Sean Michael Kerner

After a year of preparation, the result of the executive order is coming to fruition with the release of the new “Cybersecurity Framework” from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In a statement from the White House, the Obama Administration commented that the framework gathers existing global standards and practices to help […]

Every year, one of the biggest events on the information security calendar is the annual RSA Conference, and 2014 is no exception. On Feb. 11, analysts gathered for the annual pre-RSA conference call to discuss what’s likely to emerge as the big trends from the upcoming conference. Among the most contentious issues at the 2014 […]

Covata uses a combination of encryption key management and access controls to provide visibility, Archer explained. There is also an instant revocation ability to disable a user from being able to look at data. “It really means we can move data securely over untrusted networks, including the cloud and mobile devices,” Archer told eWEEK. Covata […]

Last week, cloud security and compliance vendor CloudPassage announced that it has completed a Series C round of funding with $25.5 million pouring into the company. The company has raised a total of $53 million since it was started in 2010. CloudPassage’s primary product platform is a technology called Halo, which is an automated platform […]

As it turns out, even with the 24 fixed vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft still missed at least one. There is now an actively exploited zero-day attack against a vulnerability in IE. “Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks against Internet Explorer, currently targeting customers using Internet Explorer 10,” Microsoft wrote in an […]

“The focus is land grab, land grab, land grab”-Lloyd Carney, Brocade’s CEO (EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet) “As is with cryptography, the weakness is not the mathematics but in the implementation” -Tim (TK) Keanini, CTO of Lancope (eWEEK) “I was surprised that Internet Explorer was not in the advance notice” –Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of Qualys, (eWEEK) “The truth is […]

Karl Brown, senior director of product marketing for the CloudBridge Product Group at Citrix, explained to Enterprise Networking Planet that the CloudBridge CSX solution consists of two elements. One of those elements is the CloudBridge 2000WS platform, a physical appliance. The top-end 2000WS-050 appliance has an optimized WAN capacity of 50 Mbps and can handle […]

Cloud hosting vendor Rackspace reported its fourth quarter and full-year fiscal 2013 results late Monday as CEO Lanham Napier announced his retirement from the company. Rackspace reported fourth quarter revenue of $408 million, which represents a 16 percent year-over-year gain. Net income was reported at $21 million for the quarter, for a 30 percent year-over-year […]

FireEye went public in September of 2013 and was listed as one of eSecurity Planet’s 13 Hot Security Startups to Watch in November of 2013. For the fourth quarter of 2013, FireEye’s revenue came in at $57.3 million, an 81 percent year-over-year gain. The company reported a net loss of $2.5 million for the quarter, […]

The Steelhead DX Edition 8000 release is a 2 RU (Rack Unit) box that delivers optimized WAN capacity of 2 Gbps. The DX 8000 can handle up to 10,000 optimized TCP and UDP flows and has a limit of 4,000 Quality of Service (QoS) rules and classes. “Steelhead DX Edition 8000 series extends the Steelhead […]

In terms of raw throughput, Palo Alto claims that the PA-7050 can deliver up to 120 Gbps of traffic. Matt Keil, director of product marketing at Palo Alto Networks, explained to Enterprise Networking Planet that the top-end throughput is 120 Gbps, measured using HTTP traffic. “HTTP is an important distinction because it more accurately mimics […]

Linux vendor Red Hat is expanding its partnership with Big Data Hadoop vendor Hortonworks today. The expanded partnership includes the delivery of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Plug-in for Red Hat storage. “The HDP Plug-in for Red Hat Storage has been in the upstream community until today’s announcement of the beta software version of the […]