symantec in comment and analysis
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security
Comment Others have become, or remain part of, some of the major IT security companies, such as Trend Micro, Symantec, Websense and Secure Computing. With the problem of spam in check rather than cured, focus has shifted to data leaks. [02 May 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment I refer to the latest threat report from Symantec, they are seeing a shift away from hacking individual computers to web-based threats. Scott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and... [15 Apr 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment says security firm Symantec's chief scientist, Guy Bunker. But it's not just laptops that need protecting, companies need to look at all end-points connected to the corporate network.iPod's are a particular problem as they can remove vast amounts... [19 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment A study by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by PGP Corporation and Symantec, examined the costs incurred by 21 UK businesses after experiencing a data breach. In Symantec's study about one-third are lost laptops and USB drives and one-quarter is... [10 Mar 2008]
Far from quiet on the virtual front
Comment Next, XenSource teams up with Symantec over storage virtualisation, F5 acquires Acopia Networks, and XenSource brings out XenEnterprise 4.0. This summer's intense activity in virtualisation could shape the options for smaller businesses as well as... [05 Sep 2007]
Security - no longer just about hackers
Comment Meanwhile IT companies with a focus on security - such as CA, IBM and Symantec - are responding to the risk management question. As opposed to just blocking outside threats, security today also includes risk reduction and enabling businesses to... [31 Jul 2007]
Speeding up the net - is it possible?
Comment This includes the growing band of unified threat management vendors: SonicWALL, Symantec and many others. Quocirca's Bob Tarzey looks at how to ensure this happens as quickly as possible. The best way to get reliable performance out of a wide area... [09 Jul 2007]
How do you get your head around 'risk'?
Comment Guy Bunker, chief scientist at security software maker Symantec, said businesses need to thoroughly understand what they do, how they do it and what data is created and processed in the course of doing it. [06 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec
Comment He talked of Symantec, the biggest name in the security world, and suggested such a company "arguably has good reason to exaggerate the problems". silicon.com editor-at-large Will Sturgeon is blogging from the InfoSecurity show at London Olympia. [24 Apr 2007]
Leader: Open, caring-sharing Microsoft
Leader Microsoft has recently taken a bit of a public beating from security companies McAfee and Symantec over the access - or rather, the lack of it - Redmond has provided to Vista, its upcoming operating system. [27 Oct 2006]
Leader: A gutsy move from Tesco
Leader Microsoft and Symantec (Tesco's also selling antivirus software) are both being good sports by saying they welcome the competition - a sign they still feel pretty confident about their hold over software buyers. [04 Oct 2006]
Leader: Are Macs really more secure?
Leader So while Sophos this week has been saying 'go Mac', certainly Symantec, another larger player in the industry which would normally not pass up a chance to slam Microsoft, admits the disparity is largely down to the size of the target. [06 Jul 2006]
Leader: How to cut piracy overnight
Leader This week we've seen McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec bemoaning the problem of software piracy and getting quite aggressive in their efforts to quell it. The likes of Adobe, McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec, among the worst hit by piracy, should be... [19 May 2006]
Opinion: What's the point of security?
Comment Scantily clad girls dressed as angels and the sash-climbing acrobats in yellow lycra bodysuits on the Symantec stand were entertaining and colourful enough. Security trade shows are booming - but does that mean companies are any safer? [26 Apr 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment In the 12 months since they were here last, we've seen the financial services industry under almost constant Trojan horse attack, denial of service attacks increase by 50 per cent and phishing and identity theft attempts approach eight million per... [15 Mar 2006]
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