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In addition, the new ZoneAlarm free firewall uses both signatures and heuristics to block dangerous websites, and also includes an identity check-up with ‘identity guard’ that allows customers to see if their identity and personal information has been exposed.
Bari Abdul, vice president of consumer sales at Check Point, said: “Most people have some form of anti-virus protection.
http://www.scmagazineuk.com/check-point-enhances-free-firewall-with-malware-analysis/article/170795/
Earlier this year, the company announced FraudMap for Business Banking, designed specifically to detect suspicious behavior in the multi-user business-banking environment where fraudsters have recently stolen hundreds of millions of dollars using Man-in-the-Browser attacks and networks of money mules.
The five-year old company achieved record results in 2009, increasing new customer sales by 300% year-over-year and driving a 100% customer renewal rate.
http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=21420
The in-depth interviews discovered that cloud computing, though in its early stages, is already benefiting companies.
Almost half of executives interviewed said that cloud solutions help them reach business goals with greater flexibility and innovation.
Among those, 22 interviews were done with CIOSs, VPs, and technology directors at small, medium, and large companies across a variety of industries.
There are gaps between the technology itself and the products being offered by vendors as well as cultural and organizational challenges with IT.
http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/86228-another-study-sees-value-cloud-computing.htm
The new encrypted Google search is in beta for now, as the service is not yet on par with the regular search engine. For one, secure connections are only enabled for the core search engine and not for things like Image Search or Google Maps.
Images will still show up in the results thanks to the Universal Search feature, but following the links will switch you to the regular, unencrypted search.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Rolls-Out-Encrypted-Search-142722.shtml
The company will offer cloud-based support for network firewalls and intrusion detection and prevention systems in the fourth quarter of this year, which will be available separately and can be used on Verizon and other providers’ network connections.
Howorth explained that this service would be split between a standard offering aimed at SMBs, and a premium services for mid-to-large enterprises, to give them complete control over security on their networks.
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2263506/verizon-business-offer-network
“Secerno’s products are expected to expand Oracle’s portfolio of security solutions to ensure data privacy, protect against insider threats, and enable regulatory compliance,” Vipin Samar, vice president of Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) database security group, wrote in a letter to both companies’ customers.
In November, IBM paid $225 million to acquire Guardium, a privately held database security software developer that competed with the likes of Secerno and Imperva.
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3883496/Oracle-Buys-Database-Firewall-Firm-Secerno.htm