McAfee announced that it has expanded its endpoint protection products for the Apple Macintosh platform. With the release of McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac, McAfee delivers a comprehensive endpoint protection solution that goes beyond just traditional anti-virus. This solution supports Apple’s latest Snow Leopard release of Mac OS X, in addition to Leopard and Tiger.

In addition to the traditionally strong markets such as higher education there has been significant growth in the number of Macs being deployed by enterprise customers and government agencies. This growth raises the profile of the Mac as a target platform for malware, viruses, spyware, phishing attacks and exploits. As a result, IT is demanding to have the ability to protect and manage security on Mac endpoints just as they do Windows endpoints. McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac lowers operational management costs by using a single integrated management platform for both Mac and Windows endpoints, and provides a truly integrated security solution.

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Symantec announced the findings of its study on the mounting risk of data loss in Indian enterprises. The study conducted by IDC (India) revealed that 79 percent of organizations highlighted data loss to be their most serious information security concern followed by other threats like virus and denial of service attacks and spam.

Despite data loss being considered as a looming threat, only 15 percent of the surveyed organizations have adopted any form of data loss prevention measures. This was largely a result of low awareness (32 percent) amongst enterprises on the impact and consequence of data loss and how data loss prevention technologies could safeguard reputation and revenue of organizations.
 
According to respondents, more than 50 percent of information residing within their organization is classified as sensitive. The study finds that more than 16 percent of organizations in India admitted to facing a data loss issue in the recent past. The major causes for these data losses were traced to unaware users, malicious insiders and increasing external threats from hackers and cybercriminals. The findings of the study elucidated how DLP is today being addressed at the highest levels with the CIO, CTO or a technical committee having the final say on the deployment in approximately 76% of organizations. Organizations must look beyond just installing products as that alone will not ensure success. Organizations should strive to achieve a sustainable DLP program that effectively addresses evolving risk factors and supports a culture of security.

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VeriSign announced another record-breaking quarter for mobile messaging, based on the latest quarterly index of statistics compiled by VeriSign's Messaging and Mobile Media division. During the second quarter of 2009, VeriSign delivered a total of 94.8 billion A2P/P2P messages across its combined mobile messaging platforms for an overall growth of more than 82 percent from Q2 2008. This corresponds to more than $3.3 billion in revenue enabled for VeriSign’s service provider customers, almost double the enabled revenue from Q2 2008.

In total, through its combined platforms, VeriSign delivered 178.8 billion messages worldwide in the first half of 2009. Premium content is also on the rise, as content providers adopt industry-sanctioned best practices, such as the Mobile Marketing Association’s (MMA) Affiliate Member Program, which works to ensure that all players follow best practices to further improve the consumer mobile experience.

VeriSign’s Messaging and Mobile Media Division delivers messages on behalf of carriers and content providers around the world. VeriSign’s combined mobile messaging networks (P2P and A2P) connect to more than 700 carriers in over 200 countries and reach more than 3 billion wireless subscribers.

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Sept 21st 2009, infySEC with its team of 3 Security Researchers started their mission to scan and map vulnerable access points across the Chennai city to help enable the cyber crime department take mitigational and corrective measures. The team consisted of Researchers who have proven academics in the information security domain and have accomplished track record in wireless security domain. Also, infySEC with its counterpart in Bangalore performed a similar kind of a initiative (War drive) the 1st week Sunday on September 2009 accompanying with the support of Media - Timesnow and BangloreMirror.

infySEC team was fully loaded with 3 Laptop loaded with 'state of art' Long range wireless cards with packet injection capabilities and external antenna of around 10Dbi+ which could roughly scan networks of around 2+ Kms of radius, also they carried a hi-end advanced PDA which could do the same for comparatively smaller scale, Also they had a set of GPS receivers to have all their movements located/recorded. They loaded these devices in a car with which they started war driving.(i.e. Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer or PDA.)

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ESET has announced support for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system. The complete line of ESET products - ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 and ESET Smart Security 4 (home and business editions), ESET Remote Administrator 3, SysInspector and ESET Online Scanner now fully support Microsoft's new operating system.

In order to ensure full compatibility with Windows 7, ESET recommends that its customers download the newest installation packages for ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus, as well as ESET Remote Administrator 3 for business users. After downloading the above-mentioned products, it is recommended they be installed over existing copies.

Powered by ThreatSense technology, ESET's products combine speed, accuracy and minimal system impact. The advanced heuristics engine enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products. Unlike traditional approaches, ESET solutions use an emulated environment to decode and analyze executable code in real-time. By allowing malware to execute in a secure virtual machine, ESET is able to clearly differentiate between benign files and even the most sophisticated and cleverly-disguised malware.

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eScan 10 has introduced a unique feature of “Auto Backup and Restore” (ABR). This feature will be a part of eScan 10 AntiVirus & Internet Security Suite versions. This innovative feature of Auto backup and restore will take the anti virus security to another level.

This latest feature will work seamlessly on all OS versions including the new Windows 7. Once installed the backup feature will be enabled by default and all the backup files will be removed once eScan is uninstalled. It will take auto backups of all PE files. eScan’s distinct intelligence ensures that no back up is taken of infected files.

