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June 2006 - Posts

Jesper apparently stirred up things a bit with his latest post, Please don't disable security features, at least while we are testing them , asking folks to recognize that a Beta is not a final product and that you should wait to see the final before Read More...
I'm sitting here having security discussions with some of our top customers and I just received the emails from Steve and Bill announcing Bill's plan to depart in two years. Bill's success story has been historical in scope and this change is not doubt Read More...
What is the difference between foundational security and security features? Name 3 security companies. Who did you name? Symantec? Checkpoint? RSA? ISS? These companies all offer products that provide security features or capabilities. What if Microsoft Read More...
In a stunning revelation in Trend Micro: Open source is more secure , Trend CTO Raimund Genes hints that Trend may release their code as an open source project! Though Genes stopped short of actually saying that Trend would be releasing their code and Read More...
How many of you have heard “many eyes make all bugs shallow”? My guess is that many of you have and that it may have been in conjunction with an argument supporting why Linux and Open Source products have better security. For example, Red Hat publishes Read More...
A new article called Microsoft Under Attack summarizes itself by saying: Not by angry customers suing for damages after security breaches, or by governments breaking up monopolies, but by open source developers and security professionals accusing them Read More...
Windows Live OneCare has made it's debut , among various comments about this being a new category of security product and apparently it is a hot new category to judge from the established antivirus vendors and the press activity. Symantec announced in Read More...
When I first read (in 2006) about the “new category for security products” represented by Microsoft OneCare Live, Symantec Genesis and McAfee Falcon, I must admit to a small chuckle. In my AV days, I saw a few of these web security products launched, Read More...
 
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