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Security, SMB Network Security, Application Security, IT Security PartnersSecurity VARs and security partners alike need to safeguard customers against viruses, spam, phishing, malware and more. Find the latest security news on network security, Encryption, firewalls, VPN and IDS specifically tailored for channel distributors.
Symantec Reveals 2010 Channel Plan at Partner Engage Conference
Security and storage solution providers headed to Symantec's partner event this week got sneak peeks of the company's channel plans for 2010, including the new SymDemo demo platform that lets partners show off product capabilities without the hassles of worrying about hardware, software licensing and logistics.
NetWitness Updates NextGen IT Forensics Platform for Enterprise
IT forensics vendor NetWitness updates its NextGen platform, which provides enterprise network forensics and advanced threat intelligence. The new version is designed for large enterprises and could make it easier for solution provider channel partners to offer a more complete security solution.
ArcSight Introduces Log Manager with IT Operations and Security Capabilities
IT security information vendor ArcSight says its new log management product is the first to combine both information security and IT operations in a single product -- helping resellers and other channel partners better sell into stakeholders within client companies.
Physical Security: Beyond Guns, Guards and Gates
While evangelists have long predicted the convergence of digital and logical security technology, market forces and innovations are pushing solution providers together partnerships from these domains to make convergence happen.
DLP Shortcomings Equals Security Services Opportunities
A defender of data loss prevention technology says the state-of-the-art products are more than capable of detecting contextual information. Just how it’s done is a combination of technology, planning and policy management - and that’s where solution providers can play a role in advancing DLP adoption.
Symantec vs. McAfee: A Rivalry Renewed
Symantec partners will roll into Orlando this week to hear about new programs, products and initiatives that will in subtle and not so subtle ways be aimed at curbing the “Red Menace” known as McAfee. McAfee is investing in its channels to take share away from Big Yellow. It’s the renewal of an old rivalry.
Midsized Companies Lose Average of $43K Per Year From Security Incidents
Nearly three quarters of IT directors in the midsized companies surveyed believe there is some chance a serious data breach could put their company out of business.
Symantec to Update Its DLP Suite
Along with better integration within the IT and security infrastructure, more automated remediation options, and improved interaction with other Symantec products, DLP 10 boasts FlexResponse, a policy-based file protection mechanism that can find unprotected data.
Top Reasons SMB Security Still Sags
Most channel partners tasked with securing small businesses likely will not be surprised by the latest Zogby poll co-sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance and Symantec in honor of October’s designation as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The results confirmed plenty of solution provider’s anecdotal conclusions that the SMB is still very insecure. This survey polled 1,500 small business owners across the country. Read on for the details.
More Government IT Security Dollars Up for Grabs
The growth could mean a huge potential upside for channel partners who are able to tap into agency RFPs and subcontracting gigs with larger solution providers who often win work on the stipulation that they parcel out work to small business partners.
Database Security: The Path to Compliance Zen
Frequent database gaffes present a prime opportunity for channel partners to offer a blend of services and tools that can greatly improve their client’s overall security and keep the auditors at bay in the process.
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Security Budgets Remain Intact
Survey of 7,200 C-level executives showed that security budgets largely survived the sweeping cuts that gutted many other areas of IT operational spending this year.
RSA Leverages TrendMicro Technology in New Deal
The new partnership links FraudAction with TrendMicro Smart Protection Network to leverage threat intelligence gathered by TrendMicro and bolster RSA’s ability to pinpoint fraudulent activity by crimeware creeping on the Net.
Symantec Study Finds Fake Security Software Rampant
Cyberthieves are loading tens of millions of U.S. computers with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable.
TrendMicro Adds Net New Security Layer to Address Zero-Day Threats
The new service offers the channel an opportunity to add more security value to existing and prospective customers and, as Trend Micro believes, be "the hero."
Barracuda Acquires Cloud Security Vendor Purewire
Barracuda Networks will use Purewire to augment its existing cloud-based security services and develop hybrid solution packages with its appliances.
Websense Hires New Security Research Leader
The web security firm Websense's new research leader was poached from anti-virus vendor F-Secure. His work has included alerting the security community about the widespread affects of Conficker.
Sophos Gives Away Free DLP with Antivirus Sales
Sophos aims to undercut larger rivals Symantec and McAfee by giving away data loss prevention technology to customers with the purchase of its antivirus products.
IDC Report: DLP, Security Consulting Spend on the Horizon
The survey reported that 45 percent of security pros were concerned about data leakage through accidental employee error, versus only 15 percent who considered external hackers with malicious intent as a big data leak threat.
McAfee Commits to Services Through Partners
The security company will expand its professional services capabilities to support large, direct accounts, but CEO Dave DeWalt says the bulk of services will go through channel partners and keep McAfee near purely a technology supplier. >> Read More From Our Security News Archive
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