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January 2010 Issue of SCMagazine

Editorial

"This is ourselves under pressure"

Just as Queen and David Bowie were in 1981, chief information security officers today are under pressure. Surprise, surprise, right?

Update

Debate

Legitimate companies should consider hiring former black-hat hackers.

Damballa named Val Rahmani as CEO

Damballa, provider of anti-botnet solutions, has named Val Rahmani as chief executive officer. Rahmani previously served as general manager of IBM Internet Security Systems. In ...

The MashSSL Alliance forms

The MashSSL Alliance, an organization dedicated to promoting the use of the MashSSL open specification, has formed. MashSSL, in the process of being standardized, lets ...

Neustar teams up with Infoblox

Neustar, provider of managed DNS services, has teamed up with Infoblox, maker of network services appliances, to resell each other's services and products. Customers now ...

NetWitness partners with SRA International

NetWitness, provider of automated threat intelligence and real-time network forensics, has partnered with SRA International. The technology and services provider will resell NetWitness NextGen as ...

Archer Technologies teams up with KPMG

Archer Technologies, provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, has teamed up with KPMG. The audit, tax and advisory firm will leverage its ...

LogRhythm appoints Preston Lawhorne to VP of sales for the Americas

LogRhythm, maker of log management and SIEM solutions, has appointed Preston Lawhorne to vice president of sales for the Americas. He previously served as VP ...

Threat of the month

SEO attacks

2 minutes on

PCI: Merchants take on providers

A new case could set precedence for a merchant community often overwhelmed by the burden of PCI compliance.

Skills in Demand

Skills in demand

Corporations are seeking information security engineers as a "mission critical hire."

Me and my job

CSO's desk

Balancing act: people & technology

Information, left unattended, will lose its integrity.

Letters

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Features

Size doesn't matter: SMBs are now a major target of cyberattacks

Finding more resistance than ever from large businesses, hackers are customizing their malware ploys for SMBs, reports Dan Kaplan.

Cloud shift: Weighing the risks and benefits of a new technology

Can security be better in the cloud? Experts believe it can, reports Deb Radcliff.

SC Awards 2010: And the nominees are...

The winners of the prestigious 2010 SC Awards U.S. will be announced on March 2 in San Francisco.

The white knight: application whitelisting solutions gaining appeal

Application whitelisting offerings are appealing to more organizations due to a rise in malware, reports Angela Moscaritolo.

Guarding against a data breach survey: Minding data

Security budgets are holding their own - even in the toughest economy since the Great Depression, reports Illena Armstrong.

Last Word

The value of competition

Add competition to your security education program, says Robert Fanelli, U.S. Army.

Product opener

A pillar of information assurance

We kick off the new year with a look at authentication from two perspectives.

Group Test 1

ACTAtek Technology

The ACTAtek device uses optical technology to read finger- and thumbprints, which it then transfers into templates and stores on the system.

Bayometric Biometric Network Logon 2007 R2

Biometric Network Logon 2007 R2 from Bayometric offers a fully integrated server-/client-based biometric logon system for Microsoft Windows networks.

BioLink Solutions (Bio-Metrica) IDenium

The IDenium biometric system from Bio-Metrica provides a solid integrated platform for distributing biometric fingerprint logon for users throughout the enterprise environment.

Black Box Intelli-Pass

The Intelli-Pass Biometric Access Control System from Black Box uses latest-generation fingerprint verification and a unique split-architecture design to provide solid security in access control.

Ceelox CeeloxID Server Edition

CeeloxID Server Edition v1.6.1.1 provides biometric fingerprint scanning for workstation domain logon, as well as single sign-on to programs and websites all in one centrally ...

Integrated Biometrics TRU650 v2.3.0

Integrated Biometrics’ TRU650 Biometric Access Control system is an enterprise-level system providing fingerprint access for high security applications.

Triad Biometrics TEAMS v1.0

The Triad Enterprise Authentication and Migration System (TEAMS) system from Triad Biometrics takes a new look at enterprise-level fingerprint biometric network security authentication.