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Virtually secure
Difficulties have arisen this year in the area of intrusion prevention systems (IPS). Vendors have struggled to recast their appliances for use in virtual environments, which companies continue to turn [...]
Intel-McAfee developing cloud-security strategy
Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, has described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way to secure data stored in public or hybrid cloud environments. Jason [...]
Geared for cyber war
The crux of the discussions at the Kaspersky Lab cyber conference in Mexico last month focused on the eventuality of cyber war and how best the world could avoid it. [...]
Dell snaps up SonicWall
Dell announced on Tuesday that it is planning to acquire SonicWall, a security vendor that specialises in firewalls, network security and antispam systems. The boards of directors from both companies [...]
Working to be stronger
Many companies in the Middle East are missing out by not gaining valuable intelligence from threats. Security information and event management (SIEM) has arisen on the enterprise scene as the [...]
6 security trends to watch for
For security researchers, there’s never a dull moment; online criminals constantly find new security holes to exploit, and new ways to get at your personal data. At this year’s RSA [...]
Xerox and McAfee team up to deliver enhanced protection for companies
Think confidential information is protected by company IT security policies? Think again. A new survey commissioned by Xerox and McAfee, reveals that more than half (54%) of employees say they [...]
MEA enterprise IT spending to grow 6.3%: Gartner
Middle East and Africa enterprise IT spending across all industry markets is forecast to reach 70 billion Euros in 2012, a 6.3% increase from 2011, according to research firm, Gartner. [...]
Malware grows to the tune of 75 million samples in 2011: McAfee
Despite McAfee predicting that unique malware samples would hit 75 million in 2011, the security vendor actually found that the real number actually surpassed that estimate. The vendor’s latest report, [...]
Extending identity
The focal point of enterprise security has long been on fighting malware and outsider threats, while most of the breaches these days are accounted for by insider threats. This is [...]
Researchers crack satellite encryption
Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications. The Ruhr [...]
eHDF to host Secure Lab IT infrastructure
eHosting DataFort (eHDF) has entered into a strategic tie-up with Switzerland’s Security Lab to host its IT infrastructure and protect the confidential data of its customers within the UAE. Security [...]
