Symantec this week introduced what it calls the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service that works with an on-premises software component to keep track of SSL server certificates used by an organization.
There's a thunderbolt of change coming in cloud-based identity management, with new possibilities for single sign-on (SSO) and provisioning through cloud-based services.
Young males in emerging markets are the most likely to fall victim to cybercrime, whose total cost per year is approaching the scale of illegal drug trafficking worldwide, according to a study by the Norton division of Symantec.
The major security vendors have a strong presence at VMworld 2011, VMware Inc.'s [NYSE: VMW] annual user conference. And it's not surprising, given that security remains a top-of-mind concern for many enterprises considering embracing cloud computing.
VMware yesterday said it has added more security vendor partners to its vShield product-development program in which security firms work with the company to develop data protection specifically designed for VMware's flagship <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-burning-questions-virtualization-storage.html">virtualization</a> platform, which today is vSphere 5.0.
When 3,300 information-technology professionals were asked about cybersecurity, they said malicious code attacks accounted for the main type of cyberattack their organizations suffered during the past year, although "internal unintentional actions" by well-meaning insiders also wreaked havoc.
Symantec today announced its next-generation email and content archiving software, Enterprise Vault 10, which now purports to automatically classify email content and metadata and assign the appropriate archiving and retention policy to it.
New Zealand email security company SMX has entered into a global agreement with Symantec under which its cloud-based security solution will be sold worldwide.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a> iOS and Google <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> have some big differences when it comes to mobile <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a>, creating distinct potential vulnerabilities for enterprises embracing devices running these operating systems, according to analysis by Symantec.
Apple's iOS and Google's Android smartphone platforms are more secure than traditional desktop-based operating systems, but are still susceptible to many existing categories of attacks, according to<a href="http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20110627_02&om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2011Jun_worldwide_mobilesecuritywp">a 23-page report from security software vendor Symantec.</a>
Just three days after Microsoft patched 11 bugs in Internet Explorer (IE), hackers are exploiting one of those vulnerabilities, a security company said Friday.
A new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/033011-usenix-ssl-offloader.html">SSL</a> certificate authority squeezes so much overhead out of supplying certs that it plans to give them away starting next month and to continue at least through the end of the year.
Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Symantec security software.
Symantec has confirmed that its New Zealand operations aren't affected by a round of redundances being carried out in Australia.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/071510-top-spam-botnets.html">Spammers</a> are experimenting with a new tactic to improve their success rate: setting up their own <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/012111-twitter-targeted-with-fake-antivirus.html">URL-shortening</a> sites as a way to dodge anti-spam software and avoid protections put in place by legitimate URL-shortening sites.