Monday, 21 May 2012
Panelists at the Symantec Vision 2008 conference said a well implemented IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) program boosts revenue and cuts costs.
Symantec announced an information risk management strategy, packaging data leakage prevention, email and archiving.
With the acquisition of MessageLabs, Symantec gains a leadership position in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market and expands its existing portfolio of SaaS offerings with messaging and web security services from MessageLabs.
Symantec reports that the value of total advertised goods on underground economy servers during 12-month period was more than US$276 million.
Expanding on their decade-long partnership, Symantec and Dell have announced the industry's first factory-integrated solution that provides quick and efficient disk-based backup and recovery.
Symantec researchers have discovered a new worm attacking the Windows CE platform on ARM processors.
Company is poised to weather tough economy with diverse portfolio and strong customer base, analysts say.
Former Symantec CEO Gordon Eubanks is praising outgoing Symantec CEO John Thompson for successfully diversifying the company. Eubanks also said vendors should prep for SaaS.
Data Loss Prevention is about keeping information from going out the organization.
Malware, fake apps, web-based attacks, underground economies, data breaches, SPAM, Phishing, browser vulnerabilities were the villains of 2008. Bernard Kwok, Senior Vice President at Symantec lists his predictions for 2009.
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Trusted Mobility Index
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MasterCard tackles BYOD with strict conditions
More than a year into its bring-your-own-device program, MasterCard Worldwide continuously assesses the security technology and policies that allow 30 percent of its employees worldwide to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices at work.
HID Global deploys a centralized, web-based IP access control solution at Fuxi Power Plant
Unable to meet the needs for real-time monitoring with its traditional patrol system, China's Fuxi Power Plant has deployed HID Global's VertX V2000.
