Survey: Companies Sacrifice System Security for Better Performance

A recent survey has revealed that IT security personnel at many large corporations are sacrificing critical security measures to meet network performance demands for business applications.

 Crossbeam Systems polled nearly 500 IT executives at large, global corporations and found that 90 percent of respondents admit to making…

Survey: Security Pros ‘Stretched Thin’ Due to Higher Tech Adoption

The growing number of technologies implemented by businesses is posing a challenge to information security executives and their staffs, potentially jeopardizing the security of government agencies, corporations and consumers worldwide over the next several years, according to a…

SafeNet, NetApp Team Up to Offer Secure Cloud-Based Storage

Information security provider SafeNet Inc and storage and data management solutions provider NetApp are joining forces to offer a new approach to storage security solutions.

“SafeNet and NetApp are working together to make data-protection solutions available inside the network extendable beyond the network as customers…

Bringing in the Money for Cyber Security: $3.6 Billion for CNCI

On Monday, the Obama administration released a budget of $3.8 trillion with a request of close to $80 billion to be allocated to IT spending for 2011. In terms of information security, the administration is seeking to improve broadly in three areas; improving identity management, shift to a real-time security posture and cyber incident information sharing.

Identity management…

IBM Announces Release of Integrated Web Application Security Software

IBM has announced the release of one of the Information Security industry’s most comprehensive solutions for combating attacks on Web application infrastructure and securing the integrity of data processed by Web applications, part of IBM’s ongoing strategy to deliver its clients security solutions designed to address today’s most significant security risks.  With this release, IBM has brought together the breadth of its offerings to deliver end-to-end Web application security including security-rich…