• 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

  • NICE Systems to protect Eiffel Tower

    NiceVision video analytics software will help authorities sort through the monument’s six million annual visitors; globetrotting company is also working in Philadelphia and Beijing

  • Experts recommend vigilence in IT security pricing

    Vendors do well in part because clients are afraid to switch due to cost concerns; savvy IT professionals should price out the market and not be afraid of playing one vendor against another; software packages can be a good deal, but be wary of pricing methods

  • Keeping messages over the Internet secure by making them faint

    Wireless and Internet communication is vulnerable to eavesdropping and theft; traditional methods of keeping messages secure — encryption and scrambling — may be expensive to implement; two Princeton researchers suggest a new technique to keep transmissions safe, a technique which relies on the properties optical-fiber networks

  • Congress proposes new regulations on the sale of fertilizer

    Bill would force buyers to provide identification and require sellers to register with DHS or an appropriate state agency; a number of states already have similar laws intended to stymie another Timothy McVeigh; Farm Bureau continues to resist federal intrusion

  • Rising energy costs threaten IT expansion

    Power-hungry security solutions may face dark days; energy costs projected to eat up 50 percent of future IT budgets; Internet and software-based approaches gain an edge

  • Federal IT security spending to drop 50 percent in 2007

    Government to spend only $118 billion in the face of congressional belt-tightening; major contracts still to come include: GSA’s Alliant, Treasury’s Project Support Solutions, and Agriculture’s Multiple Award Information Technology Support Services