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Majority of Businesses Failing to Apply IT Security Practices: Survey
A new study on IT security best practices revealed an epidemic of security worst practices, with a majority of organizations failing to adhere to simple data-protection standards. The research revealed that many organizations are critically unaware of what security practices are currently in place. Venafi, a specialist in enterprise key and certificate management solutions, in…
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Security Threats to Big Data Help Symantec Beat the Street
Data protection and software management provider Symantec beat Wall Street analyst expectations for its fiscal first quarter thanks to strong performance from its security and data storage business lines. Symantec July 27 reported net income of $172 million, or 22 cents a share, for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30. Non-GAAP earnings were 40…
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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…