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U.S. Lags in Fortifying IT Security, Government Officials Tell Congress
While cyber-attacks against U.S. computer networks are becoming more frequent and increasingly more sophisticated, the country is lagging in its efforts to beef up IT security, government officials testified in front of Congress. The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight held hearings on cyber-security and securing the nation’s critical infrastructure on July 26. The hearings…
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Apple Releases New Snow Leopard Update, iOS, iWork Office Suite Patches
Less than a week after Apple released the new Mac OS X Lion, it released a software update to resolve certain issues introduced by an earlier update as well as three security updates. Mac OS X 10.6.8 resolved some issues that arose after Snow Leopard users applied the earlier update that was supposed to prepare…
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WatchDox Introduces Secure Sync Capabilities for iPad, iPhone
WatchDox, a provider of document-control, tracking and protection, announced support for viewing documents on BlackBerry smartphones and a major update to its Apple iOS application to allow mobile syncing for the iPhone and iPad. WatchDox provides a way for documents to be securely transmitted and viewed on mobile devices, with the aim of giving enterprise…
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F5 Networks Gives Big-IP Security Platform a Makeover
Application Delivery Networking (ADN) specialist F5 Networks announced enhancements to its application and data security solutions, which provide customers with security strategies to prevent loss of service and data. F5’s Big-IP version 11 software–along with Big-IP Application Security Manager, Access Policy Manager Global Traffic Manager (GTM) and Edge Gateway–delivers a unified platform that helps protect…
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FFIEC Online Banking Security Guidance a Big Opportunity for Solution Providers
For the first time in over five years the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released a new guidance for online banking security that will likely prod banks and credit unions to improve the way they protect customers from fraud and should have channel partners thinking carefully about who they partner with and how they…
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Good Bad and Ugly of the New FFIEC Guidance on Banking Security
Good Bad and Ugly of the New FFIEC Guidance on Banking Security THE GOODLayered security in favor of just authenticationGartner’s Litan thought it great that the document made it clear "that virtually every authentication technique can be compromised." She believes the FFIEC’s emphasis on urging banks to implement layered security is a big improvement. No…
