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Blue Coat to acquire Solera Networks
Blue Coat Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire Solera Networks, a provider of big data security intelligence and analytics for threat protection. The Solera …
Dell acquires Enstratius
Dell today announced the acquisition of Enstratius, which helps organizations manage applications across private, public and hybrid clouds, including automated application …
McAfee to acquire Stonesoft
McAfee and Stonesoft today announced a definitive agreement to initiate a conditional tender offer for the acquisition of Stonesoft for approximately $389 million in cash. …
Ex employee hacked into high-voltage power manufacturer’s network
A criminal complaint was unsealed on Thursday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Michael Meneses – who was arrested earlier that day in …
Data breaches increase IT budgets
Protecting brand reputation and observing security best practices should be organisation’s primary motivators for data protection, while meeting compliance requirements …
UK govt gives money to SMEs for improving their cyber security
More small businesses than ever are facing the threat of losing confidential information through cyber attacks, according to research published by the UK Department for …
The fight for users’ right to know what companies do with their data
CISPA‘s progress through the two houses of the U.S. Congress is and will be the major topic for discussion for privacy-minded individuals in the U.S. and around the …
The dangers of CISPA
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been recently passed for the second time by the U.S. House of Representatives and is now headed to be voted on in …
DLP suite for companies with limited IT support resources
Safetica Technologies has launched Safetica 5, the newest version of its Data Leak Protection/monitoring suite, which prevents “human factor” issues that can lead …
Most corporate computers missing critical software updates
87 percent of corporate computers are missing critical software updates that could threaten business security, according to F-Secure data from around 200,000 workstations …
Cloud-based security services still in high demand
By 2015, 10 percent of overall IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud, according to Gartner. The services are also driving changes in the …
LANDesk Acquires VMware Protect product family
LANDesk Software has acquired VMware’s Protect product family of IT management solutions, which VMware acquired through its purchase of Shavlik Technologies in 2011. The …