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Data Security Vendor Dataguise Hires VP of Sales
Specializing in data security within testing and QA environments, Fremont, Calif.-based Dataguise is amping up its efforts to appeal to compliance-minded business users with a new sales executive appointment that may also heat up its efforts to engage the channel. The company named Martyn Baker as vice president of sales earlier this month. With more…
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Microsoft Releases Free Antivirus Software
With a flick of the switch today, Microsoft will make available its free security suite, Microsoft Security Essentials. The suite, developed under the code name Morro, is the culmination of years of product development and acquired technology integration to transform Microsoft from a platform of security products to a provider of security protection. MSE is…
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M86 Security Takes on Bigger Vendors
Just a few weeks after a name change and a little under 11 months after a merger between Marshal and 8e6 Technologies, M86 Security has high aspirations to take on major security players such as Websense and McAfee in the secure Web gateway market with the help of a new slate of products and a…
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Password, ID Stealing Malware Volume Jumps 400%
Clampi, the Trojan that Secure Channel wrote about yesterday, is a fine example of why we’ll never see another Code Red, Nimda or LoveLetter virus again. The intent of malware is no longer to cause mass service disruptions, but rather to steal as much information as possible without getting detected. Trojans, worms, viruses and rootkits…
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Eight Steps to Securing Unstructured Data
As your customers continue to leverage mobile devices and laptops within and outside of their environments, many of them have experienced unparalleled productivity within recent years. But with these gains come significant risks. As IT assets become scattered to the winds, so too does the valuable data that these assets carry. According to the Aberdeen…
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Xceedium Moves to Channel-Only Sales Model
The leadership at Xceedium is pinning its hopes on security channel providers seeking to fill in gaps within their access control portfolios with a move this week to a channel-only distribution model. The Jersey City, N.J.-based security niche player primarily focuses on offering a client-based product that allows organizations to track, audit and control user…