News

• Sourcefire offers channel incentive program in A/NZ

  By Hafizah Osman | 06 March, 2012 10:41

  Network security solutions provider, Sourcefire, has launched its first channel incentive program in A/NZ.

• Security roundup: The triumph of hactivists, the sorrow of Symantec

  By Ellen Messmer | 28 January, 2012 06:22

  It was another busy week for hactivists attacking the online targets of their ire. This time, hackers under the banner AntiSec appeared to have hacked the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. government's online security website, in protest against the much-railed-against legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as well as other bills regarding intellectual protection. Similarly, the group Anonymous is believed to be behind the distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday that brought down the European Parliament's website in what is thought to be retaliation for European support for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site the week before. Anonymous also opposes a treaty being ratified in Europe now called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That deals with infringement of intellectual property rights.

• Sourcefire releases Cloud-based security product

  By Hafizah Osman | 24 January, 2012 14:05

  Cybersecurity solutions provider, Sourcefire, has released its latest security product, the FireAMP advanced malware protection.

• Sourcefire shipping its first two app-aware, next-gen firewalls

  By Ellen Messmer | 06 December, 2011 05:42

  Sourcefire Monday said it expects to begin shipping its first two next-generation firewall appliances later this month, entering an increasingly crowded market.

• IN SHORT: Industry news from Adobe, UXC Connect, Sourcefire and HP

  By Nermin Bajric | 04 November, 2011 15:58

  Latest news from 2011 Design Achievement Awards, company awards and partnerships

• PRODUCTS: The latest from Sourcefire, Siemens, Norton, ShoreTel, SonicWall, Acer, Compuware, Quest and SolarWinds

  By Nermin Bajric | 27 October, 2011 14:32

  Includes news on security solutions, software, smartphone integration solutions, notebooks, eBooks, email migration and multi-interface monitoring

• IN SHORT: Top industry news from Astaro, Sourcefire, DNA and ECN Group

  By Nermin Bajric | 29 September, 2011 09:02

  The latest industry updates, awards, validation services and solution expansions

• IN SHORT: Top industry news from Norton, QlikTech, Digium, Sourcefire, Sophos and HP

  By Nermin Bajric | 20 September, 2011 12:05

  Top industry news from Norton, QlikTech, Digium, Sourcefire, Sophos and HP

• VMware strives to expand security partner ecosystem

  By Ellen Messmer | 01 September, 2011 05:43

  VMware yesterday said it has added more security vendor partners to its vShield product-development program in which security firms work with the company to develop data protection specifically designed for VMware's flagship virtualization platform, which today is vSphere 5.0.

• ME Bank deploys Sourcefire 3D

  By Hafizah Osman | 26 August, 2011 16:24

  Cybersecurity solution provider, Sourcefire, has recently installed its next-generation intrusion prevention system, the Sourcefire 3D System, to secure ME Bank’s Internet banking applications.

• More powerful Sourcefire IPS line sets stage for next-gen firewalls

  By Ellen Messmer | 18 April, 2011 14:52

  Sourcefire Monday announced a new line of intrusion-prevention systems (IPS) that sets the foundation for the company's anticipated foray into the application-aware next-generation firewall market later this year.

• Sourcefire takes intrusion prevention to masses with IPSx

  By John E. Dunn | 18 April, 2011 23:09

  Open-source security company Sourcefire has announced an entry-level Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) it claims will democratize a technology that is still seen as being exclusively for large companies with experienced security teams, rather than small and medium-size enterprises.

• 7 free security tools for Linux

  By Katherine Noyes | 13 April, 2011 05:22

  One of the big advantages of using Linux is that its security tends to be so much better than that of the competing alternatives.

• Sourcefire acquires Immunet for cloud-based anti-malware

  By Ellen Messmer | 06 January, 2011 11:28

  Sourcefire today announced it has acquired start-up Immunet for $21 million, including $17 million paid at closing and $4 million expected to be paid over the next 18 months upon “achievement of product-delivery milestones related to the enterprise version of Immunet’s product.”

• RFID: Protection, privacy and prevention

  By Spandas Lui | 06 December, 2010 16:45

  Some people call them smart labels. Others call them ‘spy chips’. No matter which way you look at it, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are proliferating at a rapid pace.