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Revel Systems, an iPad Point of Sale Company Partners with Network Intercept to Provide Security to Their iPad Customers

Revel Systems, a next-generation mobile iPad Point of Sale provider, has joined forces with Network Intercept to create a new, leading-edge iPad POS system. Working in partnership, the two have created a revolutionary iPad POS system that uses Network Intercept’s Secure-Me solution to secure restaurant POS payments and provides the consumer with identity theft protection. - October 29, 2010 - Network Intercept

Ipswitch Announces the Release of IMail Server v11.03

Ipswitch Messaging Division, the maker of IMail Server and Ipswitch Hosted Email, today announced the release of IMail Server v11.03. As a recognized leader in the messaging industry, Ipswitch continues to meet the demands of small and mid-sized businesses worldwide. - October 29, 2010 - Ipswitch Messaging Division

Bitrix Alerts About Trojan Program Disguising as Microsoft Silverlight Update and Bitrix Security Framework

Bitrix, Inc. alerts customers about the existence of a Trojan program pretending to be the Bitrix security framework. The Trojan is capable of stealing confidential data from infected computers and received the highest threat level from malware experts. - October 29, 2010 - Bitrix

ASM Software Releases New BlackBox Security Monitor Professional

New Product Combines Most Comprehensive Monitoring with Power of Natural Language Processing to Record and Automatically Categorize User Activities - October 27, 2010 - ASM Software

modusGate Achieves VMware Ready Status for VMware vSphere 4

Vircom demonstrates its commitment towards virtualization by announcing its flagship email security product, modusGate, has passed VMware tests and reached VMware Ready status. - October 26, 2010 - Vircom Inc.

BHI SecureConnect Ranked No. 31 on Fast 50 List

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal ranks BHI on this year’s Fast 50 list of fastest-growing private companies in Minnesota. - October 24, 2010 - SecureConnect Inc

Digital Forensics Magazine Celebrates First Anniversary

Magazine aimed at digital and computer forensics specialists around the world marks first anniversary with special edition on training released 1st November 2010. - October 22, 2010 - Digital Forensics Magazine

NSF Grant Funds Cybersecurity Education at Stevens

A team of faculty and researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology are recipients of an NSF grant to further develop existing, nationally-recognized curricula in cybersecurity education. - October 21, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

NTI Joins Forces with Trend Micro

NTI “Backup Now” bundled with Trend Micro’s cloud-powered consumer security for added data protection - October 20, 2010 - NTI Corporation

CipherPoint Software Enables Compliance and Secures Sensitive Content Stored in SharePoint

Company Launches CipherPointSP Enterprise™ and CipherPointKM™ Content Security Solutions for SharePoint - October 19, 2010 - CipherPoint Software, Inc.

Virtual Technology Group Joins LiveEnsure™ to Deliver Multi-Factor Authentication for Web and Mobile

The Virtual Technology group will be talking about LiveEnsure at this weeks IP Expo, Earls Court. - October 19, 2010 - LiveEnsure

Fedora Uses YubiKey for Strong Two-Factor Authentication

The YubiKey is being distributed to core Fedora Project team members to further enhance access control to high security hosts through multi-factor authentication. - October 17, 2010 - Yubico

Jeremy Godfrey, CIO for the Hong Kong Government to Speak at the Cloud Computing World Forum Asia

Jeremy Godfrey, CIO for the Hong Kong Government joins a number of high profile CIO’s and senior IT decision makers speaking at the Cloud Computing World Forum Asia – www.cloudcomputinglive.com/asia - taking place at The Mira Hotel, Hong Kong, on 17th and 18th November 2010. The two... - October 15, 2010 - Cloud Computing World Forum

Milton Security Group LLC Certified to Participate in the "Veterans First Contracting Program"

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE), has officially certified Milton Security Group LLC as a Veteran-Owned Small Business. Milton Security Group LLC has now been added to the verified veteran business database at www.VetBiz.gov and is eligible to... - October 14, 2010 - Milton Security Group LLC

U.S. Foodservice Selects 3Delta Systems to Cut the Time, Expense and Risk of Processing and Storing Sensitive Customer Credit Card Data

CardVault Tokenization Secures Cardholder Information While Easing PCI Compliance. - October 14, 2010 - 3Delta Systems, Inc.

