street View imagery, its Gmail e-mail and other cloud-based services.
A survey of 5,300 IT and security managers in 38 countries about cloud computing offers a vivid snapshot of expectations, anxieties and sometimes shattered hopes.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sprint's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031511-4g-breakdown.html">4G</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">wireless</a> service can be used by enterprise customers as an alternative to T-1 lines, a Sprint executive said today.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- When the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in March brought down the voice-over-IP (VoIP) call processing supplied by TelePacific Communications to thousands of its customers, it marked a turning point for the local-exchange services provider in its thinking about security.
Symantec today said its new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/090811-cloud-sso-250608.html">cloud-based single sign-on</a> (SSO) service called O3 is available to enterprise customers to test.
Biometrics — the security method for identifying an individual by making a match of fingerprints, iris, face, voice, DNA and other <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/092811-biometrics-war-machine-251352.html">unique physical traits</a> — scares people, an industry leader in the field acknowledged this week. But enterprise technology managers say there's no doubt biometrics is a boon to enterprise security.
TAMPA -- Using a portable kit to be able to quickly analyze human DNA collected in the field for investigative and forensics purposes has been a long-time dream for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), law enforcement and the Department of Defense (DoD).
The PCI Security Standards Council today is expected to issue guidelines on use of point-to-point encryption in protecting sensitive payment card data, but the narrow approach — which is focused on hardware — is raising questions.
Symantec this week introduced what it calls the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service that works with an on-premises software component to keep track of SSL server certificates used by an organization.