| 3Com unifies networking and security hardware, management
3Com is kicking off a new integration of security and networking with the introduction in the U.S. of firewall/VPN gear it has sold in China for months. Military set to lay out $42M to develop advanced network prioritization, security technology
BBN, which was bought by defense giant Raytheon today, got almost $11 million to help build self-configuring network technology that would identify traffic, let the network infrastructure prioritize it down to the end user, reallocate bandwidth between users or classes of users, and automatically make quality of service decisions. Data leakage prevention going mainstream
Data leakage or data loss prevention systems have gradually entered the mainstream as their increasing maturity has allowed increasing adoption. From barely registering in our research two years ago, we now find different forms of DLP in about one-third of enterprises in Nemertes Research's spring 2009 benchmark study. Symantec warning: Spam targeting your achy breaky heart
The information security gurus at Symantec Corporation have seen it fit to warn us all that spammers are now looking to con troubled lovers into parting with their personal information, at the very least, in return for a reversal of fortunes in their relationships. The company issued a five-point advisory for consumers to Computerworld Singapore on Tuesday, September 1, 2009: VMware publishes virtualization security, compliance guidelines
VMware today published security and compliance recommendations for its virtualization products. The vendor's guidelines focus primarily on optimizing use of management and security tools available from VMware parent company EMC and EMC's RSA security division. Catbird reports whether cloud security meets compliance standards
Catbird is adding a feature to its security platform that gives cloud users a reading on how well their data use complies with specific regulatory requirements. Making Sense of the Snow Leopard Security Debate
Snow Leopard is out and users seem generally satisfied with the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system. The release hasn't been without some controversy though, part of which has been the debate over the malware protection features Apple included in Snow Leopard. Human and computer viruses are both security risks
In any case there is likely to be a lot of additional employees wanting to, or needing to, work from home. Are you ready? Privacy Office approves laptop searches without suspicion
Travelers arriving at U.S. borders may soon be confronted with their laptops, PDAs, and other digital devices being searched , copied and even held by customs agents -- all without need to show suspicion for cause. Is your health privacy at risk?
The year's worst health information breaches, which compromised millions of patient records, show just how vulnerable health privacy is to hacker attacks. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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