CompuLocks Announces Back-to-School Deals on Patented xTrap Cable Lock and All Its Computer Lock Products

Founder and CEO of CompuLocks Group, Gad Alexander announces back-to-school special deals on patented CL15T-xTrap cable lock and other winning lines of computer locks and security devices. - October 09, 2010 - Compulocks

ecycle to Provide Data Destruction Services for Copiers and Printers

ecycle announced today that is will be providing data destruction services for the hard drives inside copiers and printers to Milner Document Products. - October 09, 2010 - ecycle

SecureConnect Solution Delivers Value to Software Firm Through New Partnership

PCI Compliance Provider selected by Lighthouse Software to provide ASV vulnerability scanning to its client base. - October 08, 2010 - SecureConnect Inc

Versatile Security Announces Partnership with Gemalto

Versatile Security Sweden AB today announces a technology partnership with Gemalto, the world leader in digital security. vSEC:CMS® from Versatile Security is now fully integrated with Gemalto ProtivaTM .NET smart card. Moreover vSEC:CMS® Operator Token, which runs the vSEC:CMS®... - October 07, 2010 - Versasec AB

Stevens Students to Compete in Cyber Security Competition

After top-ten finishes in the qualifying round, two Stevens Institute of Technology teams will compete in the finals of the Capture the Flag Application Security Challenge October 29. Hosted by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, the competition pits ten undergraduate teams against... - October 07, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

Webinar Explains Why Privileged User Monitoring is Critical for Securing Data

An upcoming webinar hosted by Lumigent Technologies, Inc., will explain why gaining total visibility into all Privileged User Activity combined with a highly detailed and persuasive audit trail is critical for delivering insight and enable rapid remediation for all activity surrounding critical databases and data assets. - October 07, 2010 - Lumigent Technologies, Inc.

Axacore Expands Array of Available Storage Appliance Options

Axacore, a worldwide provider of fax and imaging solutions, now offers an expanded array of external storage appliance options for your data management and backup needs. In addition to the Network Storage Appliance – released in June 2010 – Axacore is now offering Storage options up to... - October 06, 2010 - Axacore Inc.

8el & Redstor Partnership Offers New Data Back-Up Service

8el partners with Redstor to expand its service offering to include online data backup - October 06, 2010 - Redstor

Information Security Media Group Announces Cloud Computing Security Panel Webinar

Publisher of BankInfoSecurity.com, CUinfoSecurity.com, GovInfoSecurity.com, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com announces an online seminar focused on cloud computing security at banking institutions. - October 06, 2010 - Information Security Media Group

Sims Recycling Solution's Efforts to Help the Commercial Real Estate Industry

Sims Recycling Solutions, the world’s largest electronics recycler has become a Premier Lead Sponsor for the CREW Network. Sims Recycling Solutions will partner with CREW Network to be a part of the “Leading to Change” 2010 CREW Network Convention & Marketplace held in San Francisco October 20-23, 2010. Sims Recycling Solutions hopes to help raise awareness for the Commercial real estate industry on solutions to the compliance and security issues that they face. - October 06, 2010 - Sims Recycling Solutions

NetworksTraining Proudly Presents the Second Edition of Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals Configuration Guide

The first edition of Cisco ASA Firewall Fundamentals by Harris Andrea has been embraced by thousands of Cisco firewall administrators from all over the world. Now, the second edition of this electronic book is available for immediate download from NetworksTraining. - October 05, 2010 - NetworksTraining

Promark Technology Teams with CenterTools to Prevent Rising Threats of Data Leakage

Promark Technology, one of the premier value added distributors (VAD) in the United States, teams with CenterTools, a global provider of data security software. This partnership will allow value added resellers to provide their customers with CenterTools DriveLock™ endpoint security solution. - September 29, 2010 - CenterTools

CanIt 7.0.7 Anti-Spam Software Released

Roaring Penguin Software upgrades their CanIt line of anti-spam software for ISPs, Web Hosts, Universities, and Managed Services Providers. - September 29, 2010 - Roaring Penguin Software

Trusted Tek, a Woman-Owned Onsite Computer Repair / Support Business, Launched in South Florida

Onsite computer services business opens in South Florida to serve both businesses and residential consumers. - September 27, 2010 - Trusted Tek, LLC

Information Security Media Group Announces Platinum Media Partnership with the RSA Conference 2011

Information Security Media Group (ISMG), publisher of BankInfoSecurity.com, CUInfoSecurity.com, GovInfoSecurity.com, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, announces that it has been selected as a Platinum Media Sponsor of the USA RSA Conference 2011. The RSA Conference is one of the most comprehensive... - September 26, 2010 - Information Security Media Group

NSF Funds Research to Enable Distributed, Fair, and Privacy-Preserving Collaboration

Dr. Susanne Wetzel of Stevens Institute of Technology has been awarded a $457K research grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate privacy and security in the context of enabling collaboration. Dr. Wetzel’s successful proposal, “Distributed Privacy—Privacy-Preserving Policy Reconciliation,” supports core security research in the Department of Computer Science. - September 25, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

Berkshire Products, Inc. Now Shipping a New PCIe Express PC Watchdog Timer

This new product release was made as part of Berkshire Products' commitment to enhanced customer satisfaction. Berkshire Products is recognized as an innovative computer hardware company focused on OS Watchdog timer solutions. - September 22, 2010 - Berkshire Products, Inc.

