CA has acquired for an undisclosed sum the assets of data center automation vendor Cassatt, perhaps salvaging the technological innovation developed earlier this decade at the financially struggling start-up.
Denise Dubie | 03 Jun | Read more
Budget dollars may be tight for most companies, but that doesn't mean enterprise IT departments can do without the technology skills, talent and certifications they need to better navigate a down economy.
Denise Dubie | 24 Apr | Read more
More than 70% of information security professionals reported that they lost budget dollars in the past six months, but more than half said they think the worst is over.
Denise Dubie | 23 Apr | Read more
Young workers tap into Web 2.0 technologies and personal computing devices more frequently at work than their older counterparts, and while being savvy with such tools offers some benefit, the work habits of Millennials could force IT to revamp corporate security policies or remain vulnerable to data loss, security breach and legal woes.
Denise Dubie | 25 Mar | Read more
A majority of organizations are in need of IT workers with security, firewall and data privacy skills, but more than 40 per cent surveyed by the Computing Technology Industry Association in the US said their IT employees are not proficient in such skills.
Denise Dubie | 28 Feb | Read more
Faced with looming regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Craig Shumard, chief information security officer for healthcare provider Cigna, knew he needed better tools for role-based access control.
Denise Dubie | 04 Dec | Read more
Virtual servers are prone to the same attacks that plague physical servers, as well as to new threats that exploit weaknesses in hypervisor technology, experts warn.
Denise Dubie | 26 Nov | Read more
At IBM Internet Security System's, the company's primary security research organization is called X-Force. Kris Lamb, director of X-Force, says his group is charged with knowing where potential threats will arise and deliver product, services and education to customers about how to stay ahead of the risk. Recently Lamb discussed with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie what he sees as the most critical challenges and opportunities facing enterprise IT security managers today.
Denise Dubie | 05 Jul | Read more
CSOs are seeing the most significant increases in pay this year, while IT professionals in general are experiencing minor increases in compensation, according to a new US survey.
Denise Dubie | 04 Jul | Read more
HP on Tuesday announced its intentions to acquire SPI Dynamics, a maker of Web application security assessment software and services, for an undisclosed amount.
Denise Dubie | 20 Jun | Read more
When it comes to network security, what you don't know can definitely hurt you.
Denise Dubie | 29 Sep | Read more
Cisco and Microsoft recently revealed how they are working toward interoperability between Cisco's Network Access Control and Microsoft's Network Access Protection technologies. Denise Dubie caught up with Bob Gleichauf, CTO of Cisco's Security Technology Group, and Mark Ashida, general manager of Windows Networking at Microsoft, to learn more about why the companies joined forces on security and what's in store for future collaborations.
Denise Dubie | 13 Sep | Read more
Vendors are ramping up their efforts to address enterprise identity management with products designed to manage user privileges across multiple platforms, to simulate the impact of potential changes and to help developers build more secure applications.
Denise Dubie | 14 Jun | Read more
John Thompson, Symantec chairman and CEO, delivered a call to arms to Comdex attendees in Las Vegas Wednesday, when he detailed how the more business is done on the Internet, the more everyone needs to do their part to secure the wired, and wireless, world.
Denise Dubie | 20 Nov | Read more
Getting Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's 5,000 students and faculty securely tied into central resources was once a monumental administrative task — but not anymore.
Denise Dubie | 08 May | Read more