web security
RSS web securityHospitals get remote access to patient records
News The project, which will cost £60,000 in the first year, has initially been set up to provide staff at the newly opened Sir William Rous Unit at Kingston Hospital with patient data stored at The Royal Marsden Hospital through a secure web-based... [21 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Affected versions of the web browser include Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for multiple iterations of Vista, XP and Server 2008; IE6 for versions of XP and Server 2003 and 2000; and IE5.01 for Server 2000. [13 Aug 2008]
Online sales top high street by 2026
News A uSwitch spokesman said that reliable security combined with broadband speeds and pricing has made internet shopping an appealing alternative to the high street. Comparison site uSwitch has predicted that online shopping will account for more than... [12 Aug 2008]
Why You Need Email Encryption: Use Case Scenarios
White Paper Adopting best practices for protecting the sensitive or private information valued by your company, customers, employees and partners adds a new complexity to email security. Outbound email and other electronic communications (such as web-based... [05 Aug 2008]
Top 10 Email Security Challenges - and Solutions - for 2008 and Beyond
White Paper Listen to the web seminar replay, "Top 10 Email Security Challenges - and Solutions - for 2008 and Beyond" (originally presented January 9, 2008) and learn: Email security remains one of the top enterprise IT priorities for 2008. [05 Aug 2008]
Reaping the Benefits of Hosted Email Security
White Paper Until recently, choosing the convenience of a hosted email security solution meant making significant compromises versus the power and flexibility of on-premise, appliance-based solutions. Learn how Proofpoint on Demand combines advanced machine... [05 Aug 2008]
Eroding Spam Filter Effectiveness: Bad for Business
White Paper Listen to this web seminar replay as Proofpoint product manager Andrew Vu discusses the latest email security challenges and shows real life examples of how spam filter effectiveness impacts business. [05 Aug 2008]
The Great Email Security Debate: Appliances, SaaS, or Virtual?
White Paper Based on "real world" examples from Proofpoint's customer base, this web seminar replay discusses the critical factors that you should consider when evaluating email security deployment scenarios for your organization. [05 Aug 2008]
Reduce Spam and Viruses While You Increase ROI with Virtual Appliances
White Paper In this web seminar replay, "Reduce Spam and Viruses While You Increase ROI with Virtual Appliances," Proofpoint Vice President of Product Management, Andres Kohn, discusses how Proofpoint's breakthrough virtual appliance for messaging security... [05 Aug 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo Discover more about these guardians of the web here. Today the 24/7 centre, seen here, deals with more than 3,200 security incidents and sees 10 security incidents escalated every day. Symantec's security operations centre analyses more than one... [01 Aug 2008]
Web application security: automated scanning versus manual penetration testing
White Paper Web sites are vulnerable to Web application attacks and a great percentage of these attacks occur over the HTTP/S protocols, ports that are often exposed to the entire online community. It's essential for organizations to take serious measures to... [31 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch prompts open source adoption
News Photos: Waging war on the web's bad guys Other worries cited were support at 44 per cent, security at 41 per cent, and interoperability with Microsoft products at 41 per cent. For instance, a Forrester Research survey earlier this month found the... [29 Jul 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment Virtual private networks that use internet protocol security used to be seen as a nightmare. On the other hand, internet protocol security (IPsec) VPNs provide a level of network access that is comprehensive and offers an experience similar to... [25 Jul 2008]
UK officials going snoop crazy
News More than 1,400 requests per day were made to spy on phone call records and web traffic last year, up on the average of less than 350,000 per year over the previous two years. Police and security services made the majority of the requests for... [23 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News According to the Sophos security threat report Blogspot.com, the blog publishing system owned by Google, was found to be hosting two per cent of the world's web-based malware in June 2008 - with hackers hosting malicious code on blog pages and... [23 Jul 2008]
