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Cisco fights to keep No. 1 spot in network security
Nov. 17, 2008
Cisco, dominant in the network-security market, faces questions about how well its security products work, especially as modules in Cisco switches and routers.

McAfee CEO looks to security in virtual environments
Oct. 17, 2008
McAfee is hunkering down to integrate the security technologies it has bought over the past several months into its varied line of security software and appliances. Here's a Q&A with company CEO Dave DeWalt.

McAfee announces new security suite
Oct. 14, 2008
McAfee Tuesday announced the release of the McAfee(r) Total Protection (ToPS) for Secure Business, a suite that offers SMBs complete security in one easy-to-manage package. A set of McAfee daily practices also released ...

Software-based NAC security useful despite drawbacks
Nov. 12, 2008
Despite some shortcomings, software-based network access control technology that enforces policies on network endpoints is often the first choice of customers who adopt the technology.

Antimalware group sets product testing guidelines
Nov. 11, 2008
The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization yesterday announced its members, which include more than 15 security firms specializing in combating malicious code, have adopted test principles and best practices they ...

McAfee's IPS enforcement is home grown
Oct. 30, 2008
Recently McAfee announced it was adding hardware enforcement to its NAC offerings by adding NAC software to its IPS appliance.

SanDisk puts antivirus on flash drive
Oct. 22, 2008
SanDisk has stepped up its efforts to convince corporates that USB sticks are a secure medium, adding built-in antivirus capability to its latest Cruzer drive.

McAfee adds hardware enforcement to its NAC
Oct. 21, 2008
McAfee is adding hardware enforcement to its NAC offerings by adding NAC software to its IPS appliance.

Juniper adds smarts to the edge; McAfee bolsters network access security
Oct. 21, 2008
Juniper Networks this week unveiled hardware and software enhancements for its MX-Series of Ethernet routers and M-Series edge routers; McAfee is announcing that customers now can enforce their company's network-access- ...

Top security suites fail exploit tests
Oct. 13, 2008
Security software suites don't protect users from real-world exploits, a bug tracking company charged today after launching 300 test attacks against a dozen programs, including popular software from McAfee, Symantec and ...

McAfee looks to tackle Gigabit Ethernet security
Apr. 23, 2008
McAfee is to tackle the problems of bottlenecks within organizations that have adopted Gigabit Ethernet. The company has introduced the McAfee M-8000 Network Security Platform to cope with the challenges thrown up by ...

UTM devices are making headway
Sep. 25, 2008
Customers using unified threat management devices say the appliances represent a more streamlined way to provide multiple security functions and to track down security data, but don't necessarily meet all gateway ...

Windows HPC set to take on Linux; McAfee to acquire Secure Computing
Sep. 23, 2008
McAfee on Monday announced an agreement to acquire Secure Computing in a transaction valued at $465 million that is expected to be complete by year-end.

Intrusion-prevention systems still not used full throttle: survey
Sep. 23, 2008
Intrusion-prevention systems often aren't used to actually block attack traffic, but instead act more like intrusion-detection systems, according to an Infonetics Research survey of 169 information professionals who ...

McAfee to acquire Secure Computing for $465M
Sep. 22, 2008
McAfee Monday announced an agreement to acquire Secure Computing in a transaction valued at $465 million in a deal both companies say will help in winning customers in an era where broad product portfolios have an ...

McAfee to buy Secure Computing
Sep. 22, 2008
Security software vendor McAfee has agreed to buy network security specialist Secure Computing in a deal worth around US$465 million, it said Monday.

Brad Pitt, Beyonce and Justin Timberlake top list of celebrity names most abused by malware ...
Sep. 17, 2008
Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey and George Clooney are among the stars whose names are being most exploited across the Web to lure unwary fans into downloading wallpaper and screensaver software that's really malware in ...

McAfee targets VMware server virtualization security
Sep. 15, 2008
In virtualization push, McAfee promises pricing advantages.

McAfee touts "cloud-based" malware defense system
Sep. 08, 2008
McAfee Monday is announcing a change in how it delivers malware-signature software updates that it says should result in much speedier fixes.

McAfee outlines DLP integration strategy with Reconnex
Aug. 01, 2008
With McAfee buying data-loss-prevention vendor Reconnex for $46 million in cash, the question now is how will McAfee move forward in the future to bring the Reconnex product suite into its portfolio, especially with the ...

McAfee to buy data protection vendor Reconnex
Jul. 31, 2008
Looking to expand its range of data protection products, McAfee said Thursday that it will acquire Reconnex, a maker of data protection appliances and software.

Airlines warn customers of infected ticket invoices
Jul. 28, 2008
Several airlines, including Delta and Northwest, have warned customers that bogus e-mails posing as ticket invoices contain malware and urged them to immediately delete the messages.

Just How Dead Is OneCare, Really? | NetworkWorld.com Community
Nov. 26, 2008
Okay, I’ve read all the news stories about how Microsoft is backing out of the retail Anti-Virus market by sending Windows Live OneCare packing and putting the free malware program Morro in its place. I don’t believe ...

DNS flaw info leaked; SMBs underestimate cybercriminal threat
Jul. 23, 2008
A computer security company on Monday inadvertently published details of a major flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System and a McAfee survey says SMBs underestimate the value of their data to cybercriminals.

Diary of a deliberately spammed housewife
Jul. 01, 2008
The Global S.P.A.M. Diaries was an experiment by McAfee to find out what would happen if 50 volunteers from around the world put aside common sense and answered every e-mail spam that came to them, chronicling the ...

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