iPhone winning over some corporate security skeptics Apple's iPhone is slowly but surely winning over some enterprise security skeptics. As a result, it's now showing up alongside, or instead of, Research in Motion BlackBerries and Microsoft Windows Mobile handsets, despite the fact Apple offers none of the security and management features that are hallmarks of those two platforms. Virtual satellite cluster technology gets $75M blast Scientists building the complex space technology that will replace traditional spacecraft with clusters of wirelessly-interconnected satellite modules got an almost $75 million infusion from the Will U.S. Supreme Court overhaul Sarbanes-Oxley ? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against the legitimacy of the Public Company Oversight Board, an independent group established by the Security and Exchange Commission to servers as the auditing industry's watchdog over financial practice and corporate governance. True Security Requires Extensive End-User Training I am writing this column on my company-owned laptop while sitting on (mighty uncomfortable) bleachers in a middle-school gym waiting for my daughter's basketball game to start. This is nothing unusual in this era of the virtual workplace. Network IPS tests reveal equipment shortcomings An independent test and evaluation of 15 different network intrusion-protection system products from seven vendors showed none were fully effective in warding off attacks against Microsoft, Adobe and other programs. How to fight malware Tests of five Web security gateways reveal that performing inline inspection of network traffic is a must, as is querying cloud-based databases of the latest malware. The current crop of anti-malware tools offers strong protection against spam, spyware, phishing, botnets, rootkits, viruses and other Internet-borne attacks. Novell grabs for big role in virtualization security Novell this week will lay out an ambitious plan to secure applications across heterogeneous virtualization platforms at customer sites and off-premises, an effort designed to play off Novell's strengths in network and identity management. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Cisco has 84% of Tandberg locked up and The VEPA standard -- a potential game changer?; On Microsoft Subnet: Fake Microsoft security e-mail spreads malicious code; On Google Subnet: Google releases free public DNS Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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