Telstra faces up to Cyber Storm test
30 September, 2010
Working closely with government, enterprise customers and industry organisations, Telstra is ready to be put to the test by Cyber Storm III - an international cyber security exercise.
Queensland government awards two key IT security offers
27 September, 2010
Dimension Data, together with partners RSA, the Security Division of EMC, and McAfee, are to provide integrated Security Information and Event Management, and Patch and Vulnerability Management solutions for Queensland Government’s ICT Consolidation program.
Royal Flying Doctor Service flies into the cloud
15 September, 2010
The not-for-profit Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations (RFDSWO) provides a 24-hour health lifeline for people living, working or travelling in rural and remote areas of Western Australia and the Indian Ocean Territories.
Fortinet FortiWeb-1000C and FortiWeb-3000C web application firewalls
02 September, 2010
Two appliances have been added to the FortiWeb family of web application firewalls - the FortiWeb-1000C, designed for mid-to-large enterprises, and FortiWeb-3000C, for high-end enterprises, application service and cloud-based service providers.
Australia scores in the middle of online risks
27 August, 2010
According to internet security company AVG Technologies, web surfers in Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are the most likely to face threats while online. The safest countries seem to be Sierra Leone and Japan.
Anritsu MP2100A BERTWave analyser
20 August, 2010
The MP2100A BERTWave is a high-speed sampling oscilloscope, pulse pattern generator and detector, and a light source in a single unit for performing simultaneous BER measurements and eye pattern analysis of active optical devices.
Trojan challenge for photography firm
17 August, 2010
Arthur Reed Photos is a 48-year-old business specialising in school and graduation photography. The company has built its reputation on quality and affordability and today employs around 70 people as a leading supplier to the school photography market in Victoria. This year it has changed to AVG as its antivirus software supplier after ongoing problems, including a significant trojan infestation that its previous antivirus software failed to detect.
Testing security suites in real-life conditions is essential
03 August, 2010 by Lloyd Borrett*
Anti-malware security suite testing receives a lot of attention, but it's important to appreciate that different testing methods can produce vastly different and even misleading results. A decent security suite is greater than the sum of its parts: it's designed in layers to thwart various attacks at various stages. Testing individual components of a security suite on their own - or testing in an environment that doesn't reflect real-world conditions - often fails to give an accurate picture of a security suite's overall performance.
SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E8500
03 August, 2010
The E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E8500 delivers application intelligence and control for network administrators.
Astaro Security Gateway Version 8 software
03 August, 2010
Security Gateway Version 8 provides SMBs and enterprises with comprehensive security protection.
WatchGuard SSL 560 secure remote-access appliance
03 August, 2010
The SSL 560 secure remote-access appliance provides reliable connectivity to corporate networks, applications and data and is suitable for large organisations with up to 500 concurrent remote and mobile workers.
Fortinet FortiGate-60C and FortiWifi-60C security appliances
03 August, 2010
FortiGate-60C and FortiWifi-60C multi-threat security appliances are designed for branch offices and small businesses and service providers delivering managed services in customer premise equipment (CPE) deployments and provide protection comparable to higher-end FortiGate appliances designed for large enterprise and carrier environments.
AVG Internet Security Business Edition
03 August, 2010
Internet Security Business Edition protects workstations, file, email and SharePoint servers and is claimed to protect against existing and future threats using next-generation LinkScanner and data protection technologies.
Trend Micro PortalProtect 2.0
03 August, 2010
PortalProtect 2.0 supports the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform and is strengthened with web threat protection and data loss prevention.
Call for smartphone vendors to simplify security
28 July, 2010
At a recent roundtable in Sydney, Scott Totzke, Security VP for Research In Motion (RIM), discussed the need for smartphone vendors to simplify security to improve usability for end users, the need to build security in from the start of the production cycle to maximise the efficiency of mobile devices and how trust is essential for the future development of mobility.
