Dell has introduced a new suite of services aimed at helping clients develop strategies for responding to demand for mobility applications. The mobility services workshop portfolio aims to complement Dell’s existing products and services for connected devices, bring your own device platforms and enabling software, Dell said Monday. Services under the portfolio include consulting, developing [...]
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Thales, Entrust Form Enterprise Encryption Product Team; Cindy Provin Comments
February 27, 2013 No Comment
Thales and security technology provider Entrust will jointly deliver encryption and management products to customers aimed at helping them secure their enterprises and protect cloud-based information. The companies intend to help clients defend against online and internal threats with Thales technology that is interoperable with Entrust’s products, the companies said Tuesday. Entrust will re-sell the [...]
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Symantec and Giesecke & Devrient have agreed to develop protected security applications for smartphones and tablets in a move aimed at helping application developers deliver products and services that meet security requirements. Under the partnership, Symantec will use G&D’s Trusted Service Manager to update the company’s mobile apps and protect the apps’ cryptographic keys and [...]
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China’s defense ministry claims recent accusations against one of its military units as being behind many cyber attacks on U.S. companies and agencies lacks technical proof and is unreliable, Reuters reports. The ministry claims computer security firm Mandiant‘s recent report on the hackings only relied on linking Internet Protocol addresses to conclude the hacks came [...]
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Close to three-quarters, or 74 per cent of respondents, to a Deloitte survey rank security risks of employees bringing their own mobile devices into the workplace as a “high or average” concern. Deloitte also 50 percent of surveyed businesses had a BYOD policy and 10 percent did not address BYOD risks at all, according to [...]
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CACI International has modified thousands of iPads for use by U.S. government leaders and security agencies amid growing demand for secure tablets. The company stripped off the tablet’s built-in wireless connection and camera and added both inventory requirements and remote data wipe features, The Inquistr reports. Each tablet also reportedly has no bluetooth connection capability [...]
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Verizon Division Starts Enterprise Mobile App Testing Program; Jack Walsh Comments
February 6, 2013 No Comment
A Verizon division has launched a mobile application testing program aimed at helping enterprises determine if apps they support protect sensitive data and are safe to use. ICSA Labs is testing apps that may not have undergone the type of security and privacy testing desktop computer programs typically go through, Verizon said. “ICSA Labs has [...]
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Autonomic Resources Unveils Federal Cloud Stack Portfolio; John Keese Comments
February 4, 2013 No Comment
Autonomic Resources will offer agencies private cloud stacks as part of the company’s cloud platform offering for U.S. government customers, the company announced Friday. The company’s ARC-P cloud provides U.S. agencies a government community infrastructure-as-a-service cloud offering, designed to provide agencies both managed and unmanaged virtual machines. “The ARC-P platform will continue to deliver options to [...]
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NSA Certifies General Dynamics Encryptor For Classified Info; Mike Guzelian Comments
February 1, 2013 No CommentThe National Security Agency has certified a General Dynamics-made encryptor to store classified information at the top secret level and below. General Dynamics’ C4 systems business unit built the TACLANE-1G encryptor to work inside vehicles, remote command posts and data centers, the company said. TACLANE is also designed for use wherever government and military personnel travel or [...]
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Dell Survey: 56% Say BYOD Changed Company IT Culture; Carol Fawcett Comments
January 23, 2013 No CommentMore than half of respondents to a Dell survey of information technology executives said allowing employees to bring their own mobile devices to work changed their company’s IT culture and business culture. The company said 56 percent of respondents said BYOD changed IT culture and 54 percent changed business culture. Seventy-percent said they believe BYOD [...]
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