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  • When NAC meets NAP

    Posted May 14, 2009 - 9:59 am

    Complete and seamless integration across Cisco NAC, Microsoft NAP, and other network access control solutions remains a distant dream, but signs of progress emerge.

  • Anonymous proxy servers: Necessary or evil?

    Posted October 20, 2008 - 9:52 am

    If there is truly a gray zone in the struggle between online good and evil, anonymous proxy servers live there.

  • Study: Weak passwords really do help hackers

    Posted February 9, 2007 - 9:51 am

    Clever combinations of user names and passwords really do help thwart hacker attacks, according to a University of Maryland researcher who detected 270,000 intrusion attempts in 24 days on four Linux computers with weak passwords.

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    Security is in employees' hands

    Posted June 2, 2006 - 9:47 am

    A decade ago, William Beaumont Hospital, a 254-bed community hospital in Troy, Michigan, had a problem with a small number of rogue employees who were stealing narcotics from a storage area. The solution: a biometric hand geometry system, which identifies individuals through hand measurements.

  • AirMagnet: Life beyond security

    Posted May 19, 2006 - 11:32 am

    A marketing strategy and Web site revamp by WiFi security start-up AirMagnet could signal changes in the wireless intrusion detection and prevention market as these technologies become more commonplace and vendors start to add new services and products.

  • Your thoughts are your password

    Posted April 28, 2006 - 11:15 am

    Imagine if all you had to do to authenticate your online ID was to think of a line from your favorite song. In Ottawa, Canada, Carleton University researchers are working on a biometric device that would read your brainwaves; instead of passwords, you'd have "pass-thoughts."

  • What's behind open-source ID push?

    Posted March 3, 2006 - 1:27 pm

    IBM and Novell have thrown their weight behind an open-source identity management initiative known as the Higgins Project, prompting speculation about why the two large companies would support an obscure technology that to date has no products or workable code. Microsoft, meanwhile, is moving ahead with its competing InfoCard technology, which will be integrated into Windows Vista.

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    Sony rootkit: A black eye for security vendors?

    Posted December 5, 2005 - 11:19 am

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been lambasted for shipping its spyware-like XCP software on music CDs over the past year, but an important question has gone largely unanswered throughout the controversy: Why didn't security vendors catch the problem sooner?

  • ATMs using biometrics gaining popularity around world but not in U.S.

    Posted October 13, 2005 - 4:54 pm

    Privacy concerns and start-up costs have prevented biometric ATMs, which use fingerprint- or iris-scanning to verify a customer's identity, from catching on in the United States, but they are gaining popularity in surprising places.

  • Digital signatures are key to e-mail security

    Posted September 23, 2005 - 8:57 am

    Amid the need for authenticate emails for regulatory compliance and contract purposes, companies are increasingly adopting digital signatures for all email. Find out what you need to know to set up a public/private key system for digital signatures.

  • Hackers looking hard for anti-virus software vulnerabilities

    Posted July 29, 2005 - 12:31 am

    Two security researchers used the Black Hat conference to outline a number of flaws in anti-virus software products that they found by using binary auditing tools.

  • Businesses deploy ID-management software

    Posted May 13, 2005 - 2:14 pm

    Security-conscious businesses will spend a total of $528.4 million on ID- and access-management systems this year, and spending will top $1 billion by 2009, according to research from IDC. This article looks at three companies that have already taken the plunge.

  • Expert: Better ID checks won't beat fraud

    Posted March 16, 2005 - 3:13 am

    The use of two-factor identification is not likely to resolve the identity theft problem faced by online merchants and database companies, an encryption expert has warned.

  • Advantage: Symantec and McAfee

    Posted March 2, 2005 - 1:42 pm

    The speed with which anti-virus vendors McAfee and Symantec reacted to a series of attacks designed to exploit their processes for issuing anti-virus updates demonstrates that they're more nimble than they often get credit for.

  • Fortifying your network-access control: Strong authentication

    Posted February 4, 2005 - 8:13 am

    Single sign-on and multi-factor authentication techniques are rapidly replacing the ubiquitous user-ID-and-password approach to network security. This article takes an in-depth look at the myriad alternatives, the costs and ROI, and where authentication trends are headed.

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    Strong authentication a hard sell for banks

    Posted November 3, 2004 - 10:52 am

    Despite the surge in online scams, most banks still rely on user names, passwords, and 128 bit SSL encryption. But U.S. Bancorp's recent deal with VeriSign could signal a trend toward greater security for retail banking and brokerage customers.

  • Can Symantec keep cooking?

    Posted April 26, 2004 - 9:39 am

    The company

  • Mydoom, Bagle deliver double blow in January

    Posted February 5, 2004 - 10:39 am

    An at a glance view of the of the monthly lists of words/viruses from the leading security vendors.

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    Recent outbreaks show evolution of virus writers

    Posted September 2, 2003 - 11:08 pm

    The recent Sobig.F virus wasn't just unsettling because of the damage it did; according to experts, it showed a sophistication that heralds a frightening new era of e-mail viruses. Find out more about what the coming weeks and months hold.

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    Server may become crucial virus defense

    Posted September 2, 2003 - 11:03 pm

    Vendors have made a brisk business for themselves in selling anti-virus software to end users for installation on desktop machines. But now, with viruses becoming increasingly sophisticated, desktop machines may not have the processing power to stop virus attacks. Read on to find out the future role that mail servers will fill.

  • Fear, uncertainty and doubt factor into Internet insecurity

    Posted July 21, 2003 - 5:00 pm

    A Gartner analyst believes many security firms create fear with incessant warnings about cyber-terrorism in order to bump up software sales.

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    Making the most from WEP

    Posted July 15, 2003 - 7:31 pm

    If you've decided not to move to WPA just yet, you can still use the older WEP architecture more securely. Read on to find out how.

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    Malware myths and misinformation: Attachments, AV software, and firewalls

    Posted July 15, 2003 - 6:21 pm

    A lot of experienced users are confident that they're using e-mail in such a way that they're immune from viruses and other malware. They're probably wrong. Read on to find out where your vulnerabilities lie.

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    Keep pace with WLAN security developments

    Posted July 9, 2003 - 1:27 am

    To implement a truly secure WLAN, you'll need to follow the steps outlined here to make sure your access points are locked down tightly. This article suggests a combination of authentication technologies and strict user policies.

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    Cisco LEAP secures access points

    Posted July 9, 2003 - 1:23 am

    The recently released LEAP protocol aims to make wireless access points secure by creating a chain of authentication within a network. Read on to find out how you can implement it. (Free registration required to access site.)
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