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IBM snaps up Internet Security Systems
News IBM made a resounding move into security on Wednesday, acquiring Internet Security Systems for $1.3bn. The all-cash transaction of about $28 per share is meant to bolster IBM's ability to deliver security services to corporations, the company said.
[August 23, 2006, 17:15]
IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Monthly
White Papers The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Monthly is designed to highlight some of the most significant threats and challenges facing security professionals today. This paper is a product of IBM Managed Security Services and IBM...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Internet Security Systems Case Study: Computer Sciences Corporation
White Papers CSC client Hyatt Hotels Corporation needed intrusion prevention security to comply with tighter PCI Standard requirements and safeguard its customers' credit card information. The company deployed ISS which provided CSC and Hyatt with Proventia...
[July 14, 2009, 14:43]
Internet Security Trends for 2007: A Report on Spam, Viruses and Spyware
White Papers At the highest level, 2006 saw an increase in both the sophistication and the volume of Internet security threats. Spammers created triple the volume of image-based spam. This threat has a dual effect on infrastructure: incoming mail throughput has...
[November 13, 2009, 0:21]
2008 Internet Security Trends: A Report on Emerging Attack Platforms for Spam, Viruses and Malware
White Papers This paper is designed to help highlight the key security trends of today and suggest ways to defend against the sophisticated new generation of Internet threats certain to arise in the future. For a time, security controls designed to manage spam...
[November 13, 2009, 0:21]
Symantec Norton Internet Security
Downloads Norton AntiVirus"the world's most trusted antivirus software for Macintosh systems*"removes viruses automatically. Norton Privacy Control prevents confidential information from being sent over the Internet without your knowledge, including...
[June 5, 2003, 8:00]
Is Internet security ISPs' problem?
Talkback No,if you please.The premise of an ISP is,in my opinion,soley to provide a person with access to the world of the Internet.A person or persons have to accept the responsibility to do as much as they can to protect their own systems.We,as consumers...
[January 5, 2006, 14:41]
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Upgrades Internet Security to Give Members Advanced Fraud Protection
White Papers Desert School implemented Oracle Adaptive Access Manager to provide advanced security and a future-proof fraud protection strategy - without sacrificing the convenience or usability of online baking systems.
[November 3, 2007, 0:00]
Is Internet security ISPs' problem?
News While I typically pay little attention to the mainstream media's take on Internet security, I recently read an article on CIO.com that I found particularly interesting. The article, an editorial titled "Seeing No Evil", discusses how involved...
[December 16, 2005, 15:25]
Dabs customers caught in Internet security breach
News Two hours later a second email was sent out by BuyB4Sold.co.uk, warning that the attached Excel document was contaminated with a virus, but was not harmful to systems. In this occasion it has clearly been highlighted that despite security measures...
[September 14, 2001, 17:22]
Norton Internet Security 2003 review
Reviews Borrowed from ZoneAlarm Pro, this one-click button shuts down all Internet traffic, in and out, for those times when you want extra security. In our ShieldsUp and Port Scanner tests, NIS successfully blocked every attempt to gain entry to our test...
[October 16, 2002, 10:53]
ISS reveals cross-platform antivirus flaw
News Internet Security Systems has found a flaw in Trend Micro's virus-scanning software -- the third time this month that the security company has picked a hole in an antivirus product. The subsequent Witty worm exploited the security hole to spread to...
[February 25, 2005, 8:55]
'Drive-by' hacking a real threat
News X-Force -- an Internet Security Systems anti-hacking team -- takes its job very seriously, even taking to the streets of Sydney for security threat analysis in the form of 'drive-by hacking'. While larger organisations are beginning to spend more...
[November 16, 2001, 10:10]
Linux open to backdoor password
News According to Internet Security Systems, there's a backdoor account in Red Hat's Linux that would let a computer intruder access and alter files on some computers running Red Hat's most recent version of Linux.
[April 25, 2000, 13:15]
Are hackers going pro?
News The chief scientist of security company Internet Security Systems believes 2004 could prove to be a watershed year for hacking. While the average hacker from the Internet doesn't have access to these systems, the mobile operators do.
[October 28, 2004, 12:39]
Flaws don't die - study
News A study of Internet security flaws showed that for serious issues, half the vulnerable systems remain unfixed after 30 days. The data seems to support assertions by the Organisation for Internet Safety that companies need time to fix flaws and...
[July 31, 2003, 8:40]
Advocating electronic responsibility
News It never ceases to amaze me how few IT professionals - even those charged with Internet and information security - possess an adequate understanding of how computer systems actually function. In addition, legitimate security researchers face the...
[August 8, 2005, 12:10]
Net attacks 'getting faster'
News Internet attacks are getting more numerous and menacing, network protection company Internet Security Systems concluded in a report released on Tuesday. The window of time between vulnerability disclosure and the release of a working exploit...
[November 19, 2003, 9:55]
IBM: Public vulnerabilities are tip of the iceberg
News IBM's Internet Security Systems division has warned that there is a "colossal difference" between the number of publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities and the number of vulnerabilities that are discovered but not publicly disclosed.
[June 1, 2007, 12:07]
Networks hit by co-ordinated attack
News Further evidence of a new type denial of service (DoS) attacks with unparalleled potential for causing havoc has been uncovered by Internet Security Systems (ISS). This new approach to attacking a network was uncovered at the National Information...
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