Features
Review: GMS Instant Messaging
Gordano Message Suite is a stable of products that includes email, anti-spam, anti-virus, instant messenger and collaboration tools. We opted to install the full suite, but during installation we were able to pick and choose the applications we wanted.
Nov 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: GTB Inspector 10.0
The GTB Inspector 10.0 is a different type of product from the others we looked at in this group test. While the other solutions, with one exception, focus on protecting documents at rest and in transit, GTB Technologies' offering is designed to prevent unauthorized outbound transmissions of confidential information in violation of the organization's corporate policies. This gives it a core capability of extrusion prevention as opposed to digital rights management in the traditional sense.
Nov 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: secure2trust
This impressive E-DRM application is a desktop product in that it requires no server and instead attaches document rights to the individual document. We like this product, and, despite weak support, rate this our enterprise Best Buy. Interestingly, secure2trust can be deployed as either a simple desktop DRM application or as a full-blown E-DRM system using the server to manage the clients over a large, distributed enterprise.
Nov 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: LM Document Control v6
Liquid Machines Document Control Version 6 is an enterprise-scale application that allows users to manage documents both on- and offline. The user develops a document, applies a policy to it and then makes the document available to collaborators.
Nov 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: Workshare Protect Enterprise
Workshare Protect Enterprise Suite is a big program for big organisations. It is a true large-scale extrusion prevention application. Successful deployment of this client/server application requires configuration of Microsoft Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server, as well as detailed knowledge of these platforms. However, once installed, it is easy to use and can be customised for many different conditions and controls.
Nov 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Infected MP3 players: Is your business at risk?
Two of the world's most recognised brands, McDonalds and Apple Computer were connected to unknowingly selling virus infected MP3 players, last month. What happened, how will it affect your business, and who’s to blame? Negar Salek investigates.
Oct 31 2006 1:25PM
Security
Hot or not: Wireless card attacks
The recent controversy at this year's Black Hat security conference highlighted a growing trend in vulnerability research and reporting — the inability of some to make a distinction between technically interesting, novelty attacks versus real threats.
Oct 24 2006 10:52PM
Security
Mobile security dialing up investment dollars
The mobile, wireless world in which we now live has created a shift in the focus of venture capital investments in security technology. Today's investors tend to target technology that directly protects people and information, a marked change from a few years ago when the focus was the protection of corporate computer systems as a whole.
Oct 24 2006 4:04PM
Security
Beyond patch management
During my recent conversations with industry analysts about evolving security threats, the issue of security settings has become a main topic of discussion. Initially, anti-virus was adequate enough to protect systems from outside threats, but it soon became a service with a continual addition of virus signatures.
Oct 16 2006 10:26PM
Security
Review: SEM3210
High Tower pre-configures all the equipment before it is shipped to the end-user, so when the appliance arrives there are just a few simple steps to complete before it is online and ready to go. We found this product to be quite simple to use, thanks to the intuitive user interface that includes an easy-to-read dashboard-type console. We were impressed by the clean look of all parts of the console. This product displays a lot of vital information in one place in a clear manner.
Oct 11 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: StillSecure StrataGuard Free
As its name implies, this is a free version of the StillSecure StrataGuard intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) products. The software lacks some features present in the commercial versions, such as automatic rule updating and individual device protection, but none of these limitations need be a problem for its target audience, the small business and individual user.
Oct 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: Lockdown Enforcer
There are many approaches one could take to securing the network, with equally many tools available for each aspect of security. However, if undertaken on a blow-by-blow basis, one can unwittingly construct quite a complex arrangement of tools and service, which, in turn, brings complexity to the administration and support of the task itself.
Oct 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
Review: AirMagnet Enterprise
AirMagnet is unusual in that it specialises in protecting wireless LANs, a very pertinent capability given the proliferation of wireless devices in the enterprise and the security headaches this can bring. The company's approach is also quite novel in that specialist hardware-based sensors are deployed and networked back to a software-based management server.
Oct 1 2006 12:00AM
Security
