Features
Review: Multi Network Firewall 2
Mandriva's Multi Network Firewall 2 uses the open source OpenVPN and takes some of the difficulty out of using this approach. We found that the web interface helps make simple steps of creating users and user certificates, which streamlines the process immensely. We liked the organized web interface and found it easy to use.
Dec 18 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: Tenable Security Center
The Tenable Security Center has massive capability wrapped in a single, easy-to-navigate interface. While the overall use of the application is fairly intuitive, once users explore more deeply, they may find that it becomes complex and intricate. This allows for great flexibility, but also requires some time of using the product and learning how to maximize its capability for the specific environment.
Dec 18 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: TriGeo SIM
From the time it is plugged in, all the way through day-to-day management, TriGeo SIM is simple to use. The appliance comes with many rule sets already preconfigured for most security situations, while setting rules for specific environments is made easy by the Rule Builder. This tool uses different modules with rule parts that you just drag and drop into the right place and the rule is created. Filters also are easy to configure using the same process. The main console interface is simple and intuitive to navigate as well.
Dec 18 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: Activeworx Security Center
We found this product required some time to work with and to learn about its massive capability. Set-up overall was fairly simple, but the user interface is a little clumsy in the beginning. The Security Center desktop is quite overwhelming at first, with multiple view selections, tabs and tree menus. But once we started working with the interface, we found it quite efficient.
Dec 11 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: ID-Certify
We now find ourselves in a world of regulatory compliance. It didn't use to be that way, but it is a fact of life we cannot ignore. In a sense, it is good for us who administer and manage IT systems as it forces us to adopt responsible practices, especially around access control.
Dec 11 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: Solsoft Policy Server 7
Within any sizeable network, the issues around maintaining known configurations from a security perspective can become problematic. Similarly, maintaining a compliant infrastructure, together with its attendant processes, can represent quite a challenge. Add to this the requirements for change control, access control and other factors, and one can readily appreciate that this challenge can become significant in terms of both resource and cost.
Dec 11 2006 12:00AM
Security
Vista validates encryption for mobile and endpoint security
Long viewed as a major vector for incoming threats such as viruses, malware and worms, organisations are also increasingly viewing laptops as a primary weakness in the fight against the theft, loss and misuse of information.
Dec 6 2006 9:57PM
Security
Training to nullify the insider threat
In the last decade, the security of your information on your networks has been focused on protecting the integrity of data from outsiders. Much of the effort has been based on perimeter security - from outsiders trying to break into the network.
Dec 6 2006 9:06PM
Security
Hot or not: Holiday threats
The holiday season is officially underway. Retailers are bustling around to display choice merchandise, while consumers are busy spending. With businesses focused on meeting their end-of-year sales goals and planning for 2007, security may not be a top priority, which can be a costly mistake.
Dec 6 2006 8:49PM
Security
A network security strategy for the age of terrorism
Just as bacteria evolve around the technological barriers we put in their place, so too do the tactics and strategies employed by computer attackers. When a security measure is put in place, our enemies immediately set out to exploit its weakness. When they are repelled, they adapt their tactics and strategies, regroup and come back yet again.
Dec 5 2006 6:42PM
Security
Laptop theft, data exposure the result of poor mobile security management
Hearing news about yet another lost or stolen laptop and exposure of personal information is almost like having seen too many horror flicks. Shock has shifted to disbelief - plus numb outrage at the apparent inability of corporations and government to protect our private personal data.
Dec 5 2006 11:00AM
Security
Image spam still growing as threat to email security
Today one out of four emails on the internet is an image spam message. This is not because spammers have just realised the marketing benefits of captive colours. Instead, this is because the spammers have identified a weakness in many anti-spam systems and are moving diligently to maximise this opportunity by fully exploiting this weakness.
Dec 5 2006 10:00AM
Security
Review: Symantec IM Manager
Symantec IM Manager offers instant messaging management and security with support for public IM networks and enterprise IM platforms including AOL, Jabber, IBM Lotus Instant Messaging, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Microsoft Live Communications Server, Reuters, Yahoo! and GoogleTalk.
Dec 5 2006 9:00AM
Security
Patch management doesn't begin or end on Patch Tuesday
Many organisations appreciate the regularity of Patch Tuesday to better prepare and execute patch deployment. However, few organisations use the time prior to Patch Tuesday to efficiently prepare systems and people for rapid deployment.
Dec 5 2006 9:00AM
Security
Hot or not: Network embedded device security threats
Hot: Expect attackers to increasingly target networked, multifunction devices, such as high-end printers, scanners and fax machines, as these devices continue to grow more sophisticated and move away from proprietary operating systems and software.
Dec 5 2006 9:00AM
Security
No time for declarations of victory over compliance deadlines
US Financial institutions that meet the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) year-end compliance guidance for stronger customer data and transaction protection will be wise not to declare victory.
Dec 5 2006 9:00AM
Security
Review: Nortel VPN Gateway 3050
Setting up this product is not a simple task. Most of the setup is done via the command line, but the documentation does not help guide through this process very well. We found ourselves looking through different guides trying to locate configuration information. The absence of a quickstart card or a getting started guide makes this task even more difficult.
Dec 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
