This morning, McAfee released news that they have named Bill Rielly as the Senior Vice President for the company’s SMB division. In his new role, Mr. Rielly will work with company President, Michael DeCesare, on strengthening McAfee’s global presence in the SMB sector.
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PASSPORTAL today announced the results of their comprehensive MSP Password Security Study and released a major update to its password management solution designed for MSPs.
F5 Networks, Inc., yesterday announced the results of their 2013 RSA Security Trends Survey, conducted last week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA. The key finding of this survey is that many organizations are finding it difficult to keep up with the rapidly-changing security environment. In the report, F5 lists the respondents’ top security impacts, and how they feel about traditional safeguards.
Yesterday, California-based Barracuda Networks, Inc. announced the release of the Barracuda Firewall. This next-generation firewall solution is designed specifically for the SMB space.
Today, McAfee announced that they have added eleven new partners to the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA). In addition, seven existing partners were promoted to the status of “Technology Partner” within the program.
Today, AVG Technologies released their latest mobile security solutions for Android tablets and smartphones. AVG AntiVirus FREE and PRO 3.1 include an updated user interface and better security features for mobile devices.
As reports of corporate data breaches regularly surface, Dell Software is now enabling IT to drive connected security across the organization, offering protection from the inside and the outside. As a result, the company announced the release of Quest One Privileged Access Suite for Unix, which combines Active Directory bridge and root delegation technologies to combat against poorly managed privileged accounts with a single, intuitive interface, to help protect the organization--from the inside out.
AlgoSec said its latest version of the AlgoSec Security Management Suite is now available. The new version marks the general availability of AlgoSec BusinessFlow as an integral product of the suite, delivering innovative, application-centric security policy management that boosts business agility and the availability of enterprise applications. Additional enhancements to the Security Management Suite include extended device support, deeper integration capabilities, enhanced reporting and performance and IPv6 support.
Symantec Corp. yesterday announced that it has created a new strategy that includes a new Office of the CEO, expanded products and services, and also layoffs of various executives and middle management staff. The company says these measures are designed to streamline and simplify the company so it can deliver significantly improved performance for customers and partners.
Earlier this week, SaaS distributor, Excel Micro, Inc. announced a distribution partnership with Reflexion Networks, Inc., a provider of cloud-based e-mail security solutions.
Yesterday at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, AVG announced that they have signed more than 1000 partners to their AVG CloudCare small business IT management platform. The first version of CloudCare was launched in October 2012 at the SMB Nation Fall Conference, and the latest version, 2.1, was unveiled at CES yesterday.
Dell SecureWorks is now offering a new Vulnerability Management Service (VMS) and a new Web Application Scanning (WAS) Service for the Cloud. These add-on Cloud security solutions are currently available for purchase by customers of Dell Public Cloud, Dell Cloud Dedicated Service and customers of VMware vCenter 5.0 environments.
I caught a few minutes with a busy Steve Robinson, VP of Development and Security at IBM, to discuss security for the forthcoming year. In a wide-ranging conversation, he shared his view of the world as it relates to that proverbial evergreen topic, security.
“For security officers, 2012 was a busy year, faced with emerging threats, an increase in malware and malicious web activities, as well as decreases in mobile vulnerabilities and exploits. These attacks are becoming more sophisticated -- ranging from stealing data, to disrupting service, to spying.” Robinson started off.
With 2013 only a few days away, Robinson canvassed clients and experts from around the world on what to expect in 2013 and beyond. Here are some of these insights:
Yesterday, nCircle released the results of a survey concerning company digital security during the holiday season. The survey was conducted by Dimensional research between Nov. 8 and Nov. 19, 2012.
In the last year, Dell has made headlines in the SMB channel with acquisitions such as AppAssure and PacketTrap. With 2013 almost in reach, the tech giant is not slowing down on this front, announcing today it has arrived at another agreement to acquire Credant Technologies, a provider of data protection solutions to control, manage and secure data sent from endpoints to servers, storage and the cloud.
If your kids just graduated college, or are headed down that road next year toward seeking out their first jobs, you might to discuss with them about keeping their social media pages in check, according to AVG Technologies.
Kaspersky Lab’s experts outlined key security trends of 2012 and presented their views on the core threats of 2013. The most notable predictions for the next year include the continued rise of targeted attacks, cyber-espionage and nation-state cyber-attacks, the evolving role of hacktivism, the development of controversial “legal” surveillance tools and the increase in cybercriminal attacks targeting cloud-based services.
Today, AVG Technologies announced updates to their AVG AntiVirus for Android and released a new AVG Safe Browser for iOS devices. These announcements greatly expand AVG’s mobile solution base.
“AVG views mobile as a strategic focus area and since the launch of our first mobile security product in 2010, we have seen immense growth in this sector,” explained JR Smith, CEO, AVG Technologies, in a press release today.
Quest Software, a part of Dell and a provider of IT management solutions, today released three best-practice tips for Privileged Account Management (PAM) from EMA’s latest report: "Why You Need to Consider Privileged Access Management (And What You May Not Know About It That You Should )."
NETGEAR has introduced NETGEAR ProSecure® UTM25S Unified Threat Management Firewall. As the newest addition to the NETGEAR UTM S series of firewalls, the ProSecure UTM25S provides two modular slots that fit optional interface cards, enabling IT administrators to custom-tailor the firewall to their specific connectivity requirements. In addition, like other members of the ProSecure UTM family of security appliances, the UTM25S integrates with NETGEAR ReadyNASâ network-attached storage systems, giving businesses almost unlimited activity log and quarantine capacity for forensic, regulatory and legal requirements.
Xerox and McAfee yesterday announced the release of the first networked Multifunction Printer with embedded security software. The two companies explained that all networked machines may be vulnerable to malware, and that printers in particular are at risk.
Earlier this year, Xerox and McAfee conducted a survey of approximately 2500 full and part-time workers in the US. The survey showed that over half (54%) of those polled do not always follow their company’s security guidelines. In addition, 21% were not even aware that their companies had security policies.
Earlier today, BDR company Etech 7, announced the development of a new security information blog. The Stay iNformed blog is updated daily with news, how-to and top ten guides, and do-it-yourself tips. The site is designed to help everyone from musicians to doctors to IT professionals keep up on the latest in security.
AVG this morning announced that it has launched CloudCare, a simplified security and IT management solution specifically built for SMBs and the solution providers who serve them. Already tested by selected resellers and MSPs on thousands of devices, AVG CloudCare has quickly demonstrated its ability to help IT resellers manage and protect small business customers more efficiently and profitably.
Roaring Penguin Software said that it has expanded its technology alliance with N-Able to include its new Security Manager Anti Spam platform.
First announced last year, Security Manager Anti Spam is available as both a hosted anti-spam service and a multi-tenant software solution that can be run at MSPs’ data centers.
