IT Security

The Power of PoE

By Koen Geirnaert · April 1, 2008

Convergence faces the challenges of infrastructure and flexibility

The Power of PoE

With an explosive demand for security monitoring worldwide, cameras are appearing in every conceivable location. The challenge is how to support this rapidly growing infrastructure with affordable and flexible real-world solutions. The adoption of PoE offers new opportunities for the design of products directly powered over Ethernet lines, drastically reducing overall installation and maintenance costs.


Study: Organizations With Enterprise-Wide Approach To Encryption Experience Fewer Data Breaches

March 31, 2008

PGP Corp. recently announced the results from a second annual study by The Ponemon Institute identifying key areas of focus in enterprise encryption use, planning strategies, budgeting and spending, deployment methodologies and impact on data breach incidents.


Report: Ninety Percent Of Public Web Sites Still Vulnerable To Attack

March 24, 2008

WhiteHat Security, a provider of Web site security services, recently released the fourth installment of the WhiteHat Web site Security Statistics Report, which calls out the top 10 most prevalent vulnerabilities and provides a vertical industry breakdown based on attacks.


Survey: Companies Believe Opening Network Poses Bigger Risk Of Data Breach

March 21, 2008

IT departments are under pressure to make corporate networks more accessible to remote workers and a range of external users despite fears over the increased threat of data leaks, malicious content and hacking that this entails, according to new research.


Deloitte Ireland Uses Two-Factor Authentication Solution To Add Security

March 19, 2008

ActivIdentity Corp. recently announced that Deloitte Ireland is facilitating secure remote and office-based access through the use of a strong certificate-based, two-factor authentication solution.


An IP World

By Matt Barnette, Adam Shane · March 2008

Digital systems offer numerous advantages over analog technology

Video management systems have evolved considerably since the analog tape-based VCRs that were prevalent nearly 10 years ago. Then, analog CCTV cameras with coaxial cable typically were connected to a multiplexer so multiple video images could be displayed on a video monitor simultaneously. These signals then were recorded for review and archiving.


Guarding the Games

By Jon Mooney · March 2008

Biometrics already lending a hand for 2012 London Olympics

Construction sites are fiercely regulated environments in the United Kingdom, under a program called the Construction Skills Certification Scheme. At these sites, CSCS accreditation is tied to employee biometric details. At many construction sites, only workers with a CSCS card can be employed. The Olympic venues in London fall into this group.


DHS Conducts Cyber Storm II To Examine Preparedness, Response Capabilities

March 11, 2008

Cyber Storm II is the second in a series of congressionally mandated exercises that will examine the nation’s cyber security preparedness and response capabilities. The exercise will simulate a coordinated cyber attack on information technology, communications, chemical, and transportation systems and assets.


Survey: Workers Overwhelmed With Passwords

March 6, 2008

Siber Systems Inc. recently announced the results of a poll on password use involving more than 600 U.S. IT professionals. The survey, administered through business data company eMedia, found that U.S. workers, managers and IT staffs alike are increasingly confronted with difficulties arising from computer passwords.


Survey: Majority Of Government IT Professionals Believe Identity Management Importance Will Increase

March 5, 2008

Quest Software Inc. recently announced the results of its Identity Management Government Survey of federal, state, local and municipal government IT professionals.


New Products

Miscellaneous

Laptop Case

The OtterBox 7030 laptop case offers complete waterproof protection. The case can be used to safeguard slates, tablets, ultra mobile PCs and convertible tablet PCs. The product fits up to 15-inch laptop screens. A nylon file folder mounts to the lid of the laptop case to hold pencils, business cards, pens and files. The case also is dustproof, drop-proof and dirt-proof. High-impact polypropylene construction and shock-absorbing elastomer corner bumpers offer maximum protection.

Miscellaneous

Security Performance Software

ClearPoint Metrics' Security Performance Manager™ V2.0, an integrated software and content management solution, is designed to enable IT and security executives to consistently and reliably measure, monitor and communicate the state, business impact and effectiveness of their IT governance, risk and compliance initiatives. The product provides a complete, automated and cost-effective view of an organization’s security performance through the use of metrics and scorecards. Prebuilt data adapters, metrics and scorecards allow users to quickly and effectively launch and sustain an information security metrics initiative.

Miscellaneous

Software

The Steganos Safe 2007 features the ability to use picture sequences as passwords. The maximum size of each safe is 256 GB. Users can create any number of secure virtual drives where data is safely stored and encrypted. The drives can be accessed directly from within applications, through Windows® Explorer and through any Internet browser.

New Video

Safe and Secure TV

Click here to view the latest collaboration between Security Products and the Safe and Secure TV Channel.

Emergency Comm.

Case Study: MITOC

Regardless of the scope and scale, when disaster strikes, first responders need a rapid and effective way to collect and communicate information in the early moments.

Poll

With an estimated security budget of more than $300 million, is the Chinese government doing enough to protect the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing?