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    Store your logins in Norton Identity Safe

    Posted August 14, 2012 - 10:48 am

    Users of Symantec's Norton line of security products have long had access to its password management tools. But you no longer need to be a paying Norton user to get access to Norton Identity Safe, a standalone product that makes password management a (relatively) easy task.
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    DLP tools deliver strong endpoint protection

    Posted August 13, 2012 - 11:42 am

    With serious data breaches occurring on almost a daily basis, concerns about data protection have skyrocketed. While some experts believe endpoint breaches may no longer comprise the majority of data leaks, the intentional or unintentional release of sensitive data from endpoints within an organization, whether by employees, contractors or guests, remains a serious problem that data loss prevention (DLP) products seek to address.
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    Cisco Ironport delivers strong email protection

    Posted August 13, 2012 - 11:39 am

    The Cisco Ironport is an appliance that is deployed into an existing mail infrastructure. All emails are sent to the IronPort and the IronPort is either the last point out (most common configuration) or it can process email and then send it back to the mail server where it is sent out.
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    Network cameras go HD: we review three new models

    Posted August 11, 2012 - 7:05 am

    Webcams are good for holding video chats. They're also appropriate for snapping a few shots when they detect motion, and then emailing the photos to you. For more-thorough monitoring and protection, however, you should turn to another class of cameras, called IP (Internet Protocol) video cameras.
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    Protect your assets: A buying guide to office security systems

    Posted July 31, 2012 - 8:53 am

    We talk frequently about cybersecurity, discussing how to protect your business's data by using strong passwords, deploying antimalware utilities, and keeping your computers safe with the latest patches and updates. This time, the focus is on premises security, or protecting your business's physical assets from burglary and vandalism.
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    Antivirus on Windows 8: Looking at your options

    Posted July 26, 2012 - 2:14 pm

    Microsoft will include antivirus in Windows 8 for the first time in the history of Windows. But will this software--the new version of Windows Defender--provide adequate protection against viruses, spyware, and other malware? Let's take a closer look at what Windows Defender provides, and whether its features are enough to keep you safe.
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    Make your writing (almost) perfect with editor

    Posted July 18, 2012 - 9:46 pm

    As a writer and an editor, I have a love-hate relationship with Serenity Software's Editor (various pricing; ten-day free trial). This copyediting and proofreading application not only identifies common grammatical errors, but also thoroughly analyzes your writing for other weaknesses. I love that it focuses on good, solid writing. I just hate the fact that so many folks--myself included--actually need it.
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    Browse in your own little safe Cocoon

    Posted July 18, 2012 - 1:08 pm

    The Web is a scary place. Between the advertisers looking to follow your every move, hackers eyeing your passwords, and viruses threatening to ruin your PC, it's enough to make you swear off surfing forever. Or, you could just download Cocoon, a browser add-on for Internet Explorer and Firefox that helps you browse the Web. Cocoon is available in two versions: the free (but ad-supported) standard Cocoon and the $5 per month (or $48 per year) Cocoon+, which is ad-free and offers password storage in addition to the cadre of privacy and security features found in the standard version.
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    Keeping an eye out: we review three video surveillance systems

    Posted June 16, 2012 - 5:35 am

    Using strong passwords, the latest antivirus software, robust firewalls, and other software security tools can keep your business safe from hackers and other evildoers intent on stealing data or unleashing mayhem on your computers via the Internet, but such protections are fundamentally useless when it comes to guarding those very computers or your business's other tangible assets from outright theft. They can't tell you that someone has broken a window or jimmied a lock and is now busy prowling inside your office, store, or warehouse, stealing you blind.
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    What separates business routers from consumer routers?

