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IBM announced it has added capabilities for Web application protection and data-loss prevention (DLP) to the basic technology platform for its intrusion-system prevention (IPS) product line.
The IBM IPS 4.1 platform is a free software upgrade for the vast majority of IBM’s network IPS appliances, approximately 16 in all, that range from 800M to 12GBps throughput [...]

Websense Thursday is announcing that it’s making its data-loss prevention (DLP) suite free for 30 days under a “DLP for Download” program.
The roughly 600MB download available at the Websense.com site is Tthe full enterprise Websense Data Security SuiteTthe full enterprise Websense Data Security Suite. The download can be installed in a VMware-based environment and is [...]

Identity management projects are getting the top attention in enterprises in terms of security spending priorities, according to Gartner, which will be taking up the subject at its annual Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2010 conference later this month.
IT professionals at 308 companies participated in the survey.
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The average cost to an organization of a data breach in the United States is higher than in four other countries where data-breach costs were compared, specifically Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, according to a Ponemon Institute report published Wednesday.
The average cost of a data breach in the United States in 2009 [...]

Targeted cyber attacks of the sort that hit Google and more than 30 other tech firms earlier this year are testing enterprise security models in new ways and pose a more immediate threat to sensitive data than a full-fledged cyber war.
They’re also an “existential threat” to the U.S., a top FBI official said last week.
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Whether the iPad is secure enough for enterprise uses is debatable, based on a survey of several analysts and experts.
Some analysts say that with tougher data protection laws, such as one that recently took effect in Massachusetts, the iPad deserves an “F” for security readiness for financial services companies and other federally regulated industries.
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Microsoft on Tuesday shipped 2010’s second rush update for Internet Explorer (IE), patching 10 vulnerabilities — including one hackers have been exploiting for weeks.
That bug had been reported to Microsoft by a Beijing security company before news broke that it was being used by attackers. In fact, Microsoft wrapped up work on the fix for [...]

Just days after a pair of researchers outwitted major Windows 7 defenses to exploit Internet Explorer (IE) and Firefox, Microsoft said the measures aren’t meant to “prevent every attack forever.”
At the same time, it defended the security measures, saying they remained an effective way to hinder exploits.
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Symantec has announced a Web monitoring service intended to unearth evidence of botnet-related malware activity within an organization by continuously looking at outbound HTTP traffic for suspicious signs of Trojans on compromised computers trying to “call home” to their criminal controllers.
According to Grant Geyer, vice president of Symantec’s global managed security services, the around-the-clock monitoring [...]

Seattle is the most dangerous city in the U.S. when it comes to cyber crime, Symantec said today.
The Northwest sported two of the top 10, with Portland, Ore., ranked No. 10 in the list of the nation’s 50 largest metro areas. Rounding out the first five were Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, and Raleigh, N.C. [...]