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Sophos sells majority stake to private equity group
Apax Partners, a private equity investment firm, buys a majority interest in computer security vendor Sophos. Sophos is valued at $830 million in the transaction. Article | 03 May 2010
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Symantec acquires PGP, GuardianEdge for encryption, key management
Symantec said it would integrate PGP's key management platform into the Symantec Protection Center and add encryption capabilities to boost its endpoint protection offerings. Article | 29 Apr 2010
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McAfee DLP update offers database crawling, promises faster rollout
The vendor claims its latest version better integrates its 2008 acquisition of Reconnex Inc., and builds on its ePolicy Orchestrator for easier policy management. News | 23 Mar 2010
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Interest in data leakage protection, event log management rises
Compliance projects are fueling interest in log management software. Data leakage protection (DLP) technology is also being considered, according to a new survey of security pros. Article | 23 Feb 2010
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Health Net breach failure of security policy, technology
Investigators should question why an external hard drive contained seven years of data, but IT security should have had the appropriate security policies and technologies in place to enforce them. Column | 27 Nov 2009
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Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million
A lost hard drive contained seven years of patient data including Social Security numbers and medical records of more than a million Health Net customers. Article | 19 Nov 2009
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Layoffs prompt insider threat fears, cybersecurity survey finds
The 12th annual Ernst & Young Global Information Survey found senior IT professionals worried about reprisals from disgruntled employees. Article | 11 Nov 2009
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Trend Micro to address DLP after analyst report criticizes strategy
Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen said the company plans further development to its data leakage protection product, integrating it with its threat management appliance. Article | 23 Oct 2009
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DLP technology challenges security costs
Data leakage prevention requires more than just flipping a switch. If not implemented properly, DLP could return alerts that stymie business units and increase operational costs Column | 21 Oct 2009
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Analyst DLP study finds maturity, ranks top DLP vendors
A Burton Group study identified the leaders in the data leakage prevention market and found some enterprises deploying the technology to educate end users about security policies. Article | 16 Oct 2009