A full 63% of US schools have suffered at least two information security breaches in the last year, according to a survey by Panda Security.
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee, which was itself recently acquired by Intel, has agreed to purchase Sentrigo, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based database security products firm, for an undisclosed consideration.
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable has updated its network security offerings to include what it claims to be world’s first real-time botnet scanning facility.
ISACA speaker warns over increasing personal email usage for work purposes
Peter Wood, a member of ISACA conference committee, has warned about the increasing use of personal email services for business purposes. The result of this type of usage, he says, is that it creates security issues such as a lack of data leak preventi…
HIPAA fines prompt action by health care firms on data storage
With the recent fines imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules, firms are starting to feel the pain and take steps to archive and secure…
Australia needs cybersecurity czar, Senate panel told
Australia needs a cybersecurity czar to coordinate its various governmental and industry efforts to improve cybersecurity, a private sector representative told a Senate panel.
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes – and a 10 mile chase
An Israeli iPad user – working in concert with his wife and daughter back at home – has successfully retrieved his tablet computer after a 90 minute, 10 mile chase, attended by the police.
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the private sector to develop an automated network intrusion detection and prevention system for the defense industry, a Pentagon official told Congress last week.
MyTob tops list of most significant virus over last 40 years
The MyTob virus, which appeared in 2005 and was the first worm to combine features of a botnet and a mass-mailer, is the most significant virus to emerge over the last 40 years, according to Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet’s Threat Response…
RSA’s SecurID customers worried that breach affected seed record database
Customers of RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication product, which was the target of a recent security breach, are concerned that the seed record database might have been compromised, said Andrew Kemshall, co-founder of SecurEnvoy and former RSA Euro…