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Articles by Paul Desmond 

The Need For Security -- And Ethics -- Education

There are plenty of lessons to be learned in the saga of the Princeton admissions director who was caught breaking in to confidential files on a Yale Web site.

Task Force Stresses Cooperation In Fighting Cyber Crime

In order to effectively combat cyber crime, it is imperative that law enforcement and security experts in the private sector and academia work together, according to a Secret Service task force.

Check Point Targets Web Services Security

Firewall and VPN market leader Check Point Software Technologies throws its considerable weight behind the nascent market for Web services security tools.

Security Warning For Microsoft Office Web Components

Microsoft warns there are three security vulnerabilities in Office Web Components -- software used to give users limited Office functionality in a Web browser -- the most serious of which could enable an attacker to execute commands on a user's system.

Omniva Delivers Painless Wireless Security

Omniva Policy Systems announces its first products, including software meant to ensure secure, encrypted email communications without making users take additional steps to send or receive mail.

CipherTrust Puts More Spam-Fighting Iron In Security Appliances

CipherTrust announces improved spam-fighting capabilities for its IronMail email security appliance as well as enhancements to IronWebMail, the company's security appliance for Web-enabled email.

Flaw Found in Popular Unix, Linux GUI

The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) this week issued an advisory regarding a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), a graphical user interface employed in numerous Unix and Linux systems. The vulnerability could enable attackers to execute code or cause a denial of service.

nCircle Offers Automated Response to Vulnerabilities

nCircle Network Security, Inc. this week announced a new feature for its IP360 Network Exposure Management System designed to detect security vulnerabilities on a network before attackers do.

Stratum8 Adds Transparency To Web App Protection

Stratum8 Networks announces a new version of its application security system that can now be deployed without an IP address, rendering it transparent to would-be attackers and simplifying deployment.

Security Flaw Found In Symantec Firewalls

A number of Symantec firewalls, including popular Raptor models, have a security flaw that renders networks protected by the systems vulnerable to intrusion.

Sourcefire Unveils Gigabit IDS Based On Snort

A company founded by the creator of the open source Snort intrusion detection system announces a gigabit-speed IDS that takes Snort to another level.