) October 7, 2008 -- EC Suite.com faced a dilemma of protecting their endpoints from data leakage, malware attacks, viruses, worms, spyware, and other external threats using the traditional security model. How could it identify vulnerabilities, deploy patches, lock down USB thumb drives and other removable media, prevent users from downloading unwanted software and still take a proactive approach to security?

) November 18, 2008 -- Securing business-technology systems isn't getting any easier, according to the results of the Lumension and TechWeb Research "State of Data Protection" survey. The recent study details how users often dismiss internal security policies and even download unauthorized data and applications to their work machines for personal use.

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) December 17, 2008 -- The development of USB technology including removable media devices has always been about ease of use, connectivity, low cost and performance with little if any thought to security. However, with more than 550 data breaches and more than 30 million records exposed in 2008 as of a November 4 Identity Theft Resource Center report, the growing use of USB devices in data loss and theft incidents has shown that USB devices have today evolved into the Achilles heel of data breaches.

) June 23, 2009 -- In today's fast paced IT environment, financially motivated cybercriminals are targeting corporate information, leaving enterprises vulnerable to threats. According to the Ponemon Institute, 2008 Cost of a Data Breach study, the average cost of a data breach is now $6.6 million, with lost business information directly accounting for more than two-thirds of that cost. Additionally, with an economic environment putting significant pressures on IT budgets and resources, organizations must maximize the value of their security investment and effectively protect and manage endpoints to remain competitive.

) September 30, 2009 -- According to the IT Policy Compliance Group, an organization spends 30-50 percent more on compliance and IT risk policy management than it should. Although these IT costs continue to rise, compliance can be achieved effectively and efficiently. In order to reduce the burden of an IT audit, organizations must understand the costs involved to demonstrate due care, which can be almost as harrowing as the fines and litigation costs for non-compliance.

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) January 13, 2009 -- What will be the biggest threats to an organization's sensitive and confidential data over the next 12 to 24 months? Cybercrime, data breaches, Web 2.0 and outsourcing were named the top security concerns for 2009 in a new study commissioned by Lumension Security and conducted by the Ponemon Institute. The study highlights major alignments and gaps that exist between the traditional disparate IT functions within the organization - IT operations and IT security.

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) December 16, 2008 -- Demonstrating the value automated tools that align security and IT functions have on the enterprise, Lumension Security™, Inc., a leading global security management company, today made available a ROI customer case study with analysis conducted by the Ogren Group.

) April 1, 2009 -- As the Conficker worm continues to spread, Lumension®, a global leader in security management, announced today that it has added additional scanning detection, patching and remediation and malware removal support capabilities to its Vulnerability Management Solution, to better-arm enterprises against this growing malware threat.

) October 19, 2009 -- More than 75 percent of organizations must comply with two or more regulations and corresponding audits while more than 40 percent must comply with three or more regulations¹. With the growing number of external compliance mandates and audits organizations have to conduct each year, the preparation alone can take multiple efforts, resulting in operational inefficiencies, lack of unified approach to risk and compliance reporting and higher costs to demonstrate compliance.

) August 17, 2009 -- Lumension®, the global leader in operational endpoint management and security, will sponsor and present at Social Media Arizona, a business development and social media conference in Phoenix, Arizona on August 20, 2009.

SkyRecon® Systems (www.skyrecon.com), the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced that it has launched StormShield Anti-Virus Protection (AVP) – an integrated anti-virus and anti-spyware protection available as part of its unified endpoint protection platform, StormShield® Security Suite.

) October 21, 2009 -- As one of the largest municipal developer of affordable housing in the nation, the New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has provided more than $6.3 billion to support the repair, rehabilitation and new construction of hundreds of thousands of housing units. Ray Jacob, serving as the agency's Director for Network & Systems Management during the past ten years, is responsible for managing IT infrastructure development and overall IT security strategy.

) December 9, 2008 -- Cybercrime and outsourcing were named top security concerns according to a new study commissioned by Lumension Security and conducted independently by The Ponemon Institute. The survey found that 50 percent of IT operations professionals viewed outsourcing as an imminent and near-time critical risk, while more than 75 percent of IT security professionals noted cybercrime a major issue -despite concerted efforts to thwart hackers in recent years.

) August 25, 2009 -- To help facilitate an open dialogue, collaboration, and co-innovation, Lumension®, the global leader in endpoint management and security, today announced the launch of Lumension Connect, an online community for its customers.

Aurora, a leading IT company specializing in state-of-the-art security and compliance solutions for business critical applications, has announced the opening of a southeast regional office in Miami, Florida. The office will be headed by Gary Bahadur, formerly the cofounder and Chief Information Officer of Foundstone, Inc. Gary is a recognized authority in the fields of security consulting and training.

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Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk, and compliance solutions for the enterprise, announced it will share its recommended “best practices” for comprehensive database protection at six leading industry events.

) February 4, 2009 -- Despite an economic environment that has proven to be a challenge for businesses large and small, the high-tech industry continues to be a particularly challenging one in which to compete. Despite the current economic environment, Lumension Security, Inc., the global leader in security management, announced today that the past year has been a successful one, dotted with important customer wins in the US and beyond, key industry accolades and critical nods of approval from the industry analyst community.

SkyRecon Systems, (www.skyrecon.com) the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced the release of version 5.2 of its unified endpoint security product StormShield™. SkyRecon’s StormShield solution protects businesses from the real threats of data leakage, data theft, system misuse, unauthorized access, and zero-day attacks.

