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Ciphent Protects Banks and Credit Unions with New Offering
Over $40 Million Was Stolen from the Bank Accounts of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in 2009 - December 20, 2009 - Ciphent, Inc.
T3i Announces Release of New Data Encryption Key Management Product and New Partnership
T3i, a leading provider of information security and compliance consulting services, announced today that it has reached an agreement with ISoftware Systems to market, distribute and deploy the Data Encryption Key Management Software, Securi-Key™ to organizations that to need improve the... - December 19, 2009 - T3i
Top 50 Internet Hosts & Networks Cybercrime Report from HostExploit
HostExploit is proud to announce the “winners” of the Bad Internet Host of 2009 awards, alongside the definitive Top 50 Bad Hosts and Networks report. The findings are powered by the newly-created HE Index - a numerical representation of internet badness. - December 19, 2009 - HostExploit
gukPhone Launch VPN and SSL VoIP Telephony with a Flash Client to the End User
GUK Communications released the new Flash VoIP Client gukPhone V2 which support SSL Encryption for VoIP Telephony, with the launch of the new client software it is possible to use the gukPhone account with SIP devices in combination with VPN (PPTP) to encrypt and secure communication. - December 17, 2009 - GUK Communications Ltd.
Quick Heal Wins India’s Leading SME Sector Awards, "Emerging India Awards 2009"
A major achievement for Quick Heal Technologies came with winning the Oscar of India’s SME sector awards, 'Emerging India Awards 2009', jointly organized by ICICI Bank and CNBC TV18 to honor India's most globally competitive SMEs. The award ceremony was conducted in the plush hotel Taj Palace... - December 17, 2009 - Quick Heal Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Now Available: the World's First Solution for Capping the Power-over-Ethernet Voltage Problem
New and Affordable 324 PoE Reducer First Product to Cap/Reduce ‘hot’ Ethernet Extended PoE to 24v Standard - December 16, 2009 - Ethernet Extension Experts
Electronic Merchant Systems Selects SparkBase
Electronic Merchant Systems Selects SparkBase to Power Its New "Altus Premier" Gift Card Platform. - December 14, 2009 - SparkBase LLC
Compendium Education Center is a McAfee Authorized Training Center
Compendium Education Center has signed a partnership agreement with McAfee, and consequently has achieved a certification of McAfee Authorized Training Center. - December 13, 2009 - Compendium Education Center
EC-Council Discusses the Effects of Equipment-Based Security Mentality at the Largest e-Learning Conference for Corporate, Education and Public Service Sectors
The President of EC-Council delivered an enlightening presentation on the security risks faced by corporations at the Online Educa Berlin, the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors. - December 11, 2009 - EC-Council
Wendy’s Franchisee, RDR Foods, Implements SecureConnect Solution, Identifying Installation as Key Success
After recommendation from a fellow Wendy’s franchise owner, RDR Foods implements SecureConnect® as its comprehensive PCI compliance solution. - December 10, 2009 - SecureConnect Inc
Red Earth Software Warns of Privacy Breaches in Cc Mass Mailings
Red Earth Software, developer of email filter software for Exchange Server, warns that companies are unknowingly exposing themselves to the potentially harmful effects of unauthorized cc mass mailings. Cc mass mailings occur when one email is sent to many recipients in the Cc (or Bcc/To) field,... - December 10, 2009 - Red Earth Software
Convexity Capital Management, LP Selects SilverBack Migration Solutions for Cross-Country Systems Move
Data center migration service provider completes critical systems facility move in less than 36 hours. - December 09, 2009 - Silverback Data Center Solutions, Inc
Yubico Launches YubiKey Supporting OATH
Yubico launches support for OATH, the open authentication initiative introduced by VeriSign and designed to enable strong authentication for devices from multiple vendors. The OATH YubiKey is designed to generate event-based 6- or 8 digit One-Time Pass codes (OTP) that work seamlessly in OATH... - December 09, 2009 - Yubico
Yubico and Oblivion Bring Strong Two-Factor Authentication to Essent Energy Trading
Essent, one of the largest energy companies in the Netherlands, has deployed YubiKeys to their customers for authenticating online orders. The Dutch web developer, Oblivion, built the two-factor authentication service for Essent. Oblivion has built several web applications for Essent, one of the... - December 04, 2009 - Yubico
Yubico Launches YubiKey with RFID
The first beta series based on the most commonly used RFID standard MIFARE Classic has been manufactured and is successfully verified by customers. The YubiKey RFID looks exactly like an ordinary Yubikey 2.0 and offers a reading distance of about 3 centimeters. - December 03, 2009 - Yubico
Sunera Promotes Joe Sechman to Lead Its Penetration Testing Practice
Sunera has promoted Joe Sechman to Director of its Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment Practice. - December 03, 2009 - Sunera LLC
Dedicated Computing Honored by Northrop Grumman
Dedicated Computing was awarded a Sector Supplier Excellence Award by Northrop Grumman for work on a ruggedized computer system that was part of a radar workstation. - December 02, 2009 - Dedicated Computing LLC
Milton Security Group LLC Opens New Office in Silicon Valley
Milton Security Group LLC opens a new office in Silicon Valley to meet the increasing demand for the company’s network security and Smart Grid technologies and services. - November 27, 2009 - Milton Security Group LLC
Activate is 20th Fastest Growing Company in Deloitte’s Fast 50
Activate is very excited about being included in the Deloitte’s Fast 50 Awards this year. After 3 years of tremendous growth in the New Zealand market, Activate was named the 20th fastest growing company in New Zealand, which is proof that more organizations understand the benefits of IT... - November 25, 2009 - Activate
Redbridge and Yubico Provide Secure IT-Access for Swedish E-Government
A local e-government in Sweden has chosen the YubiKey for secure access to their IT-systems. RedBridge, the leading Swedish open source software integrator, has integrated the innovative authentication solution. - November 25, 2009 - Yubico
Foremay Unveils Secure Erase Disk Purge for SSD Data Sanitation
Foremay's Secure Erase is an easy-to-use "electronic data shredding" technique that can be implemented by a software-based data destroy command or a hardware-based one-key physical destruction of the flash memory in a solid state drive. - November 25, 2009 - Foremay, Inc.
