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Self-Encrypting Drives For Servers, NAS, And SAN Arrays
This paper discusses the challenge of securing data on hard drives that will inevitably leave the owner's control. It introduces Self-Encrypting Drives (SED), which may be used in two ways: to provide instant secure erase (cryptographic erase or making

Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report
The CBS news program 60 Minutes said it had learned that the 2007 blackout in Espirito Santo State, which affected over three million people, and a smaller incident in Rio de Janeiro in 2005, were perpetrated by hackers. The program, to be aired on

General Dynamics to Develop New High-Speed Encryptor
(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $7.6 million contract to develop the new KG-530 SONET OC-768C in-line encryptor in support of an NSA initiative to secure and distribute data, at a full 40 gigabits per second

Spamming Like a Pro: The Value of Social Data
Phil tweeted, 'I like looking at my new laptop and seeing '5.8Gb free' :-)' Phil tweeted, '@richardkmiller That's a great example of users controlling their own experience. I love it.' Phil tweeted, 'Chinese with friends! (@ China Lily in Lindon)

VeriSign Beats Forecast
(Zacks.com via COMTEX) -- Last night, VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) reported revenues of $258 million from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2009. Core businesses (Internet Infrastructure and Identity Services) generated revenues of $257 million, up

Gift Card Scandal Could Sink Baltimore Mayor
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Stanley wins $49 million DISA task order to infuse global information grid with cybersecurity, network security
Stanley Inc., a provider of systems integration and professional services to the U.S. federal government, won a five-year, firm-fixed-price task order valued at $49 million, if all options are exercised, by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Alliance & Leicester provides free anti-phishing software
Alliance & Leicester customers are being offered free software to protect them from internet fraudsters. The Santander-owned bank said the Rapport software is designed to protect customers from phishing attacks and malware. Rapport makes sure sensitive

VeriSign Beats Forecast - Zibb.com
Companies: Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM), VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) Last night, VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) reported revenues of $258 million from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2009. Core businesses (Internet Infrastructure and Identity Services)

VeriSign Beats Forecast
Last night, VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) reported revenues of $258 million from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2009. Core businesses (Internet Infrastructure and Identity Services) generated revenues of $257 million, up 1% sequentially and up 6%

Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking
(AFP) - Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday. The CBS news program 60 Minutes said it had learned that the 2007 blackout

Smart and powerful: New Droid offers replaceable battery, removable memory, free GPS [The Baltimore Sun]
(Baltimore Sun (MD) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 7--Verizon's new high-powered smart phone, the Motorola Droid, is a fun little device and a worthy opponent to Apple Inc.'s hit iPhone. The Droid, which went on sale Friday for $199, is the first smart

Boycott over Modern Warfare 2 with Steam 'Trojan Horse'
, it seems, may finally have tromped across the proverbial bridge too far. The online PC games storefront with the sales leverage of a lion but the transparency of a two-way mirror reportedly signed a deal with Activision to load its Steamworks

Sectra Launches Pantheon Voice Encryptor
(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Sectra announced it is launching the Panthon voice encryptor, which will enable European government authorities to protect all their sensitive telephone calls from eavesdropping. Panthon protects telephony up to the

Hackers blacked out Brazil: Report
The CBS news program 60 Minutes said it had learned that the 2007 blackout in Espirito Santo State, which affected over three million people, and a smaller incident in Rio de Janeiro in 2005, were perpetrated by hackers. The program, to be aired on

Brazil blackouts from hacking
Washington - Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said. The CBS news programme 60 Minutes said it had learned that the 2007 blackout

5. Brocade and Thales Announce Integration of Thales Encryption Manager for Storage with Brocade Encryption Switching Solutions | Read Date: Monday 2 November 2009
Brocade and Thales have announced the integration of Thales Encryption Manager for Storage (TEMS) with the Brocade encryption SAN switching solutions. The combination of TEMS, the industry's first standards-based encryption key management appliance for

Kaspersky Lab's Peter Beardmore talks anti-virus and the Mac OS
Kaspersky, developers of anti-virus and security software has just released a version of its anti-virus software for the Macintosh operating system. While the Mac OS is targeted by malware and virus writers significantly less than Microsoft's Windows OS,

McAfee Unveils Integrated E-mail, Web Solution
1310 hrs IST McAfee has designed a security appliance for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that provides an all-round e-mail and Web security in a single, integrated appliance. to help protect against e-mail and Web-borne threats, manage Web and

Comparing Anti-Virus Scanning Performance and System Resource Utilization
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Sectra Launches Pantheon Voice Encryptor
Sectra announced it is launching the Panthon voice encryptor, which will enable European government authorities to protect all their sensitive telephone calls from eavesdropping. Panthon protects telephony up to the security level Restricted. According

Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking
Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS says. The CBS news program 60 Minutes to be aired on Sunday said it had learned that the 2007

Anti-Phishing Training Game Now Available As eLearning Courseware
Wombat Security Technologies joins Plateau's iContent partner ecosystem to make its flagship Anti-Phishing Phil training game available as eLearning content Pittsburgh, PA ' November 4, 2009 - In its drive to make its solutions available to a broader

New VPN Needs
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Network Security Breaches Cost Companies $41K on Average: McAfee Report
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Blackouts a result of cyber hacking
MASSIVE power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS says. The CBS news program 60 Minutes to be aired on Sunday said it had learned that the 2007

SSL flaw prompts security scramble
Network and server admins affected.

General Dynamics to Develop New High-Speed Encryptor
General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $7.6 million contract to develop the new KG-530 SONET OC-768C in-line encryptor in support of an NSA initiative to secure and distribute data, at a full 40 gigabits per second line rate, used for government

Report: Cyber Attacks Caused Power Outages in Brazil
Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes. In a show set to air Sunday night, CBS blames a two-day outage in Espirito

General Dynamics to Develop Next-generation Encryptor
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