June 2012 Industry News

Focus on Network Security…

Forecast: SMB Security Spending to Hit $5.6 Billion in 2015

Small and midsize businesses will increase their total spending on IT between 5% and 6% per year over the next few years, according to research by IDC. Meanwhile, spending on security products and services could double that growth rate, reaching more than $5.6 billion in 2015. The biggest reasons for the increase are the consumerization of IT and the trend toward "bring-your-own-device" (BYOD). More...

Out-of-Cycle Patches Critical to Security, Says McAfee

A new report from McAfee identifies patch management as one of the biggest problems to risk management. "Patch management must be a top priority to mitigate the continuous threat of malicious code and compliance failure," the report reads. McAfee says out-of-cycle patches (those not done on regular dates) are critically important to security but are not used often enough. More...

FireMon Upgrades Security Platform

FireMon has rolled out version 6.0 of is FireMon Security Manager, this time including a patented risk-analysis engine. More...

XO Communications Puts Security in the Cloud

The new Enterprise Cloud Security platform from XO Communications offers security-as-a-service for small and midsize companies. It includes a network-based firewall and intrusion detection and prevention, as well as secure remote access. More...

Vaultive Offers Encryption for Microsoft Office 365 Email

A new security startup called Vaultive has come out of the gate with a security product to encrypt email in the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service. The company plans to release further Microsoft cloud-service encryption products in the future. More...

Net Authority Launches Device Authentication Technology

An IT startup called Net Authority has introduced a new device authentication engine that it says is easier to use than current models. Their new solution is designed to protect access and data from malicious attacks. More...

2012 Sees Dramatic Rise in Android Malware #1

The Android platform faces ever-increasing threats from malware authors, according to the "Mobile Threat Report, Q1 2012" from F-Secure Labs. The report identified a nearly four-fold increase in more aggressive Android malware families and variants compared to the first quarter of 2011, while the number of malicious Android application package files exploded from 139 to 3,063. More...

2012 Sees Dramatic Rise in Android Malware #2

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Juniper Networks Enhances Mykonos Web Security

Just a few months after it acquired Mykonos Software, Juniper Networks has added 30 enhancements to the Mykonos Web Security software. According to Juniper, 75% of organizations have been hacked in the past two years through insecure web sites or web apps. More...

Google Apps Receives ISO 27001 Certification

Following a nine-month audit, Google Apps for Business has been certified under the ISO 27001 security standard. The audit examined not just the apps but Google's data centers and networking infrastructure. More...

IPCopper Announces Gigabit Network Security Appliance

IPCopper has announced the release of its new USC1030 gigabit network security appliance, which it says records and helps detect threats that bypass firewalls and other security tools. More...

Motorola, Homeland Security, Israeli Security Agency Team Up for ICS Security

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Israel's National Information Security Authority and Motorola have worked together to develop a new industrial control system: Motorola's "security-hardened" ACE-3600. The new ICS works with an authentication server and offers data encryption, security event logging and an integrated IP firewall. More...

Centrify Offers Mobile Security Software for Smartphone and Tablets

Centrify has introduced free and paid versions of its new cloud-based products, DirectControl for Mobile and Express for Mobile. Like Centrify's previous products -- which manage Macs and PCs -- the new offerings manage smartphones and tablet devices through Microsoft's Active Directory. More...