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Trustwave, Symantec make acquisitions

Angela MoscaritoloJanuary 12, 2010

Compliance management vendor Trustwave announced on Tuesday the acquisition of data encryption vendor BitArmor. Trustwave plans to integrate BitArmor's file- and full-disk encryption technology into its current data leakage prevention and endpoint security solution to help clients comply with regulations that are increasing the demand for encryption. Meanwhile, Symantec on Tuesday announced plans to buy Gideon Technologies, provider of IT risk automation, to better serve public-sector customers. Terms of both deals were not disclosed. — AM

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Navigating the ethical frontiers of our digital ecosystem

Callie Guenther April 23, 2024

Security pros must always remember that we are custodians of the digital realm and it’s our job to keep people safe.

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MITRE research and prototyping network breached via Ivanti zero-days

Steve ZurierApril 22, 2024

Security pros say while the target was an unclassified network, the research it manages on emerging technologies could be of interest to adversaries.

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Ivanti zero-days leveraged to infiltrate MITRE

SC StaffApril 22, 2024

MITRE Corporation disclosed it was compromised by a nation-state attack leveraging two Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887, in January, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

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