Archive for May, 2009

Service Assesses Your iPhone’s Security (PC World)

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

The Center for Internet Security has posted an online analysis tool that assesses an iPhone’s security based on its settings and apps.

Barack Obama to appoint ‘cyber czar’ for internet security (Daily Telegraph)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

President Barack Obama yesterday admitted that the US was incapable of properly defending its computer networks announcing that he would appoint a “cyber czar” to oversee efforts at beefing up internet security.

Obama Makes Cybersecurity a National Security Priority (CIO Today)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

President Barack Obama cited the disorganized response to the widespread Conficker worm Friday as he declared cybersecurity a priority for national security. He promised to personally select a cybersecurity coordinator to head a new White House office. He said the Internet “is a world that we depend on every single day. It’s our hardware and our software, our desktops and laptops and cell phones …

Danger lurks in screensaver searches: internet security report (CBC.ca)

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Looking for free stuff, song lyrics and cool screensavers are among the most dangerous things you can do online, according to a report by internet security company McAfee Inc.

Internet Security Warning for Search Terms Online (WHSV Harrisonburg)

Friday, May 29th, 2009

An Internet security company has issued a warning about some of the most dangerous things you can search for online.

VeriSign Sells Managed Security Unit to SecureWorks (BillingWorld)

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Datamonitor — Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign has agreed to sell its Managed Security Services unit to SecureWorks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

StatWin Pro

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

StatWin is a comprehensive computer activity monitoring solution for individuals and businesses. It offers valuable statistics. It lets you analyze how effectively you or your employees are using computers. The software counts aggregate operation time, average operation time per day and per run for a given computer or user. You can even view statistics for a certain period of time - day, week, month or year.

StatWin collects information about applications launched, running time, close-down time, names of users, etc. These statistics help you find out which programs are used most often and learn if any inappropriate software (games, for example) is used in the office.

Modem and Internet monitoring features are intended to track time spent browsing the web. The report shows the name of the user and the times he or she logged on/off, as well as complete statistics about the user’s Internet activity. You can even calculate the cost of using the net if you don’t pay a fixed monthly fee.

Another very popular office feature is printer statistics: names of printed documents, the printers used, the number of pages of printed documents, who printed the documents, the time of printing and the duration of the print job.

Corporate users are sure to appreciate the StatWin features that collect information about users connected to other computers via a network - connection start time, connection finish time, overall work time, name of user connected via the network, name of the user’s computer, idle connection time, etc.

This information is used to provide you with a users activity report - what percentage of total operation time is actual working time and what was done.

StatWin comes in two different versions - Pro (home and business) and Enterprise (office and corporate). Download your free trial version now: http://www.sxrsoft.com

Center for Internet Security Announces Industry’s Only Consensus Security Benchmarks for Apple iPhone and … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

HERSHEY, Pa.—-The Center for Internet Security today announced the public release of its consensus security benchmarks for the Apple iPhone and Multi-Function Devices . The new Apple iPhone benchmark introduces consumers and enterprise security specialists alike to the security configuration features of the iPhone and how they can be used to reduce the probability of data stored on the device …

CIS issues free benchmark on iPhone security (Macworld)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

The Center for Internet Security today released what it termed the industry’s only consensus security benchmark for the iPhone.

CIS issues free benchmark on iPhone security (Computerworld)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Computerworld - Head: CIS issues free benchmark on iPhone security Kicker: Set of recommendations is designed to reduce attacks, help in erasing data By Matt Hamblen The nonprofit Center for Internet Security today released what it termed the industry’s only consensus security benchmark for the iPhone, which is aimed at helping IT managers and users reduce the risk of data stored on the device …





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