Coffins in the Mail Are a Trick of the Cybercrime Trade Oct 22, 2009
That's the tongue-in-cheek assessment of Uri Rivner, RSA's head of new technologies for identity protection and verification, who gave a presentation at the RSA security conference in London on Wednesday. But there is truth in his quip -- the poor economy is driving people to find other work and it has become much easier for cybercriminals to recruit people, known as "mules," to carry out crucial duties for scams. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Cyber Criminals Find New Ways to Attack Oct 14, 2009
There are tens of thousands of other legitimate Web sites infected with malware, said Uri Rivner, head of new technologies for consumer identity protection at RSA Security, a cybersecurity vendor. RSA is seeing a recent spike in compromises from the password-stealing Torpig or Sinowal Trojan, around since mid-2007, largely due to infected legitimate sites, he said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Web More Risky Than Ever Oct 10, 2009
The group, whose members include such big names as Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay, WalMart and EMC's RSA security division, said in its report for the first half of 2009 that hackers and phishers have turned the Internet into the Wild West, targeting PCs, company Web sites and mobile devices with scams that are as creative as they are destructive to personal and corporate data security. "The Internet has never been more dangerous," said APWG chairman David Jevans. (eSecurityPlanet)
EMC Reveals Dedupe, Tiering, Virtualization Plans Aug 11, 2009
EMC's RSA Security business, however, remains a square peg in an otherwise well-rounded event ... Notably, dedupe was granted equal presence with VMware and RSA Security hot on the heels of the company's. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Symantec's Touts Endpoint Service for IT Managers Jun 24, 2009
Earlier this year, Symantec CEO Enrique Salem made a splash at the RSA security conference when he said that. Today, Symantec is fixing one of the holes Salem identified with its Symantec Managed Endpoint Protection Services. (Datamation)
EMC Says Dedupe, Cloud and SSDs Will Dominate Storage May 21, 2009
The name Documentum is no longer being used, and other brands such as Avamar and RSA Security are probably going to dwindle steadily in the coming years. "Apart from EMC and VMware, most brands will be consolidated over time," said Tucci. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Cybercriminals In The Cloud May 18, 2009
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Defense Industry Secrets Not Well Defended May 3, 2009
A release issued at the recent RSA security conference ended up disclosing a major data security program that is vital to national security. The release was to announce Robert Lentz, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information and Identity Assurance (I the Department of Defense (DoD), had been presented with an award for "excellence in the field of security practices." Buried at the bottom was this. (Datamation)
Cybersecurity a joint effort, says U.S. adviser Apr 28, 2009
Hathaway didn't offer any specifics about her findings or proposals in her talk at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. She said those will be released in the "coming days" after the administration reviews her report. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Entrepreneur realizes dream with Nowell Inc. Apr 28, 2009
Specifically, RSA Security, a Massachusetts company that is the security division of tech giant EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), is the dominant player in identity management and internal threat protection. Other competitors include ActivIdentity Corp., Secure Computing Corp., both based in California, and the Netherlands-based Gemalto NV.. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
EMC, HP, IBM Team Up On Encryption Key Standard Feb 21, 2009
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD), HP (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), LSI (NYSE: LSI), EMC's (NYSE: EMC) RSA Security Division, Seagate (NYSE: STX) and Thales (formerly nCipher) said the jointly developed specification for enterprise key management will "dramatically simplify how companies encrypt and safeguard information" and "enable the widespread use of encryption.". The Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) will be submitted to OASIS (the Organization for the Advancement of Structured... (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Cloud Security Fears Are Overblown, Some Say Feb 19, 2009
Smart Technology for Smart Companies Topics. James Niccolai, IDG News Service. (PC World)
Microsoft, EMC Partner on Security, SharePoint Feb 8, 2009
As part of the expanded partnership, EMC said it will "develop solutions that leverage and extend Microsoft Office SharePoint." EMC's RSA Security unit will work with Microsoft on security and data loss prevention (DLP) technologies, and the two said they have already engineered "tight interoperability" between RSA DLP Suite 6. 5 and Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
EMC Braces for Tough Storage Market Feb 8, 2009
The company also plans new data mobility products, greater use of solid state drives () and enhanced , and its VMware (NYSE: VMW) and RSA Security subsidiaries will get new product lineups too. EMC's Information Infrastructure business, which includes storage, RSA Security, and Content Management and Archiving, grew sales 2 percent year-over-year to $3. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