SkyRecon Systems, (www.skyrecon.com) the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced the release of version 5.2 of its unified endpoint security product StormShield™. SkyRecon’s StormShield solution protects businesses from the real threats of data leakage, data theft, system misuse, unauthorized access, and zero-day attacks.

) November 1, 2009 -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals, the leading provider of enterprise security software for mainframes, today announced that four of the top five general merchandisers in the 2009 Fortune 500 list* now use Vanguard Security Software. These leading retailers are partnering with Vanguard to increase the protection of their mainframe applications and data and ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), PCI Data Security Standard and other regulatory requirements.

INetU Managed Hosting (www.inetu.net) and Trustwave (www.trustwave.com) have partnered to deliver a security program for merchants seeking compliance with the PCI DSS, HIPAA, and other standards in a managed hosting environment. Together, INetU's industry-leading managed hosting services and Trustwave's managed security solutions put merchants who engage both companies in an excellent position to validate compliance with the PCI DSS and other regulatory standards. (PRWeb May 14, 2009)

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Leading NY/NJ metro area Information Security/Assurance consulting firm Pivot Point Security publishes new IT Risk/Compliance/Security focused blog to the web. (PRWeb Jan 7, 2009)

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PeakData Services, Inc, a fast-growing IT provider dedicated to information security compliance and risk mitigation services, announced today that it has launched operations based in the United Kingdom dedicated to serving customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company said it has already initiated projects in Belgium and the United Kingdom. (PRWeb Dec 4, 2008)

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Tizer Secure's™ comprehensive set of tools provide personalized protection from new, emerging threats (PRWeb Oct 28, 2009)

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IPDIVA extends its SSL VPN Solutions portfolio by using OPSWAT Endpoint Security SDK (PRWeb Apr 24, 2009)

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Comodo's new server protection software will defend nodes in enterprise networks from malicious attacks. This new safeguard joins the other Comodo branded products protecting enterprises, including security software, encryption and vulnerability scanning.

Disk storage media that is either failed or otherwise out of service can pose an extreme risk to enterprise data security. However, it is a risk that can be effectively mitigated with proper planning and execution. This is one conclusion of a new study sponsored by PeakData Services, Inc, a fast-growing IT provider dedicated to information security compliance and risk mitigation services, and performed by International Data Corp. (IDC). (PRWeb Jan 9, 2009)

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Personal computer security protection goes Extreme. The new ZoneAlarm Extreme Security is the strongest and most comprehensive security suite to protect all areas of your online life. Go Extreme!

Brookline (MA) USA, : All the advanced security services are capably integrated and are competently channelized by Boston computer service towards ensuring that no data or information gets hacked. In fact, these high-tech security solutions properly check all the system related issues and provide timely security assessment, Internet protection, data encoding, and e-mail/ password security to ensure complete secrecy of your business details.

Free research resource offers concrete, experience-based advice for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of PCI compliance and information security programs (PRWeb May 20, 2009)

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SAN JOSE, CA SkyRecons Embeddable Encryption Module set to be validated against the government-required FIPS 140-2 standard.
FIPS 140-2 is a rigorous federal security accreditation jointly defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) that establishes the standard used to accredit encryption algorithms and modules intended for use in protecting sensitive information. SkyRecons Embeddable Encryption Module (EEM) is set to meet this standard by the end of the year, 2008.

SkyRecon® Systems (www.skyrecon.com), the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced that its StormShield® Security Suite provides automatic protection for an exploitable Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 which reportedly contains a vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution as describe in a Microsoft Security Advisory (961051).

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Sophrona Solutions, the leader in online patient communication solutions for ophthalmology, announces it has completed a year long security initiative to become fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Sophrona has passed all 230 security criteria set by the Payment Card Industry and undergone rigorous systems vulnerability scans and penetration "attacks" performed by TrustWave. In doing so, Sophrona again demonstrates its committment to the security of its patient portal and ecommerce applications. (PRWeb Mar 9, 2009)

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Skybox Security's Global Financial Services Company Case Study Selected a Winner in the PCI DSS Category (PRWeb Sep 16, 2009)

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Offer Data Security Services to Global Customers (PRWeb Dec 9, 2008)

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) November 1, 2009 -- The Smartphone Protection Managed Service allows any organisation to begin to adopt the iPhone as a corporate business tool, rather than an IT Security Manager's nightmare due to the lack of a Management Solution

Easier, More Cost-Effective Path to Maintain Compliance and Reduce the Risk of Data Breaches (PRWeb Sep 10, 2009)

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) February 24, 2009 --- Hostway Corporation, the global Web services leader, announced today the availability of an advanced, near-continuous data protection (CDP) service that enables dedicated server and enterprise customers to protect their critical data from anywhere on the Internet. The new CDP service offers automated, secure backup and Web-based data recovery, ensuring that online businesses and corporations can quickly recover key information in the event of hardware failure, data corruption or a host of unforeseen circumstances.

) February 5, 2009 -- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards compliance, commonly known as PCI DSS to many, is fast becoming a mandatory requirement for many merchants, service providers, and other third party processors and providers that are directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of transaction data or cardholder data. The who, what, when, where, and why of PCI DSS compliance can be daunting at times, as a vast amount of information must be read, comprehended and distilled for truly understanding the dynamics of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance.