Symantec ties DLP software to third-party security tools
Symantec has updated its Data-Loss Prevention Suite so that if the software finds a data issue that needs fixing, it can apply third-party encryption and digital-rights management (DRM) controls to the problem.
Symantec calls 'SpywareGuard' and 'AntiVirus' top scareware threats
Fake security software "SpywareGuard" and "AntiVirus" are said to be the top two scareware programs out of about 250 fake security programs detected, according to a Symantec report.
Symantec: Rogue Security Software is Big Business for Crooks
The bogus ads are everywhere. A pop-up tells you: "Your computer may be infected" and urges you to download security software that will scan your computer for viruses, protect it from future infection or both. The problem is most of these products are scams that give you software which is useless. In some cases, the software is even dangerous because it downloads malicious code onto your computer.
Symantec to launch object-based file storage service in next year
Symantec today released a software product that will allow enterprise-class companies to create a file-based cloud storage infrastructures capable of serving up petabytes of data from a single domain name space, and from commodity x86 hardware.
Anti-malware test in hand, Symantec swats Microsoft Security Essentials
Armed with an anti-malware test report that pits Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2009 against Microsoft's just-released Security Essentials software, a top Symantec engineer ripped into the new consumer anti-malware as an unimpressive re-cycling of Microsoft's discontinued Live OneCare technology.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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