Erin Joyce

Don’t expect easy answers from security expert Bruce Schneier about improving Internet security and protecting your identity. The widely read and quoted author and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, is known for his straight-talk. But if you can handle a dose of reality medicine, read on. Schneier recently took questions from internetnews.com about the ongoing […]

Thank you, ThinkSecret. Thank you, AppleInsider and PowerPage. No, not for your interesting, juicy tidbits on your blogs and tip sheets about upcoming products and all things Apple and Mac. We do enjoy them though, as confounding as they can be to technology news sites that write about Apple. No, not for when you may […]

Enterprise-class communications are heading for smaller form factors in a big way on a lot more phones, now that Avaya has teamed up with Nokia on its Series 60 Platform. During the big CeBIT technology trade show in Germany, the communications software and VoIP system provider unveiled plans to deliver advanced mobility capabilities with IP-based […]

Now that we have members of the U.S. Senate shocked and outraged about the need for better data protection in this country, will they pass laws that let consumers actually opt-out of how their personal information is sold to third parties? There’s plenty of fallout to goad them into action after the disclosure from credit-check […]

Like static passwords, plain old firewall software just doesn’t cut it in the enterprise; even hardware devices that combine a VPN and firewall need a shot in the arm, if new appliances unveiled at the RSA Security Conference are any indication. Now, the hot object of desire is a jazzed-up, rack-mounted, Unified Threat Management appliance […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Single sign-on is finally moving from theory to practice in the commercial world, thanks to the growing adoption of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML 2.0) specification, a key protocol for secure digital identity management within Web-based transactions. Now, the question is whether more technology vendors will support the markup language in […]

SAN FRANCISCO — UPDATED: Richard Clarke, the former White House cyber security czar, urged the technology industry to adopt regulations or even benchmarks to improve security in their products — or face getting walloped with new regulations from Congress. Clarke’s comments came today during a panel discussion here at the RSA Security Conference called “To […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s chief software architect renewed the company’s commitment to security Tuesday with enhancements across the company’s major product lines — including the promise of a new version of Internet Explorer with beefed-up security. Gates said Internet Explorer version 7.0 would be released with new security features and will be available to Windows […]

Spam at epidemic proportions. New virus threats from spam gangs that target “zombied” computers and commandeer ISP networks. Competing secure sign-on protocols for Web services. Spyware sneaking into the enterprise. Given the growth of online security issues in the past year, it’s little wonder that the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco this week is […]

In a move expected to ramp up competitive pressure on anti-virus vendors, Microsoft said it has agreed to buy Sybari Software, a provider of anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering technologies for enterprise customers. The acquisition of the East Northport, N.Y.-based company, which includes both staff and technology, is bound to increase competitive pressure on anti-virus […]

Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison was in top form at a recent financial analyst meeting in New York, hitting his marks on all the major points. He talked up Oracle’s products, all the cash the company throws off, verbally jousted with enterprise software rival SAP, and kept up the tech industry’s grand tradition: trash-talking the competition. […]

Macrovision and Microsoft have teamed to expand a digital rights management licensing agreement that could help address the so-called analog gap that allows digital media to break free of DRM protections. The companies are working together to make Microsoft Windows Media DRM and Macrovision’s copy management system interoperable. The agreement should help entertainment content owners […]