IT Security
News
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August 19, 2010
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Intel Corp. Thursday announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire McAfee Inc. for approximately US$7.68 billion through the purchase of all of the company’s common stock.
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July 09, 2010
Cyber attacks and malicious activity continued to spread in 2009, and neither the economic recession nor geographic location slowed cybercriminals.Read more...
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December 22, 2009
News headlines about sensitive data falling into the wrong hands because an employee lost a laptop in a taxi cab send shivers down executive spines.Read more...
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November 10, 2009
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The Canadian National Railway Co.’s (CN) investment arm has upgraded its IT infrastructure to take advantage of tighter security and more reliable uptime.
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October 27, 2009
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Web businesses such as eBay have successfully extended the reach of sellers and buyers across the globe. But unfortunately, they’ve also extended the reach of the bad guys who resell stolen items on these sites.
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September 29, 2009
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Employees are being let go in droves as companies attempt to weather the continuing economic downturn but an unintended consequence of all the layoffs is a near catastrophic impact on IT security.
Products
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May 26, 2010
LaCie has announced the Rugged Safe, offering multiple levels of data protection.Read more...
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May 11, 2010
Para Systems Inc., a provider of comprehensive power protection solutions, announced the release of the Minuteman PRO-RT series, a new line of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) designed to provide fail-safe protection from all power anomalies for small to medium-sized telephone, security and server systems.The PRO-RT UPSs are the newest addition to the PRO-E Series, Minuteman’s most successful and widely used product line. Aimed at the small to medium-sized business market, the PRO-RT product line currently includes the PRO1000RT (1000VA) and PRO1500RT (1500VA).This flexible product can be rack-mounted or floor-mounted, and an optional wall-mount bracket is available. An LCD display that…Read more...
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May 11, 2010
Para Systems Inc. has announced its Minuteman EnSpire standby UPS series. Two models are being introduced: the EnSpire EN400 rated at 400VA/300Watts and the EnSpire EN600 rated at 600VA/300Watts. Back-up time for both units is two minutes at full-load and ten minutes at half-load, allowing time to systematically turn off connected equipment without losing critical data. Each unit has six outlets: three provide battery support along with spike and surge protection and three provide spike and surge protection only. In addition, two of the outlets are specifically spaced to support transformer blocks.Features of the EnSpire Standby UPS include USB connections…Read more...
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April 05, 2010
CHIPDRIVE MyKey is a portable, encrypted and PIN-protected password manager with a Microsoft Windows access lock to prevent prying eyes and identity thieves from accessing your PC or laptop and its data. CHIPDRIVE MyKey is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000. Available in Europe for more than a year, it is now available in the U.S. for a suggested price of $29.99 from leading online retailers including Amazon, Buy.com, CompuPlus, eCost, Staples and others.The foundation of MyKey is a super-secure smart card inside the USB stick. The same size as a mobile phone SIM, the smart card contains…Read more...
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November 10, 2009
Verity Systems, a developer and manufacturer of degaussers and bulk tape erasers, announced the launch of the V91 Max, a second generation degausser designed for the permanent and safe erasure of hard drives and high coercivity tapes.The new and improved V91 Max now produces a powerful 7,000 oersted electromagnetic, gauss field which destroys all information recorded on today’s high capacity media. This increased magnetic field will erase a hard disc drives in just 20 seconds. While in most cases this will render the hard drive inoperative, the cost of a replacement hard drive cannot be compared to the cost to…Read more...
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October 13, 2009
Avax International, a provider of hardware and software storage products focused on data protection, has announced the availability of the FlashTape drive — a plug and play replacement for legacy tape drives that writes to readily available flash cards instead of magnetic tape.Read more...