    Posted June 5, 2012 - 1:51 pm

    If you're in the market for a new router for your small business, you might be tempted by the flashy features, high speeds, and low cost of consumer-oriented routers. The latest models, based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard, look particularly attractive.
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    BullGuard Mobile Security 10: Solid mobile antivirus with parental controls

    Posted May 27, 2012 - 7:59 am

    BullGuard offers a mobile antivirus and security app for Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices, called BullGuard Mobile Security. For $29.95 per year, it protects you and your mobile device from viruses, spyware, identity theft, and online fraud. The app also offers antitheft, parental controls, and data backup--all of which can be accessed via BullGuard's web-based control panel (that it calls the Mobile Security Manager).
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    Regain a long-missed Twitter feature with classic retweet

    Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:14 am

    Change is never easy, especially when it's one of your favorite services making the changes--and forcing them on you. But, if you're one of the many Twitter users still lamenting the loss of the old-style retweets in the new Twitter, you don't need to be sad any longer. Classic Retweet, a simple Firefox add-on and Google Chrome extension, can return you to the glory days of Twitter's retweet feature, allowing you to append your pithy comments to everything you retweet
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    Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:57 am

    When we tested four next-gen firewalls strictly on performance, we found that the products could forward packets at impressive rates, but throughput dropped when advanced security features were turned on. We now dive deep into application identification and control - the defining features of next-gen firewalls - to find out what works and what doesn't.
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    Next-gen firewalls require external visibility tools

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:55 am

    Knowing what's happening on your network is a pre-requisite to controlling the traffic. We call that visibility because it combines all of the information the firewall knows, including session and application information, traffic volumes, and rate information, into a way to "see" into your network -- to give you visibility.
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    Palo Alto next-gen firewall stacks up well

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:55 am

    Palo Alto Networks has bet everything on being a next-generation firewall. Without the next-generation hook, Palo Alto has little chance at breaking into the established world of firewalls, and they've done a good job at defining the category on their own terms.
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    SonicWall stands tall in SSL decryption testing

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:54 am

    If one of the main advantages of a next-generation firewall is application and protocol identification and control, then SSL decryption is a basic requirement. We looked at the SSL decryption capabilities of the next-generation firewalls to see how well they would be able to discover applications, protocols, and URLs hidden within encrypted connections.
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    Basic firewall functionality: Check Point's maturity shows through

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:53 am

    Enterprise firewalls must have policies to control traffic, ability to create site-to-site VPNs using standards-based IPsec, translate addresses and port numbers (NAT) when needed, and apply basic bandwidth management to traffic. They must also support features such as high availability (active/passive or active/active), virtual LANs, Ethernet link aggregation, and global management systems.
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    Fortinet has highest catch rate in IPS testing

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:50 am

    We tested the intrusion prevention capabilities of each of the next-generation firewalls to determine how well they work and how the IPS integrates with system management.
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    Check Point takes best approach to URL filtering

    Posted May 7, 2012 - 11:45 am

    URL filtering has become a "checkbox" feature on most Unified Threat Management firewalls, and no wonder: it doesn't require a lot of imagination to do it right, and it's hard to really differentiate yourself or do a bad job of it.
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    Free antivirus you can trust

    Posted May 5, 2012 - 7:38 am

    You want security software that’s as close to perfect as possible. After all, if just a single piece of malware slips through your defenses, it can wreak havoc on your PC. The question is, how close to perfect is free antivirus software?
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    Review: Avira Free Antivirus

    Posted May 2, 2012 - 12:02 pm

    Avira Free Antivirus 2012 is fast and is unlikely to scare you with false-positive warnings about legitimate files, but it is also worse than average at detecting malware, and its interface is overly complicated.
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    Review: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free

    Posted May 1, 2012 - 3:24 pm

    Malwarebytes Antimalware Free 1.61 is a supplemental free product that can help bolster your existing security software. The makers of Malwarebytes Antimalware pitch it as a tool for detecting and removing brand-new "zero-day" malware, and it uses a number of different technologies to accomplish this task.
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    Review: Avast Free Antivirus

    Posted May 1, 2012 - 3:03 pm

    Avast's freebie finished second in PCWorld's 2012 free antivirus roundup. Avast Free Antivirus 7 mostly excelled in protecting against malware, it has a versatile interface, and it sped through our battery of malware tests.
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    Review: Panda Cloud Antivirus

    Posted May 1, 2012 - 3:02 pm

    If you think setting up antivirus software should be as simple as possible, Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5 is for you. Panda stops malware well, and its extremely easy-to-use interface is great for those people who don't want to tweak all sorts of settings.
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    Review: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

    Posted May 1, 2012 - 7:41 am

    AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition was PCWorld's top pick in April 2012's Free Antivirus You Can Trust. It performed well in virtually all of the tests we ran.

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