Blue Coat reveals security risks from “One-Day Wonders” websites

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. says that 71 percent of hostnames appeared for just 24 hours. While the majority of these “One-Day Wonders” are the backbone for how Internet content is shared and delivered, the sheer volume provides cover for malicious activity, including communication to infected systems.

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Use the new EU Data Protection reforms to secure funding for IT security, says Databarracks

The EU is to impose new data protection legislation to ensure better protection of the personal information of all EU citizens. The reforms will come with more severe fines for organisations that suffer data breaches. Peter Groucutt, managing director at Databarracks, claims that this is the tool IT professionals can use to drive-through security changes, as failure to do so will now result in severe repercussions: “Often, the fines imposed on organisations that suffer data breaches are...

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Five reasons for including secure workspaces in BYOD deployments

Dell advocates the use of secure enterprise workspaces in BYOD environments to help organisations balance employee expectations, business goals, IT requirements and security needs. Today, a plethora of options exist for providing employees with the software and other enterprise resources needed to do their jobs. A secure workspace, however, is the most effective approach for accommodating employees’ needs for anywhere, anytime access to corporate data and resources while also elevating...

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Tufin teams with VMware

Tufin® is working with VMware® to extend Tufin’s Security Policy Orchestration capabilities through the VMware NSX™ network virtualization platform to provide security managers with a unified security policy experience with central management and automation. Through these interoperable solutions, customers will gain granular visibility and visualization of network security in software-defined data centers (SDDCs). With this combination, network micro-segmentation can be...

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Okta appoints Andrew Wittman to Chief Marketing Officer

Okta has announced the appointment of Andrew Wittman to chief marketing officer (CMO). As CMO, Wittman will oversee all aspects of the company’s marketing and communication strategy. The company also announced another period of spectacular growth and momentum during the first half of its 2015 fiscal year ending July 31. Milestones include 150 percent year-over-year revenue growth, surpassing 1,500 customers and recognition as a leader in Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant for...

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Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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