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11/29/2005
Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition (Norton is now owned by Symantec), McAfee Active Virus Defense, Sophos Anti-Virus, and Trend Micro. A relatively new technique to ensure compliance is to compel users' systems (on login) to first access a security system, which checks the system for antivirus software and which will deny full network access if that software is not present and/or updated. Some of these solutions can also download the latest antivirus version to the non-compliant system. Cisco Systems calls its version the 'Network Admission Control.'' Read moreHow do you take your spam?
Spam and e-mail scams are changing from day to day. They're not only changing shape, eluding management strategies—they are getting worse; more dangerous. For those looking for an easy-to-follow update, an article provided on the AppRiver Web site serves as a good summary of what's happening with 'The Waning Innocence of Spam.' (Regarding the notion of innocent spam, feel free to ask, 'Was it ever?') Read more
Fighting spyware:
The first step is understanding it
The Anti-Spyware Coalition, a group 'dedicated to building a consensus about definitions and best practices in the debate surrounding spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies' has released a draft of its 'Spyware Definitions and Supporting Documents.' The coalition, made up of software companies, academics, and consumer groups, will consider public comments about the document in its quest to understand how to control the rogue technologies. During this process, the draft document will be helpful to interested parties who are—often desperately—grasping at ways to combat the stealthy menace. Are your vendors trying to understand spyware? Currently, about 30 security-conscious companies and organizations are involved in the coalition, among them: Blue Coat Systems, Computer Associates , Dell , F-Secure Corp., HP, Mi5 Networks, LANDesk,
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