Security: Reviews

The news media is full of stories about e-mails and documents that were better off not sent. Last year an airline CEO accidentally sent an ultra harsh e-mail to complaining customers, the text of which was obviously not intended for the customers. Frustrated employees frequently send embarrassing internal memorandum to public news sources. And is there an e-mail user who hasn't regretted accidentally sending an e-mail to an unintended party? Whether e-mail or documents are sent intentionally or not, it is clear that content intended for a restricted audience is being shared with unauthorized parties on a regular basis.

Check Point Software's new Web browser security software, called ZoneAlarm ForceField, integrates a host-based firewall, anti-spyware, Web site rating, anti-phishing, and keylogger-jamming into a limited virtualization environment with the elegant user interface you've come to expect from the ZoneAlarm brand. Its goal is to provide superior anti-malware protection against the increasingly prevalent and complex threats posed to Internet surfers.

Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0

The latest version of Norton Internet Security brings some much-needed updates and improvements to a first-rate product that was groaning under its weight of features.

ARN reviews the latest products for the week commencing 3 October 2007

Symantec Network Access Control (SNAC) evolved from endpoint-security technology the company picked up from its 2005 acquisition of Sygate. In our evaluation, there was no silver bullet that put Symantec on the top of the heap. Rather it edged out the competition for its breadth of coverage in the areas of deployment options, endpoint assessments and flexible policy creation.

ARN looks at the latest security products for the week commencing July 11, 2007

Many dangers threaten us on the Internet - even when we're just browsing the Web. McAfee's SiteAdvisor Plus, the fee-based sibling of the security software firm's free Site Advisor product, and Symantec's Norton Confidential, focus on protecting users as they interact with websites. Both apps work only with Internet Explorer 6 and later.

A decade ago, life was much simpler: the only threat to PC security came from viruses. Today, the situation is very different. A mere antivirus program is nowhere near sufficient and most users, rightfully, are highly security conscious.

ARN looks at the latest security products for the week commencing 6 December, 2006.

This week ARN looks at the latest security products.