Although some IM and P2P applications can generate real value for businesses, IT security experts recommend centralized monitoring and administration of user access. Undesired applications should be blocked while applications that are truly advantageous for business should be freely accessible.

Safeguarding sensitive information - no matter how sophisticated the IT system - can never be foolproof, according to research by Leeds University Business School.

Federal IT decision makers are more concerned about security than in previous years despite spending more time on mandated security requirements, according to a survey of more than 200 agency officials released today by networking leader Cisco®.

According to a CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Study, cyber crimes cost the United States economy an estimated $67 billion in damagesi, which is comparable to the U.S. federal government’s estimated information technology (IT) spending for fiscal year 2008ii.

SonicWALL, Inc., a leading provider of IT security and data protection solutions, today announced that its Aventail EX-2500 appliance is the first SonicWALL product to achieve SSL-TLS (VPN) 3.0 certification from ICSA Labs, a division of TruSecure Corporation, an independent division of Verizon Business.

In a major development, with potentially huge impact on the data security practices of companies worldwide, Minnesota has become the first state in the USA to enact into law a key component of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

McAfee, Inc. today announced the availability of Rootkits Part 2: A Technical Primer, a whitepaper designed to help IT security professionals better understand the technologies that make stealth possible on the Microsoft Windows platform

South African Breweries Limited has awarded IBM a multi-million rand, six-year contract, to manage key IT services for the country's leading brewer, enabling it to focus on growing its core business.

Today at the annual EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Security Professionals Conference, Microsoft Corp. and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center announced a new alliance that will extend the reach of the Microsoft Security Cooperation Program to include higher education institutions in its mission to enhance security measures worldwide.