DirSec Security

Tessco wireless guide.. Great resource..

google just bought them

A panel of CIOs from state government, health care and the insurance sector told cloud providers from Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT), Google (NSDQ:GOOG), Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN) and Joyent on Thursday that they no longer need to be sold on the benefits of cloud infrastructure -- they get them. But that doesn't mean they're ready to trust the cloud, either.

Hackers are increasingly targeting law firms and public relations companies with a sophisticated e-mail scheme that breaks into their computer networks to steal sensitive data, often linked to large corporate clients doing business overseas.

MYOpenID uses this - Fish net doing seminars on it..

<< I especially love this line from the IDG news report: "The money will give Twitter more time to figure out a business model." >>

Nine Comppanies to watch in Data Storage..

Altor Networks' flagship Altor Virtual Firewall (VF) combines a VMware VMsafe firewall with virtual-aware IDS, designed to stop malware outbreaks that can rapidly infect virtual machines. The product is also designed to eliminate blind spots on the network caused by lack of visibility between host servers and VMs. Plus, it gives customers the ability to sail through compliance audits by providing the ability to filter, monitor and report virtual traffic.

Fake AV authors are getting pushy.

New software developed at the Georgia Institute for Technology can identify spam before it hits the mail server. The system, known as SNARE (Spatio-temporal Network-level Automatic Reputation Engine), scores each incoming e-mail based on a variety of new criteria that can be gleaned from a single packet of data. The researchers involved say the automated system puts less of a strain on the network and minimizes the need for human intervention while achieving the same accuracy as traditional spam filters.

WatchGuard Technologies has purchased BorderWare Technologies to get into the e-mail and Web content security business, the company says. WatchGuard says the move will help it compete against Google and Cisco Systems in the messaging security space.