Pentagon expands exclusive deal with McAfee The U.S. Defense Department is expanding its exclusive arrangement with McAfee, whose security software is at the heart of the military's cybersecurity efforts. Slideshow: Network World's Products of the Week Our round-up of intriguing new products from HP, Blue Coat, Radware among others. Federal data protection law inches forward A sweeping new bill that would implement a national standard for data protection and breach notification got a boost of support today from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Mass. 201 CMR 17 Survival Guide As companies scramble to meet the requirements of the Bay State's data security law, CSOonline.com offers this collection of articles and podcasts to help IT security practitioners and compliance officers find the best approach. Network and Security Operations Convergence Bringing network and security ops under one roof is translating into more efficiency and increased security for IT management and consulting firm American Systems Security vendor Fortinet sparkles in IPO Shares of security vendor Fortinet surged 33 percent Wednesday as the company made its debut on the public markets. Risk Assessment Framework Helps Bank Secure Apps With about a million customers, ICICI Bank manages close to Rs 50,000 crore (US$10.8 billion) in assets. A lot of that money is processed by about 550 bank applications that both its customers and about 10,000 of the bank's employees use. However, it was not always clear how open to vulnerabilities these applications were. It was not a state of affairs, the bank wanted to continue. "The bank wanted a high level of assurance for all its applications," says Pravir Vohra, Group CTO, ICICI Bank, "Within 18 months." How Jindal Poly Films Fought Internet Threats A part of the Rs 3,000-crore (US$650 million) B.C. Jindal Group, the 25-year-old Jindal Polyfilm is the largest manufacturer of PET film and BOPP films in the country with revenues of Rs 2,000 crore. How to hack China for just $1,800 Fraudsters may have a hot deal waiting for them in the form of an obscure Chinese domain name that's for sale on the Internet. BlackBerry Security Exec Warns of Smartphone DDoS Attacks BlackBerry and smartphone security in general hasn't garnered much attention or concern over the past few years--at least from a consumer, or user, perspective; enterprises have been invested in mobile device security since the advent of the PDA. New security products underperform, says ICSA Many security products simply do not work as advertised, or at least need a lot of tinkering to make them work, a report from the respected ICSA Lab has found. Endpoint security frustrates IT There's a groundswell of frustration about today's endpoint security, as well as worries about how newer technologies such as virtualization or cloud computing will impact it, according to a new study. Obama administration unsure about new cybersecurity laws Current laws addressing cyber crime aren't adequate to address growing attacks on the government and businesses, a representative of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration said Tuesday. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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