Quick Heal Technologies has announced the launch of new 2010 computer security series: Quick Heal AntiVirus 2010, Quick Heal Internet Security 2010 and Quick Heal Total Security 2010. Quick Heal 2010 series is much lighter, faster and smarter than its previous versions. Lighter in terms of lesser memory usage during operation & an enhanced engine that performs faster scanning and quicker updates. Advanced technologies implemented in the enhanced scan engine help in deeper scanning of threats which was not possible in earlier versions making it smarter and ready to fight latest threats.

Quick Heal 2010 has new features like advanced memory scanning, pen drive protection, browsing protection and entertainment mode. New advance memory scanning now scans the system memory deep at kernel level which makes sure even Rootkit drivers get detected at user mode. In this new release Quick Heal’s new unique feature automatically stops all kinds of malware from getting executed when an infected pen drive is plugged into the computer. Quick Heal 2010—browsing protection feature helps prevent browser from visiting infected websites.

One of its much awaited features is “entertainment mode” for gaming enthusiasts. In this mode Quick Heal goes into silent mode which displays no prompts across all modules and reduces system load making activities like playing games, watching movies or presentation in an uninterrupted way.

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GFI Software has released a new version of GFI WebMonitor that gives small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) the tools they need to monitor Internet use in the organization, ensure a safer browsing experience and boost productivity. Now, GFI WebMonitor can run independently of any firewall/proxy server and be deployed on most Windows Server/Workstation operating systems.

GFI WebMonitor allows administrators to manage what sites users can browse and block access to websites in particular categories, such as adult material, online gaming, personal email, Peer-2-Peer, Facebook, MySpace, and more. Web monitoring is made easy with an extensive database that provides URL coverage and categorization for 205,000,000 domains and that is continuously updated.

GFI WebMonitor also offers web security features that allow you to monitor what files employees are downloading, to block file-types such as MP3s and movies and to scan all files for viruses, spyware and malware using multiple anti-virus engines. GFI WebMonitor lowers the risk of phishing by blocking access to phishing websites through the use of an auto-updatable database of phishing URLs. The web monitoring features also allow you to monitor and block Windows Live Messenger (MSN) chat sessions and file transfers.

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The latest Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange delivers innovative content security technology that's powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network to protect corporations from the latest email threats designed to steal proprietary businesses reduce and customer data.

For the first time, ScanMail 10 includes key components of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network - Email and Web reputation technologies that work together to directly access the latest, correlated, cloud-based, global threat intelligence so customers get faster, more effective protection than ever before. And, unlike solutions that claim to be "free," Trend Micro ScanMail provides a critical layer of defense at the lowest total cost of ownership available.

Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange is part of Trend Micro Enterprise Security solutions--a tightly integrated offering of content security products, services and solutions which is powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network. Trend Micro Enterprise Security delivers immediate protection from emerging threats while greatly reducing the cost and complexity of security management.

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Sophos announced that it has fully integrated data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities into the new release of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection, version 9—thus enabling businesses to have visibility and control over sensitive data without requiring the deployment of any additional agents or any additional licensing costs. Within Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9, which is available immediately, Sophos is uniquely delivering to customers a range of data protection functionality—consisting of full-disk encryption (integrated in June 2009), device control, application control, and now DLP —all managed from a single, simplified dashboard.

Sophos is making DLP accessible to businesses unable to expand their budgets or IT teams any further. The latest upgrade also appeals to those enterprise customers who have evaluated, but ultimately rejected standalone DLP products based on their level of complexity.

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WatchGuard Technologies launched a new multifunction security appliance - the WatchGuard XTM 8 Series, which provides unmatched performance and protection against the next generation of network, application and data threats. Built for speed, the WatchGuard XTM 8 Series delivers 5Gbps firewall throughput, making it ideal for demanding networks of 1,000 to 5,000 users. With full security features activated, the XTM 8 Series achieves a faster-than-line-speed 1.2Gbps throughput, which represents a major leap forward for unified threat management appliances in delivering high security without compromising network performance.