BHI Advanced Internet Promotes Growth of Information Technology Field by Hosting Perspective ITT Technical Institute Students
Perspective ITT Technical Institute students from Minnesota metro high schools tour BHI Advanced Internet to learn about IT operations, security processes and Information Technology (IT). - November 22, 2009 - SecureConnect Inc
Ahsay Backup Software Won Biz.IT Excellence Award
Ahsay, the leading provider of powerful, innovative data protection software, announces today that it is the winner of the “Biz.IT Excellence 2009 Award” organized PC Market magazine. - November 20, 2009 - Ahsay Systems Corporation Ltd
Critical Watch Strategic Alliance with M.Tech Expands Distribution in Asia-Pacific Region
Vulnerability management, Compliance and Intrusion Prevention Integration combine to provide comprehensive risk management solution - November 20, 2009 - Critical Watch
Fairland Consulting Announce New ISO27001 Team
London Based Fairland Consulting – IT Professionals – (www.fairland.co.uk) are delighted to announce a new ISO27001 compliance team. Achieving ISO27001 is a must for most organisations who deal with public sector and corporate organisations. - November 19, 2009 - fairland consulting
Auslogics Antivirus Offers the Ultimate PC Protection
Auslogics Software releases a new computer security program - Auslogics Antivirus. - November 19, 2009 - Auslogics Software Pty Ltd
Taco John's Partners with SecureConnect to Achieve PCI Compliance, Citing Reliability as Deciding Factor
Reliability and proactive customer support from BHI SecureConnect® generates positive feedback from Taco John’s. - November 19, 2009 - SecureConnect Inc
Vircom's Modus™ Anti-Spam Solutions Protect Against Snowshoe Spam
Email Security company Vircom fights the most recent Snowshoe spam threat with its award-winning Anti-Spam Software modusGate™ and modusMail™. - November 19, 2009 - Vircom Inc.
"PCI: Requirements to Action" Research Paper Helps Merchants Protect Against a Harrowing Holiday Shopping Season
New advisory supplement lists more than 30 immediate, high-impact steps for hardening information systems against security breaches. - November 18, 2009 - Truth to Power, LLC
GlobalSign Announces Multi-Year Secure Email Certificates
GlobalSign’s PersonalSign range allow users to digitally sign and encrypt email messages with multi-year cost savings benefits. - November 18, 2009 - GlobalSign
Oberthur Technologies and Todos Announce a Worldwide Partnership in the Field of Authentication
An end-to-end authentication solution for banks securing e-shopping and e-banking worldwide. - November 18, 2009 - Todos Data System AB
Todos Brings Trust and Usability to Mobile Authentication - Launches iPhone/iPod Touch App, Announces Android App
Transaction verification goes mobile as Todos AB updates onMobile for Java MIDP mobiles, launches onMobile for iPhone(TM) and iPod Touch(TM) and announces application for the Android platform. - November 17, 2009 - Todos Data System AB
Digital Forensics Magazine Out Now in Print
The new online magazine called Digital Forensics Magazine recently launched to fill the gap between the academic journal and the news-based web sites has just been made available in print due to popular demand. - November 16, 2009 - Digital Forensics Magazine
New Digital Magazine for the Digital Forensics Specialist
A new on-line magazine called Digital Forensics Magazine has been launched and it aims to fill the gap between the academic journal and the news-based web sites that were previously the only resources available to the digital forensics specialist. - November 15, 2009 - Digital Forensics Magazine
Aujas Expands Its Operations Into US
Nitin Kumar, former MD of Deloitte US joins Aujas management team to head its US operations - November 13, 2009 - Aujas Networks
Todos Delivers 20 Millionth eBanking Security Device
Todos AB goes from strength to strength. The Swedish online security company has delivered 20m authentication products, of which 6m are advanced smart card readers. - November 13, 2009 - Todos Data System AB
Qadit Systems Empanelled with CERT-In and with Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)
Qadit has been empanelled with CERT-In as a qualified IT Security Auditing organisation upto April 30, 2012. Qadit has also been empanelled by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) as an auditor under the Information Technology Act, 2000 for conducting the technical and physical infrastructure audits of the Certifying Authorities. This empanelment is valid upto September 23, 2011. - November 11, 2009 - Qadit Systems & Solutions Pvt Ltd
Todos's Autograf Brings New Era to Smart Card Security