New Cloud Service for Optimizing SAP® Licenses Introduced by XPANDION

A new SaaS version of XPANDION’s LicenseAuditor for optimizing SAP licenses is now available. Requiring no additional hardware and no installation, LicenseAuditor-SaaS provides instant visibility of actual SAP license usage - identifying dormant, underused, duplicate, and misclassified SAP accounts. Analysis of periods of up to a year can be completed on the day of implementation, providing valuable data that can be used in discussions with SAP. - September 22, 2010 - Xpandion - SAP Solutions

Ciphent Continues to Pursue Global Growth Strategy

Ciphent, provider of world-class cyber security solutions, is proud to announce a major organization, infrastructure, and office expansion at their Hanover, MD headquarters as part of its ongoing global growth strategy. The neighboring office has doubled their office space to approximately 3,200 sq. - September 19, 2010 - Ciphent

Yubico Wins Award for Best Internet Security Solution

The YubiKey was named “Best Internet Security Solution” in Security Awards, conducted by the security industry’s leading magazine in Sweden. YubiKey is a unique authentication key for secure access to networks and services and a powerful solution for combating ID theft and cyber crime, says Security Awards experts. - September 19, 2010 - Yubico

Yubico Launches YubiKey with Challenge-Response Capability

Yubico adds optional challenge-response authentication feature to its popular YubiKey. This allows companies to charge for their services when the YubiKey is inserted into the USB port of the computer, as well as electronically sign data. - September 18, 2010 - Yubico

Cash Register Systems Selects Vendor Safe Technologies to Deliver PCI-DSS Solutions to Its Merchant Customers

Vendor Safe to provide simplified, low-cost PCI DSS compliance via SaaS - September 14, 2010 - Vendorsafe.com

Stevens Researchers Leverage Cryptography and Information Assurance to Re-Engineer Internet Architecture in Multi-University Collaboration Funded by NSF

Dr. Antonio Nicolosi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology is part of the interdisciplinary Nebula Project, a multi-university collaboration led by the University of Pennsylvania, which has recently been awarded a $7.5 million grant from the National Science... - September 14, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology

"Here You Have" Virus Emails Removed with metaLogic's Pursuit Tool

With the "trojan" virus "Here you have" infecting users' address books and filling inboxes with multiple emails, this latest virus is bringing down corporate email systems in some of the world's largest organizations. The Pursuit tool, developed by metaLogic for Lotus Notes Domino environments, is being used world wide by IT administrators to quickly purge these malicious messages from their email environment in order to prevent its spread. - September 12, 2010 - metaLogic Inc

Security Engineered Machinery's Hard Drive Shredder for Office Use

The new Model 0300 Jackhammer™ Hard Drive Shredder from Security Engineered Machinery (SEM) has a small footprint and is easy to use. Only 37” high, 45” wide, and 21” deep, it destroys hard drives, other electronic devices (cell phones, BlackBerrys®, PDAs, etc.), optical... - September 11, 2010 - Security Engineered Machinery

SafeSquid: Web Filtering Proxy for Windows, with Pornographic Image Filtering Capability Released

OEIPL, developers of the popular content filtering software - SafeSquid, have released a new version for Windows. The highlight of the release is the capability to block pornographic images from almost any source in real-time. - September 05, 2010 - Office Efficiencies (india) Private Limited

mtiks iOS App Anti-Piracy Goes from Private Beta to Public

mtiks is a startup company based in Cambridge, MA focused on providing anti-piracy solution to iOS (iPad/iPhone/iPod) apps. mtiks launched its initial anti-piracy solution on April 30, 2010 (http://www.pr.com/press-release/235792) for an invite only private beta customers. It was based on research... - September 02, 2010 - mtiks LLC

Private WiFi has Officially Launched Its Early Adopters Program

In Order to help secure the world from hackers while using a WiFi connection, Private WiFi has officially launched its WiFi Encryption Software. Until Sept., users can qualify for a free month of the WiFi security service. - September 01, 2010 - Private WiFi

Leading Security Specialist Adds Egress Switch to Best of Breed Product Portfolio

Egress Software Technologies announces partnership with Infosec Technologies to help expand its rapidly growing customer base. - September 01, 2010 - Egress Software Technologies Ltd

idOnDemand and Novell Launch Free SmartID Program for New SecureLogin Customers

idOnDemand is providing a truly single identity experience for free to new Novell SecureLogin customers by combining enterprise Single Sign-On with a smart card that accesses your buildings, VPN and computers, on-demand. - September 01, 2010 - idOnDemand

FEITIAN Technologies Co Ltd., Will Attend Smart Card Expo Mumbai, India

Beijing, China, August 24th / FEITIAN Technologies Co Ltd., (www.ftsafe.com), a leading software security company specializing in authentication products, today announces they will attend the Smart Card Expo in Mumbai, India. - August 27, 2010 - Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd.