Stories by Brian Fonseca

E-mail, antivirus security drive proactive techniques

Heeding the criticism of organizations that require stronger and more aggressive anti-virus (AV) and content protection for their networks, a number of security vendors announced Monday new and upgraded content security products at the CSI (Computer Security Institute) show.

IBM arms Tivoli with biometric support

IBM Corp. and Daon will announce a partnership at the Computer Security Institute (CSI) security conference this week that will allow end-users to incorporate biometric physical authentication tools to extend Tivoli's identity management SSO (single-sign-on) software capabilities.

SAML 1.0 specification gets a thumbs-up

Members of the OASIS interoperability consortium approved the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) on Wednesday as an OASIS open standard. The move paves the way for the XML-based framework to enable secure SSO (single sign-on) and other security functions for Web services transactions spanning multiple hosted sites.

OASIS steps up security agenda

OASIS is on tap to execute two high-profile moves this week that should bolster the standards consortium's growing influence within the nascent Web services security realm.

OASIS group forms to tackle digital signature quagmire

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium members on Thursday set about to build standards to enable trusted and simplified digital signature processing for Web services environments by forming a new OASIS Digital Signature Services Technical Committee.

OASIS group forms to tackle digital signature quagmire

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium members on Thursday set about to build standards to enable trusted and simplified digital signature processing for Web services environments by forming a new OASIS Digital Signature Services Technical Committee.

To protect and serve

Top-tier security vendors are blending management and services with their product offerings in an effort to defuse security-related wild-goose chases and reduce customers' discovered security events to meaningful and digestible chunks. Companies such as Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS), Symantec Corp., and IBM Corp.'s Tivoli are zeroing in on beefed-up integration and services options, familiarity, and global-market reach to win over customers.

Netegrity minding the Web services security store

Netegrity will announce on Tuesday that it is releasing TransactionMinder, its new policy-based authentication and management product that ensures only authorized applications or parties can access Web services and keeps track of any access attempts.

To protect and serve

Top-tier security vendors are blending management and services with their product offerings in an effort to defuse security-related wild-goose chases and reduce customers' discovered security events to meaningful and digestible chunks. Companies such as Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS), Symantec Corp., and IBM Corp.'s Tivoli are zeroing in on beefed-up integration and services options, familiarity, and global-market reach to win over customers.

RSA and Entrust target Web services security returns

Entrust and RSA Security unveiled new products and initiatives this week designed to hammer home the message that both companies intend to leverage existing security technology and development efforts to construct a comprehensive Web services security infrastructure for customers.

BMC extends data management

Kicking off its two-day Software Forum event in Boston on Tuesday, BMC Software Inc. unveiled "Project Golden Gate," its new Web-based console management blueprint targeted at lowering the cost of managing data across an enterprise.

Vordel launches Web services to financial firms

Vordel Ltd. on Monday announced the launch of a Secure Partner Integration Solution to help large financial services institutions to securely and easily integrate their systems with partners using Web services.

Entercept locks down database servers

Shoring up a gaping network hole hackers have begun to target in earnest, Entercept Security Technologies Inc. announced on Monday that it is expanding its intrusion prevention software to blanket database servers.

CA unifies eTrust tools

Attempting to resolve enterprise integration and security concerns, Computer Associates International Inc. this week will introduce its new eTrust Command Center product designed to unify CA's own and third-party security tools.

Customers seek return on past promises

Whether in direct correlation to its sparse attendance or to simply cement the understanding that IT budget spending is still under lock and key, attendees at the Network + Interop/Comdex conference this week are expressing a desire to wrest greater value from their existing network products rather than invest in new management and application performance wares.

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