Banks can offer customers new services and greater security thanks to a unique Todos technology. It creates secure, trustworthy communications directly between the banks and smart cards. - November 06, 2009 - Todos Data System AB
Ad-Aware Caters to Gamers and Entertainment Fans with New Security Solution
Ad-Aware Game Edition provides relevant protection while you play. The world’s most trusted anti-malware has been optimized for online gamers and entertainment enthusiasts to provide security against cyber creeps, without interrupting work and play, or straining system resources. - November 05, 2009 - Lavasoft
Digital Forensics Magazine Launched 1st November with Combination of Great Articles and Special Offers for Readers
A new magazine aimed at the digital forensics specialist and supporting the professional computer security industry launched today. Issue one is published online today and is free to people who register. - November 03, 2009 - Digital Forensics Magazine
Yubico Enhances Security with Time-Sequenced Login
Yubico's new time-sequenced verification of YubiKey One-Time Passwords (OTPs) extends the current event-based OTP model with a time delta and sequenced operation, thereby giving OTPs a limited lifetime. - November 01, 2009 - Yubico
Digital Forensics Magazine to Launch with Special Oxygen Software Offer
Digital Forensics Magazine have teamed up with their friends at Oxygen Software to bring readers a great special offer as part of the launch celebrations of the new magazine. - November 01, 2009 - Digital Forensics Magazine
Cybertec Security Partners with Remote Data Backups, Inc. to Protect Clients' Data
Cybertec Security – Cole Anderson today announced it has partnered with Remote Data Backups, Inc. to provide its customers with the the most cost effective, convenient and secure way to automatically back up their data offsite. - November 01, 2009 - Cybertec Security
New Magazine Exploring Digital Forensics Available from Nov 1st - Issue One Free
A new online magazine from TR Media, Digital Forensics Magazine, goes live on November 1st and the publishers are expecting readers from the world over to register and subscribe. - October 28, 2009 - Digital Forensics Magazine
Certified Ethical Hackers Give World Renowned Risk Management Provider the Competitive Edge
The Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) program provides knowledge of different hacking tools and methodologies to engineers of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS), who deploy this knowledge to test and improve the capability of products that they are offering to its global customers. This ensures that customers of IBM ISS will be getting the latest and best protection from security threats. - October 28, 2009 - EC-Council
New Digital Forensics Magazine Plans to be a Valuable Resource for Police Forces Around the World
A new magazine which brings together the latest news and findings from the digital forensics world is planning to become a valuable resource to police forces and digital crime fighting agencies the world over. - October 24, 2009 - Digital Forensics Magazine
Information and Data Security Summit to be Held in Rochester NY
The Rochester (NY) Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association ISSA) is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Security Summit will be held Wednesday October 28 and Thursday October 29, 2009 at Woodcliff Hotel and Spa Conference Center, Fairport, NY. The conference will be held 8:00 to 5:00... - October 23, 2009 - Rochester Chapter ISSA
Vircom's Resident Gurus Launch a New Email Security Blog
Security experts in Email Security, Vircom’s employees launch a new blog named “Email Security Matters” to discuss Email security, best practices, spam and industry news. - October 23, 2009 - Vircom Inc.
Fusion Embedded Software Expands Network-Centric Operations Capabilities with Secure Streaming Audio and Video Over IPv6 for Unmanned Systems
Unicoi has assembled a solution for empowering the next generation of unmanned systems, which will become part of the system of systems. Fusion SIPS, Fusion IPsec, Fusion IKE, and Fusion SRTP provide encryption at multiple points in packet transfer to ensure secure data transmission to and from unmanned assets. - October 20, 2009 - Unicoi Systems, Inc.
Companies Require More Secure Server Co-Location Solutions
Latest global trends prove that IT strategies of companies are changing towards raising of data and IT hardware security. In order to offer clients a more extensive range of super-secure services, the largest Baltic data center operator DEAC Ltd. launches a new service called "Maximum Data Security." - October 19, 2009 - Digital Economy Advancement Center