In case of a file getting infected with a virus, the all new eScan restores the clean file from its back up. If an unknown virus is present, and a backup of this virus happens, in subsequent updates, ABR automatically removes the backup of the virus. The ABR will also detect and take a new backup of the windows update or installed service pack files when downloaded from the Internet or the WSUS server.

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RSA and VeriSign are working together to provide organizations with the mutual benefit of an expanded VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service through the availability of RSA SecurID two-factor authentication technology for more choice in one-time password (OTP) authentication. VIP is a managed, shared authentication solution that provides its users with a single one-time password (OTP) authentication device to securely access multiple Web sites.

Organizations in search of strong authentication solutions will benefit from being able to use VIP in combination with RSA SecurID hardware tokens. RSA and VeriSign, both of whom were recently rated Best-in-Class for Multi-Channel Authentication Technology by Javelin Strategy & Research, are teaming up to address the market segment for managed, shared authentication services, offering organizations the convenience of a single platform. The technical and sales partnership signals a new chapter in the longstanding relationship between RSA and VeriSign. Twenty-five years ago, RSA pioneered two-factor authentication and encryption and in 1995, VeriSign was founded as a separate entity leveraging RSA technology to develop and provide digital identities through a managed services model.

VeriSign plans to complete the integration of the RSA SecurID Authentication Engine into the VIP Authentication Service by the end of December 2009, which will enable VIP customers to use RSA SecurID hardware authenticators. At that time, VeriSign will also resell RSA SecurID hardware tokens to VIP prospects and customers, and RSA will likewise resell the VIP Authentication Service to its prospects and customers.

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SonicWALL has released updates to its advanced network and email security solutions with the announcement of SonicOS 5.5 for Unified Threat Management (UTM), Email Security 7.2 and Global Management System (GMS) 6.0. Keeping data and voice networks secure should not grind performance to a halt and many so-called "best-of-breed" security solutions may compromise throughput for security.

onicWALL is redefining the limits of security and scalability by delivering superior protection against emerging threats and enabling broader manageability without compromising performance.

With Global Management System (GMS) 6.0, SonicWALL extends appliance management beyond Network Security and Secure Remote Access. GMS 6.0 will also encompass Email Security and Continuous Data Protection, thereby enabling enterprises and MSPs to centrally manage an entire distributed SonicWALL security infrastructure.

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 Trend Micro has announced a new Threat Management Services offering that provides enterprises with "network security overwatch" - a security layer that strengthens an organization's existing security infrastructure against active, data-stealing malware that have evaded detection from their existing conventional security solutions.

Trend Micro’s Threat Management Services consists of three packages—Trend Micro Threat Discovery Services, Trend Micro Threat Remediation Services, Trend Micro Threat Lifecycle Management Services—that provide a range of threat detection and security planning advisory services. Trend Micro Threat Discovery Services package includes the Threat Discovery technology that allows IT to identify, analyze and mitigate corporate-wide threat security issues including undetected infections, risky behaviors and practices, potential malware entry points, and other situations posing vulnerabilities.

Using Trend Micro's around-the-clock global threat intelligence that is part of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network infrastructure, customers gain significant visibility into a variety of information security risk factors across their network through customized daily and weekly reports. The second of the packages Trend Micro Threat Remediation Services includes the Threat Discovery Services features as well as 24x7 monitoring, proactive early warning alerts, and remediation advisory services for stealthy, data-stealing malware. It consists of Trend Micro expert Threat Management Advisors working proactively, 24x7 to monitor the customer's network for infections. The other package is Trend Micro Threat Lifecycle Management Services. This package encompasses features in the previous packages and extends them to include automated threat remediation and root-cause analysis technology coupled with proactive security planning services from a dedicated Trend Micro Threat Management Advisor.

Trend Micro Threat Management Services are 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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TippingPoint announced the TippingPoint N-Platform, a new intrusion prevention system (IPS) platform with a newly-designed Threat Suppression Engine (TSE) that adds significant capacity for deep packet traffic inspection. The N-Platform enables the integration of multiple network protection services and provides organizations with the security automation required to help reduce total cost of security and ensure business continuity. The N-Platform further leverages the industry-leading research of TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine Labs (DVLabs) and Zero Day Initiative by incorporating security intelligence from over 1,100 external security researchers worldwide. The platform was developed to help customers meet the broad security demands of the new data center and is a key component of the recently-announced 3Com Secure Network Fabric, which integrates security platforms and LAN infrastructure equipment from TippingPoint and H3C, the enterprise networking brand of 3Com.

The TippingPoint N-Platform includes a modular software architecture that supports faster development and deployment of new IPS filter packages from DVLabs, as well as from customers. The redesigned Threat Suppression Engine (TSE) embedded in the TippingPoint N-Platform is designed to keep pace with the evolving security demands of today’s enterprise networks and data centers. This enables a significant increase in simultaneous deep packet inspection capacity for supporting future security services.

Key features of the N-Platform – including the new code base and parallel processing capabilities, as well as DV filter sets and support of security services – will provide the critical security elements for the 3Com Secure Network Fabric. The Secure Network Fabric is a vital component of 3Com’s commitment to deliver a “no compromise” network. As part of this solution, the TippingPoint N-Platform technology will be integrated with the LAN infrastructure equipment from H3C, providing data center customers with comprehensive security at any point on the network under a unified policy management framework.

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