IT Security
Gold Lock offers military-grade encryption to foil voice and data interception
June 25th, 2009
Rehovot, Israel-based Gold Line Group Ltd. has unveiled its Gold Lock Enterprise, which it characterizes as a “triple layer end-to-end encryption suite that turns Nokia cell phones, computers, and Windows mobile devices into encrypted digital fortresses.”
The suite, licensed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, uses “military-grade encryption software,” Gold Lock says.
Voom's Shadow 2 spotlights cyber-crime digital evidence
June 25th, 2009
St. Paul, MN-based Voom Technologies is offering its Shadow 2, a forensic tool that it says can clear cyber-crime lab backlogs.
Those backlogs, often involving child pornography cases, can run to months using traditional methods, the company says.
OPINION / Seven dirty words you have to use in network security
June 25th, 2009
Companies put tremendous faith in network security defenses, spending millions annually on anti-threat countermeasures. Given the investment, our networks must be getting more secure, right? Wrong.
Each day brings new reports of spectacular network failures. Already this year we’ve had major breaches at Heartland, Kaiser and the FAA. Network security is filled with dirty little secrets to which companies turn a blind eye because organizations refuse to accept failure as an option.
(ISC)2 adds ICE and federal officials to its government advisory board for cyber-security
June 25th, 2009
The Palm Harbor, FL-based International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)², the not-for-profit organization that educates and certifies information security professionals, has appointed two new members to its U.S. Government advisory board for cyber-security.
They are Gil Vega, chief information security officer, for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Patrick Kelly, IT analyst in the Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems division, Federal Reserve board of governors.
Ligatt Security launches new cyber-security service for law enforcement
June 18th, 2009
Atlanta, GA-based Ligatt Security International has launched its TattleTell service, which it describes as allowing individuals and law enforcement to be notified when an IP address is online or offline, through e-mail notification.
Information included within the notification consists of online and offline IP address activity, Internet Service Provider (ISP), and a "fingerprint" of the computer in order to help identify additional information.
ReStoring Data offering new data recovery technology
June 18th, 2009
Vancouver, BC-based ReStoring Data Inc. announces what it calls a breakthrough, patent-pending technology that will allow for a greater amount of successful data recovery attempts from complex, previously unrecoverable hard drives.
This new technology will aid in recovery of both Mac and PC hard drives, as well as RAID array systems, the company says in a statement.
Direct response marketer Guthy-Renker makes $2 million investment in CyberDefender
June 18th, 2009
Palm Desert, CA-based Guthy-Renker, the preeminent name in direct response TV and infomercials, has made a $2 million investment in CyberDefender, the Los Angeles-based provider of PC security and anti-spyware / anti-virus software.
OPINION / Cyber-security: A call to government, industry and individual citizens
June 18th, 2009
The issue of cyber-security has become the subject of great debate in the federal government today, and with good reason: information technology (IT) security is mission-critical for government agencies, corporations, small businesses and even individuals. While many valuable recommendations have already come of this discussion, success in cyber-security requires both strong leadership and logical implementation.