Leveraging WatchGuard's "defense-in-depth" firewall technology, which includes stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection and WatchGuard's proprietary proxy technology, the XTM 8 Series embodies the latest security technologies to protect business networks. With its built in application proxies, the WatchGuard XTM 8 Series natively stops a myriad of blended threats, fragmented and malformed packet attacks, spyware, malware, denial of service and many other types of threats and attacks.

The WatchGuard XTM 8 Series takes full advantage of the latest WatchGuard operating system, Fireware XTM, which defends networks by utilizing innovative security features, including full HTTPS inspection, VoIP security, and IM and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) application blocking. With Fireware XTM, the WatchGuard XTM 8 Series integrates advanced networking capabilities, including clustering, load-balancing and other enterprise-class networking features. Additionally, the XTM 8 Series extends management capabilities by providing role-based access control (RBAC), centralized multi-box management and enhanced reporting functions.

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WatchGuard Technologies launched a new modular device, the WatchGuard 3G Extend USB that complements and extends the capabilities of its family of Unified Threat Management (UTM) network security appliances.

The WatchGuard 3G Extend USB is designed for businesses that need high-speed wide area (WAN) connectivity where hard-wired broadband is too expensive or simply unavailable. Examples of this include remote and temporary office sites, stand-alone retail outlets, kiosks, ATMs and mobile assets, such as police vehicles, trains and long-haul trucks. With it, businesses gain highly secure, high-speed Internet access, which can be used for primary network connectivity, WAN failover or 3G wireless data backhaul.

The WatchGuard 3G Extend USB acts as a L2TP 3G wireless bridge to bring Internet connectivity to WatchGuard UTM network security appliances. Because it supports a multitude of cellular radio modems from over 2,000 ISPs, customers around the world can choose among a vast array of mobile service provider options to best meet their location, service requirements and budget needs.

Designed for a global audience and an infinite number of deployment scenarios, the WatchGuard 3G Extend USB supports most major CDMA, EDGE, EVDO, GPRS/UMTS and HSDPA cellular high-speed radio cards. Setting up and managing the WatchGuard 3G Extend USB is fast and easy, and requires no additional software or drivers for seamless connectivity with WatchGuard appliances.

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Blue Coat Systems announced an enhanced version of software for its Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances. PacketShaper 8.5 appliances provide a new level of tightly integrated application visibility, enhanced application intelligence and policy-based control that together bring application accountability to the enterprise network. Application accountability enables businesses to better assure the quality of bandwidth-hungry business-critical applications and communication, including telephony and video conferencing, while controlling usage of progressively more taxing recreational applications.

The new PacketShaper 8.5 release uses integrated workflows to enable more detailed application understanding with real-time monitoring, historical reporting and policy-based QoS controls. It provides an intuitive, fully integrated workspace that visually shows critical application behavior and displays the immediate effect of applied QoS through an intuitive user interface. Similar applications can be automatically grouped together in class of service categories, such as peer-to-peer (P2P), games or instant messaging, for ease of management. In addition, PacketShaper appliances now provide more granular visibility and control over voice, video and virtualized applications.

PacketShaper 8.5 will be available in September 2009 as a free software upgrade to existing PacketShaper customers with current support contracts.

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Under the RBI guidelines, banks operating in India are required to secure and avoid misuse of high value consumer financial data such as those residing in but not limited to credit card and personal banking accounts. Keeping this requirement in mind, Oracle India has launched the “Oracle Database Security & Compliance Solution”. The solution will help banks in India to address risks in the area of data security, as identified by the Department of Banking Supervision (DBS), Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The Oracle Database Security & Compliance Solution aims to enable banks to meet the compliance guidelines in a timely manner, with less administrative and IT integration expenditure. It will also help banks reduce the number of exceptions for non-compliance, a common occurrence during IT audit processes.

Private, public and most of the nationalised banks (including co-operative banks) can deploy this solution to help them implement preventive, detective and corrective controls in database management. In addition, the solution will monitor activities of the users and provide a strong preventive mechanism to deter unauthorized access.

The Oracle Database Security & Compliance Solution enforces security at the database level, checking all users and bank applications that access the database. These include a wide range of systems such as core banking, corporate banking, credit cards, loan management, call center technology, treasury management, asset management, systems and servers, network and storage. Since the solution builds controls at the data level, it makes it fundamentally very difficult for any component in the database ecosystem to bypass it.

