• BT acquires Counterpane Internet Security

    IT security is a growing problem – and a growing business; BT has many corporate customers, and to offer these customers a more robust managed security service with enhanced auditing and reporting capabilities, it has just acquired a California IT security outsourcing specialist

  • Unisys launches new business security ad campaign

    Targeted at C-level executives, initiative includes a Fortune magazine cover featuring the recipient’s photograph; company hopes to sell IT security and continuity as competitive advantages, not as reactive responses to threats

  • Physical and IT security teams merge

    Guards on patrol are now instructed to keep an eye out for open wireless networks and passwords written on sticky pads; $1.1 billion spent each year on bringing the two cultures together, but problems remain; integrating building and network access an emerging trend

  • The state of U.K. critical infrastructure is not good

    Looking for investment opportunities? Look no farther than the U.K. critical infrastructure; a just-published experts report highlights that many weaknesses that need to be addressed, the many problems that must be resolved

  • New business opportunities in radiation detection technologies

    The North Korea nuclear test, and the inexorable march of Iran toward acquiring nuclear weapons, increase the risks of nuclear weapon proliferation; there are thus many opportunities in developing new radiation detection technologies

  • Security officials worry about Google Earth

    Terrorists may use satellite images to identify targets and plan attacks, experts say; concern is global as Dutch, Russians, and others worry; democratizing Internet spreads access to high resolution photographs; rogue nations the big winners here

  • Attensity partners with IBM

    Companies, both leaders in managing unruly computer files, come together to improve the IBM Information Server; for Attensity, the deal is another success among many; for IBM, a way to attract customers interested in pulling relational information out of unstructured data

  • Serial IT security entrepreneur is at it again

    Phishing, that is, the Internet-based theft of identity, is damaging the economy to the tune of about $46 billion a year; an IT security entrepreneur who has already launched two successful companies has just closed the financing round for his new venture — a company aiming to combat phishing

  • Terra Firma chooses ControlGuard’s endpoint security solution

    As the size of the mobile work force increases, with more and more employees carrying and using portable devices, the security risks a company faces increase apace; how does a corporation enjoy the benefits of greater efficiency and timeliness which mobility brings, without at the same time exposing itself to detrimental risks? The solution is endpoint security, and a leading international private equity firm has just selected an endpoint security solution from ControlGuard

  • Cory Lidle's death recalls similar historical events

    Small planes crash into buildings far more often than one would expect; episodes at the Empire State Building, and in Tampa and Milan, show danger

  • University of Colorado announces first-in-nation PhD program

    Degree to be offered as early as the fall, pending $1.9 million in federal funding; public policy program will focus on infrastructure threats

  • Black Duck announces new encryption export compliance software

    Backed by Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, and other leading VCs, company adds to its software compliance offerings; technology scans software for encryption algorithms and helps developers avoid DoC fines; Cuba and Iran among countries targeted by export restrictions

  • Establishing product liability a smart way to confront IT security problems

    IT companies use shrink wrap agreements to avoid responsibility, but costs are transferred to consumers with no guarenteed increase in security; shifting liability to software companies may push some out of the market, but some say that will all be for the best

  • Indiana receives $1.2 million for lake and river security

    Money will be used to purchase powerboats, the trucks to tow them, thermo-imaging devices, and side-scanning sonar units

  • Experts say utilities need to do much more

    Electricity and gas plants may be the first to suffer the consequences of disrupted service; alongside barriers and surveillance systems, companies should make sure to work with local authorities to develop emergency response plans