Test: Keeping your endpoints in line

All the week's news and views about Security, 06/27/05
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Test: Keeping your endpoints in line, 06/27/05

Setting and enforcing security policy on your network endpoints
could be key to making it through your next compliance audit. In
our Clear Choice Test of endpoint security products that provide
policy enforcement mechanisms, each product was required ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2855>

Beyond the basics of policy-based end point security, 06/27/05

Every product we tested offered features that went beyond our
baseline tests, and many of these features are worthy of
consideration.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2856>

Radio: Endpoint security product testing, 06/27/05

This week's edition of Network World contains a comprehensive
test of the endpoint security products. Network World Lab
Alliance members Mandy Andress and Rodney Thayer put each
entrant through the paces to find out which did the best job of
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0627radio.html?nl>

BMC ups its standing in identity mgmt., 06/27/05

BMC Software this week plans to unveil three identity
applications to help anchor a software suite it's developing
that lets corporations manage identities as part of security and
regulatory compliance efforts.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2857>

SBC unveils managed IDS service, 06/27/05

SBC last week broadened its managed security service offerings
with an intrusion-detection service.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-sbc-ids.html?nl>

NW500: Spending is up on key net techs, 06/27/05

Spending is up has increased at most of the 500 companies
surveyed by Network World and Research Concepts, with more than
half of the respondents saying they are spending more on
technology this year than last, while another third estimate
they are spend
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-nw500.html?nl>

Start-up debuts with an all-in-one security platform, 06/27/05

A start-up founded by three ex-Cisco employees this week is set
to announce its first product: a multifunction security device
with hardware designed to minimize network performance problems
when all functions are switched on, and software ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-netd.html?nl>

CA launches security pack for SMB, 06/27/05

Computer Associates last week unveiled a suite of applications
designed to address the anti-virus, data backup and PC migration
needs of small and remote offices.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-ca-smb.html?nl>

Opinion: Visual cues may stymie phishers, 06/27/05

Green Armor has developed a way to generate a unique visual cue
for each Web site visitor that learns - consciously or
subconsciously - to associate with the genuine site. The
company's Identity Cues technology, developed by CEO Joseph
Steinberg, a ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/062705edit.html?nl>

MCI broadens its access services, 06/27/05

MCI last week announced that it is offering its Secure Internet
Gateway customers more access options and direct Internet access
connectivity.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-mci.html?nl>

Opinion: DDoS extortion: Part 3, 06/27/05

IDS vendors offer thoughts on how to address DDoS extortion
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/062705buzz.html?nl>

Anti-spam market weeds out vendors, 06/27/05

With spam blocking becoming a checklist item for network
managers, anti-spam companies are developing complementary
features and turning to new ways to deliver their technology
with hopes of distinguishing themselves in this heavily crowded
market.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-spam.html?nl>

Whale CEO faces challenges, 06/27/05

SSL VPN vendor Whale Communications recently appointed Roger
Pilc as its new CEO. On his first day on the job at Whale, Pilc
spoke to Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about plans to
reverse market-share loss and move the company forward.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062705-whale-pilc.html?nl>

They welcome wireless spam?, 06/27/05

Wireless carriers not tough enough on spam, critics say
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2858>

Keeping endpoint security secure, 06/27/05

Adding an endpoint security system to your network should not
open the network to attack. To that end, we evaluated the
overall security of each product by trying to poke holes into
the system via the client software, the server components and
the ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2859>

Stolen data? No biggie, 06/27/05

Storage encryption puts IT execs at ease about the threat of
identity theft.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2860>

Opinion: Feeding an enterprise-wide security mindset, 06/27/05

How to create a culture of security in a company
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecuritynewsal2861>
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