The solution can be implemented by the bank’s IT/ IS (information security) team or through Oracle PartnerNetwork members (System Integrators) who serve as implementation partners.

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ZyXEL announces the launch of ZyXEL NWA 1100 802.11g Business WLAN Access Point in the Indian market. Focused at the SMB market, it offers the freedom of high-speed networking without wires. Designed to enable the WLANs of the organizations, NWA 1100 can be installed anywhere, even in locations unreachable by power outlets.

With high-class reliability with output power of 200mW or 23dbm, NWA 1100 is a 4-in-1 design, featuring Access point, Repeater, Bridge and WiFi Client operating modes. It provides superior flexibility for WLAN network deployments. With these multiple operating modes, NWA 1100 positions as an ideal solution for a wide range of applications in vertical industries like education, healthcare, retail, hospitality, etc. With Power over Ethernet (PoE) capability, NWA 1100 does not require any AC adapter. Eliminating installation difficulties and providing everything needed to easily set up or to extend a wireless network in workplaces, NWA 1100 is connected through CAT -5 Ethernet cable with other ZyXEL PoE switch models or 802.3af standard-based PoE devices to get power and data. For the ease of handling, the antennas are detachable.

ZyXEL NWA 1100 delivers enterprise-class security features to small businesses. To shield wireless communication at the source, WPA2 with AES encryption provides the latest, toughest standards-based security, while WEP encryption supports legacy wireless clients. Additionally, Wi-Fi certified WPA2 ensures compatibility with all Wi-Fi certified wireless clients.

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PortWise is proud to announce the availability of PortWise 4.8, the latest version of the PortWise Identity and Access Management product suite. This release reinforces PortWise's vision and commitment to provide optimized, secure application access together with versatile authentication services for organizations and enterprises, thus enabling customers with PortWise to securely embrace the promises of cloud computing. The new release is focused on extending application support, enabling digital signatures and extending cloud security options.

Highlights of the new version include Extended Cloud Access and SSO, PortForwarding, Extended Identity Federation, Digital Signatures and Simplified Certificate Management. The new version of the PortWise solution is available now. Current PortWise customers with active maintenance agreements can download the new version from the PortWise Partner Portal.

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Kaspersky Lab announces the release of an updated line of corporate products Kaspersky Open Space Security Release 2. The new line includes the latest version of Kaspersky Administration Kit, a centralized management tool, and three applications designed to protect workstations and servers running under Microsoft Windows. The advanced administration tools and protection technologies implemented in the updated product line significantly increase the security, performance and manageability of all nodes on a computer network. The new applications are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Servers 2008 R2.

Kaspersky Administration Kit 8.0 provides intuitive and convenient centralized management of the antivirus protection system. The latest version of the management tool includes over 40 functions that are new or improved, and offers a flexible administration model for protecting corporate networks of any dimensions, from several workstations to a distributed network with complex management structures. Easy installation and the minimal time spent managing system protection via Kaspersky Administration Kit 8.0 can dramatically reduce the total cost of ownership of Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus solutions.

The new product line also includes three corporate solutions for securing network nodes: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 Second Opinion Solution. Releases 2 of these products incorporate a new scan engine and heuristic analyzer—a proactive defense tool.

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IT security and data protection firm Sophos introduced new, content-aware Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology, to radically simplify how companies mitigate against accidental data loss. By seamlessly integrating DLP into the new release of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection (ESDP), Sophos can offer Indian businesses greater control over sensitive data without any additional licensing costs.

Sophos’s DLP technology is designed to take the burden away from IT administrators. Through simple configuration, the solution allows organisations to avoid accidental data loss by warning its employees of possible breaches before any data is transferred. This approach allows IT teams to set flexible security policies that protect the company without impeding on business continuity or end-user productivity.

In addition to integrated data loss prevention, Sophos ESDP simplifies cross-platform security. Enhanced application and device control capabilities, such as setting the permissions for removable storage - including USB sticks, external hard disks and wireless connection technologies (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Infrared) - is also included. IT administrators can centrally set group security policies as well as choose from a number of reports, which address compliance reporting requirements, via the Enterprise Console dashboard.

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