DATA SECURITY SOFTWARE:

Guidance Software Settles With FTC Over Data Compromise Washington Post
Guidance Software -- the leading provider of software used to diagnose hacker break-ins -- has settled a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission after a database compromise at the company exposed financial and personal data connected to thousands of law enforcement and network security professionals. Pasadena, Calif.-based Guidance alerted customers to the incident in a letter sent late last
EMC Brings New Levels of Security, Cross-Domain Support to its Leading Model- Based Management Software FinanzNachrichten
HOPKINTON, Mass., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation, ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) the world leader in information management and storage, today announced EMC Smarts IP Availability Manager 7.0 and EMC Smarts Service Assurance Manager 7.0 software -- bringing heightened levels of security and cross-domain support for managing a broader scope of IT and service provider environments.
Vormetric CoreGuard Data Security Technology Now Protects Vital Backup Data Through Partnership With Symantec Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Vormetric Inc., the acknowledged leader in security solutions that protect sensitive information from unauthorized access, announced today that it has entered an OEM agreement with Symantec Corp. to incorporate Vormetric's patented encryption technology into Symantec's Veritas NetBackup solution for enterprise-level data backup and recovery.
EMC Brings New Levels of Security, Cross-Domain Support to its Leading Model- Based Management Software PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
EMC Corporation, the world leader in information management and storage, today announced EMC Smarts IP Availability Manager 7.0 and EMC Smarts Service Assurance Manager 7.0 software -- bringing heightened levels of security and cross-domain support for managing a broader scope of IT and service provider environments.
Guidance Software Rises in IPO Trading AP via Yahoo! Finance
Shares of Guidance Software Inc., which makes programs for corporate and government investigations into issues like policy violations and security breaches, rose briskly in first-day trading Wednesday.
Noah Shachtman: Data Mining Can't Predict the Next Attack HuffingtonPost
Jeff Jonas is one of the country's leading practitioners of the dark art of data analysis. Casino chiefs and government spooks alike have used his CIA-funded " Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness " software to scour databases for hidden connections . So you'd think that Jonas would be all into the idea of using these data-mining systems to predict who the next terrorist attacker might be.
SecureWave and SafeBoot Partner to Provide Total Data Protection Solution Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
HERNDON, Va. & NAPLES, Fla.----SecureWave and SafeBoot, worldwide leaders in endpoint security software, today announced a partnership to provide organizations with a best-of-breed, comprehensive data protection solution via the enforcement of endpoint device-use and encryption policies at multiple levels.
Hacker may have taken personal data from UCLA San Diego Union-Tribune
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE): In one of the largest electronic security breaches ever to hit an educational institution, the University of California at Los Angeles alerted 800,000 current and former students, applicants, faculty and staff yesterday that a hacker may have stolen their private data from campus computers.
Bruins Security in Ruins Wired News
Hackers got into a database containing the Social Security numbers of 800,000 UCLA alumni, current students and employees. Congressman asks is it time for a federal data breach yet? In 27B Stroke 6.
Expert warns on wireless security in Asia InfoWorld
( InfoWorld ) - The fast growth in wireless Internet use throughout Asia leaves users vulnerable to data theft over unsecured networks and lost or stolen mobile devices, a security expert warned Tuesday. Citrix Systems Inc. Chief Security Officer Kurt Roemer said during an interview that trends in Asia suggest increasing vulnerability as time goes on because wireless use is growing much
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