Desktop End-point Security
The latest iPhone commercials feature video calls and multiple couples sharing intimate moments. When describing Google Android, wireless carrier Sprint talks about, “the apps you crave.” Microsoft’s latest pitch is that Windows Mobile phones fold neatly into social networking.
There are a few common themes here. Each vendor ...
Earlier this week, Cisco announced its intentions to end-of-life the Cisco Security Agent (CSA) at the end of the year. Cisco will continue to support CSA for another 3 years but it won’t enhance the product any longer.
Moving forward, Cisco’s endpoint security efforts will center upon AnyConnect, ...
If you do some research on endpoint security you’ll quickly read one analyst or another’s claim that antivirus software is dead and that there is a pressing need for some new model like cloud security services, white listing, black listing, virtual desktops, etc.
Antivirus is dead? Hmm, I ...
A few years ago, I boldly predicted that PC encryption would go through a technical transition. My instincts told me that software-based encryption from companies like PGP, McAfee (SafeBoot), and Check Point Software (PointSec) would be usurped by laptops and desktops with standards-based (i.e., TCG standards) ...
With the tremendous growth in malware, identity theft, and online scams, you'd think that every PC owner in the world would make Internet security software a "must have" before connecting to the Internet. Unfortunately, this assumption is dead wrong. Believe it or not, lots ...
Two stories caught my eye yesterday.
First, a company named Newegg shipped counterfeit Intel i7 chips to customers. Customers received a clay mold and piece of scrap metal rather than a real processor. Intel and others are investigating this situation.
In another story, the Energizer Duo Charger, a laptop battery charger ...
In the midst of the global recession, I found the RSA 2009 Conference to be a big snooze. Not much was new and the show lacked focus.
I doubt whether this year's conference will be as lethargic. Security spending is on the rise and new regulations around data protection ...
Last week I blogged about ESG’s new data on IT spending. Here is a bit more detail with regard to networking and security.
Nearly half of all mid-market (i.e. 100 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e. 1,000 employees or more) companies will increase their spending on network hardware ...
Call it endpoint security, antivirus, or Internet security: the security software we all run on our PCs may be one of the most important, yet misunderstood areas of computing. ESG and other research suggests that many users believe one or several of the following:
It's all the same ...
In January 2008, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instituted a security initiative called the Federal Desktop Core Configuration or FDCC. FDCC is comprised of about 300 settings on Windows PCs. The objective is to create a standard federal desktop configuration that eases operations and improves ...
