http://www.channelinsider.com Security - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:52 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:52 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:57 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-State-of-Endpoint-Security-127174/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-State-of-Endpoint-Security-127174/?kc=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:54:10 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/AVG-Finds-Scareware-that-Downloads-Porn-200355/?kc=rss - Rogue software and Trojans have perfected the art of appearing like a legitimate antivirus applications and tricking users into paying for cleaning up there system. As computer users become more aware of this threat, the scareware purveyors are turning to a new trick: porn. Roger Thompson, the chie...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/AVG-Finds-Scareware-that-Downloads-Porn-200355/?kc=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:32:08 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Seven-Tips-for-Salable-Security-Training-709860/?kc=rss - One of the biggest ways channel partners can add value to their IT security implementations is to complement technology and consulting with a mature portfolio of security training offerings. As the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick will attest, people are every organizations weakest link when it comes ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Seven-Tips-for-Salable-Security-Training-709860/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:16:23 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Tufin-Expands-from-Security-into-Network-Management-823250/?kc=rss - Firewall management firm Tufin Technologies recently announced that it plans on expanding into the field of general network management through a clutch of 12 new plug-ins to expand its open extensible architecture. The Israel-based security company is pinning hopes for future success on this a...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Tufin-Expands-from-Security-into-Network-Management-823250/?kc=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:21:38 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/80-of-Security-Products-Fail-to-Meet-Expectations-675517/?kc=rss - Bulletproof security is a practical impossibility. Anyone who claims to have perfected the art of security is either a fool or a liar, since no security product or schema is foolproof or invincible. What security promises is risk mitigation; assuming that security technology works as advertised. And...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/80-of-Security-Products-Fail-to-Meet-Expectations-675517/?kc=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:08:25 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Ex-employees-a-growing-security-threat-789110/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Ex-employees-a-growing-security-threat-789110/?kc=rss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:40:23 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Web-Application-Vulnerabilities-Rise-Customers-Still-Ignore-Them-120305/?kc=rss - The number of Web application vulnerabilities shot up by 10 percent during the first half of 2009 compared to the last half of 2008, according to a new report released today by Cenzic. The report pulled together analysis of data compiled from customers using Cenzics ClickToSecure, an application ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Web-Application-Vulnerabilities-Rise-Customers-Still-Ignore-Them-120305/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:23:55 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/NetWitness-Updates-NextGen-IT-Forensics-Platform-for-Enterprise-775886/?kc=rss - The IT forensics gurus at NetWitness Nov. 4 announced a refresh for the company's NextGen enterprise network forensics and advanced threat intelligence platform, which they say will improve its marketability in the enterprise market and could make it easier for channel partners to compete with a ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/NetWitness-Updates-NextGen-IT-Forensics-Platform-for-Enterprise-775886/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:42 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/ArcSight-Introduces-Log-Manager-with-IT-Operations-and-Security-Capabilities-391418/?kc=rss - Security information and event management company ArcSight introduced a new log management product this week that it claims will help resellers and other channel partners better sell to both information security and IT operations stakeholders within client companies. The new ArcSight Logger 4 ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/ArcSight-Introduces-Log-Manager-with-IT-Operations-and-Security-Capabilities-391418/?kc=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:26:41 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Midsized-Companies-Lose-Average-of-43K-Per-Year-From-Security-Incidents-614511/?kc=rss - Last year midsized companies spent a total of $17.2 billion fixing IT security incidents according to new research out this week from McAfee. McAfee recently had MSI International surveyed 900 companies with between 51 and 1,000 employees to find that in the past year a single midsized organization...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Midsized-Companies-Lose-Average-of-43K-Per-Year-From-Security-Incidents-614511/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:04:51 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Symantec-to-Update-Its-DLP-Suite-579929/?kc=rss - Symantec announced this week the latest iteration of its data loss prevention suite, Symantec DLP 10, which it will release to the channel starting in December. The new features within DLP 10 primarily focus on better integration within the IT and security infrastructure, more automated reme...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Symantec-to-Update-Its-DLP-Suite-579929/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:05:42 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/SMB-Security-Still-Sags-501889/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/SMB-Security-Still-Sags-501889/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:34:44 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/More-Government-IT-Security-Dollars-Up-for-Grabs-897814/?kc=rss - The federal governments IT security spending growth will outstrip total federal IT spending growth over the next five years, according to a new report from the analysts with INPUT. The government business analyst firm predicts compound annual growth in IT security spending within the U.S. government...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/More-Government-IT-Security-Dollars-Up-for-Grabs-897814/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:06 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Database-Security-The-Path-to-Compliance-Zen-743125/?kc=rss - As more organizations seek to fill their security compliance gaps these days, many of them are finding the most glaring holes are in the database. As the prime repositories of all of that sensitive data that regulations such as SOX, HIPAA and PCI DSS were designed to protect in the first place, data...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/Database-Security-The-Path-to-Compliance-Zen-743125/?kc=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:41:52 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/PriceWaterHouseCoopers-Security-Budgets-Remain-Intact-440154/?kc=rss - A new set of survey results released this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that as organizations have held steady or increased IT security budgets in the face of other IT cuts, theyve been under more pressure than ever to offer greater value through security spend. Unveiled by PwC on ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/PriceWaterHouseCoopers-Security-Budgets-Remain-Intact-440154/?kc=rss