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Intel-McAfee developing cloud-security strategy

Posted on: May 6th, 2012 by IDG Reporter No Comments

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 [...]

Dell snaps up SonicWall

Posted on: March 15th, 2012 by Jeevan No Comments

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 [...]

Xerox and McAfee team up to deliver enhanced protection for companies

Posted on: February 27th, 2012 by Pallavi Sharma

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

Posted on: February 27th, 2012 by Pallavi Sharma No Comments

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

Posted on: February 27th, 2012 by IDG Reporter No Comments

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, [...]

Researchers crack satellite encryption

Posted on: February 13th, 2012 by Jeevan No Comments

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

Posted on: September 12th, 2011 by Jeevan No Comments

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 [...]

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