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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…
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Pentagon Admits Major Data Breach
A foreign government was behind a March cyber-attack against military computers that led to 24,000 files being stolen from a defense contractor, the Department of Defense said. The intruders were after files related to missile tracking systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and the Joint Strike Fighter. The revelation came in a July 14 speech at the…
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Consumer Tech Products An IT Security Nightmare
Consumer Tech Products An IT Security Nightmare 84 percent of organizations are allowing employees to use consumer technology such as iPads, iPhones, Facebook, Twitter and instant messages. No Title Of the 16 percent of organizations that don’t let employees use consumer technology in the workplace, 64 percent suspect employees are using it anyway. No Title…
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PlumChoice Offers SafeLink Anti-Theft Service for Laptops
PlumChoice, a specialist in the delivery of remote technical services in the Service 2.0 model, announced the launch of its SafeLink Anti-Theft service that protects the data stored on a notebook against theft or breach if it gets lost or stolen. The software-based system resides on the machine and communicates with the SafeLink server platform.…
