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Performance has priority over security

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McAfee has published a new report titled Network Performance and Security, exploring the challenges organisations face in deploying security protections while still maintaining an optimally performing network infrastructure. Issued at McAfee’s FOCUS 14 conference, the report uncovered that an alarming number of organisations are now disabling advanced firewall features in order to avoid significant network performance degradation.

Published in Cloud + MS Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Cigital, Inc. will be acquiring cloud-based application security testing provider, iViZ Security. Cigital will leverage iViZ’s proprietary cloud platform and its technologies to offer 3D Unlimited Application Security Testing, featuring unmatched flexibility across three dimensions: the number of tests, the depth of tests, and the number of applications tested.

Published in Cloud + MS Identity/Access Management Infrastructure Security + Compliance

Convenient and secure access to SaaS applications to enable a productive mobile workforce.

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A majority of IT organisations are kept in the dark when it comes to protecting corporate data in the cloud, putting confidential and sensitive information at risk. This is just one of the findings of a recent Ponemon Institute study commissioned by SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection. The study, titled “The Challenges of Cloud Information Governance: A Global Data Security Study,” surveyed more than 1,800 IT and IT security professionals worldwide.

Published in Cloud + MS Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Research finds organisations lack clear policies, visibility and authority to control employee file sharing risk.

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Businesses are not doing enough to combat cyber risks despite an increased awareness of the need to take cyber security seriously, warn auditors. The ICAEW report, Audit Insights: Cyber Security, says there is a growing gap between business and cyber attacker capabilities, with economic growth and new business activity continuously creating new cyber risks.

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Performance has priority over security

Cigital acquires iViZ Security

Secure universal single sign-on to any cloud-based application or service

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