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Point of Sale (POS) Terminals This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Point of Sales (POS) Terminals in Units by the following Product Segments: Magnetic Stripe Card EFTPOS Terminals, and Smart Card Enabled EFTPOS Terminals. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2010 through 2018. A six-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets. The report profiles 89 companies including many key and niche players such as Atos Worldline, Equinox Payments LLC, First Data Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, Ingenico S.A, International Business Machines Corp., Intellect Solutions, Keycorp Pty Limited, Micros Systems, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc., NCR Corporation, Radiant Systems, Inc., Olivetti S.p.A., Smartpay Ltd., SPIRE PAYMENTS UK, Thyron Systems Limited, VeriFone, Verifone Israel, and Wincor Nixdorf AG. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based upon search engine sources in the public domain.
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Prior to fulfillment of an order, the client will be required to sign a document detailing the purchase terms for a publication from this publisher.Published By: Global Industry Analysts Date Published: Jan 2012 * * * * * * Cyber-Security Market - Global Forecast & Trends (2012 ? 2017) by Advanced Technologies, Geographical Analysis & Competitive Landscape Cyber Security is projected to be among the fastest growing segments of the Information Technology (IT) sector in the next 3 to 5 years, with significant potential investments from companies to secure their computing environment. Cyber security providers offer systematic method to guarantee vulnerabilities and threats are blocked at each layer through application of industry compliant security products and services.
The Cyber Security Market report focuses on a wide array of technology & solutions specifically used for different applications in the cyber security scenario, depending on their features and performance. The security types market is on the rise due to increased adoption of cloud computing, networks, data centers, and wireless communication devices. Whereas, the service side is driven by the need to service cyber security installations with security operations, managed security services, and consulting services. In all countries, the private sector accounts for most of the cyber security spending, with an exception of the U.S., where government spending is about equivalent to that of the private sector.
Cyber Security market in 2011 was worth $63.7 billion, and is expected to grow to about $120.1 billion by 2017. It is expected to have a healthy CAGR of 11.3% from 2012 to 2017. North America, Western Europe, and APAC regions are emerging market, whereas Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and Eastern Europe regions are considered as high growth markets. In 2011, North America accounted for about 40.1% of the global revenue, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.2% from 2012 to 2017. Western Europe and APAC are estimated to contribute $28.1 billion and $25.9 billion, respectively, by 2017; at a CAGR of 10.1% and 13.4%, from 2012 to 2017.
The report deals with the market trends in Cyber Security and the growth associated with it. It also analysis the various factors that will drive and restrain the market over the next 5 years.Published By: MarketsandMarkets Date Published: Jun 2012 * * * * * *
| 15 Seconds |
Crash
Course in Cryptography The purpose of cryptography is to
make data storage and transmission secure. Security is
achieved by means of encryption, that is, converting a
clear-text message (plain text) into a data stream which looks
like a meaningless and random sequence of bits (cipher text).
Symmetric Cryptography, One-Way Hash Functions, Public-Key
Cryptography, Man-in-the-Middle Attack, Digital Certificates,
S/MIME and Secure Mail.
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| Australian Computer
Emergency Response Team (AUSCERT) |
Information
Security Standards This page provides a range of
information about standards directly or peripherally
associated with information security within Australia New
Zealand, and elsewhere throughout the world. It does not set
out to exhaustively list all standards in the known universe
that may relate primarily or peripherally to information
security. |
CERT
(Computer Emergency Response Team) |
The CERT Coordination Center is a center of Internet security
expertise, at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally
funded research and development center operated by Carnegie
Mellon University. They study Internet security
vulnerabilities, handle computer security incidents, publish
security alerts, research long-term changes in networked
systems, and develop information and training to help improve
security at your site. |
| Clarke,
Roger (ANU) |
Introduction
to Information Security The Nature of Security, The Nature
of Information Security, Information Security Architecture,
The Information Security Process, Scope Definition, Threat
Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Assessment, Risk
Management Strategy and Security Plan, Security Plan
Implementation, Security Audit, Information Security Tools,
Standards and Protocols, Glossary of Security Terms,
Categories of Computer Misuse, Conventional Categories of
Security Safeguard |
| CNN |
How
to protect your network What can you do to protect your
network? Here's a list of tips culled from industry analysts,
security experts, corporate executives and agents of the U.S.
Secret Service. |
| Digital Network Architects |
Security:
Essential For Wireless and Wireline Communications (78 pages,
PDF) Security Basics, Denial of Service, Compromising the
Integrity of the Information, Viruses, Physical Security, User
Authentication, Access Control, Firewalls, Encryption, I-Mode,
WAP, Palm OS, Fixed Wireless, Bluetooth Security Aspects, IEEE
802.11b, HiperLAN2, Ethernet, Cryptographic Algorithms... |
| DSD Australia |
DSD's Information Security Group plays a key role in the
protection of Australian official communications and
information systems. As stated in the 1986 Directive, DSD is
the national authority for communications security (Comsec)
and computer security (Compusec).
ACSI
33 is intended to provide guidance to all Australian
Government Departments, organizations and personnel in the
task of protecting classified or unclassified computer
information and equipment. Specifically, it describes the
steps to be taken to plan and implement the computer security
measures required by the Protective Security Manual. Includes
Standards, Evaluated Products, Risk Management, Security
Management, Emanations and Cabling Security, Media Security,
System Access Control, Network Security, Cryptographic
Systems, Web Security, Email Security, Malicious Software,
Intrusion Detection, Physical Security |
| ebusinessforum |
Global:
Disaster highlights importance of Internet technologies (9/01)
Build up back-up communications, Use of websites to inform
staff and clients, Cellphones are vital, SMS works well when
networks are strained, Prepare a back-up system, Dependence on
IT bears its own risks. |
| Emerald Abstracts |
Computer
& Communications Security Abstracts Article Abstracts
and Conference Reviews in Computer Security. Over 2,000
classified article abstracts. |
| Ericsson |
Managing
Network Security (PDF, 10/06) Network security needs to be
addressed using a coherent approach.
Improving
WLAN security (2002) Security is one of the most pressing
issues for WLANs, particularly for the 802.11b networks, also
named WiFi, whose WEP (Wired Equivalent Protocol) security
protocol has proven to be limited. Researchers have identified
holes in WEP that allow hackers to learn the keys used to
encrypt 802.11b, and use widely available hacking software to
decode the WEP encryption. |
| Forbes.com |
Wireless
Security: Guess Who's Listening (5/01) Hacking and
corporate espionage have been around since the first
computers, but thanks to the wonderful world of wireless
communications, it's now possible to pluck information out of
thin air. In some cases, it's about as easy as tuning in to
your favorite radio program. Because nothing is actually taken
or disturbed--just listened to--corporations often don't know
anything has been stolen. |
| Hackers Center |
Wireless
Security Resource for Home and Networks by Hackers Center
Internet Security Portal. Wireless Network Security texts,
tools and news: All the infos needed to set up and keep up a
secure wireless network. 802.11, WEP Encryption, WEP Crackers,
WPA Security, Wireless cards, CSMA/CA... |
| IBM |
Wireless
Security Auditor (WSA) WSA is an IBM research prototype of
an 802.11 wireless LAN security auditor, running on Linux on
an iPAQ PDA. WSA automatically audits a wireless network for
proper security configuration, to help network administrators
close any vulnerabilities before the hackers try to break in.
Going
up the wireless stack (12/01) When broadcasting your data
through the air, watch out for the man in the middle. Think
you've got a trusted wireless connection to a trusted party?
Don't be too sure. Attackers can use a technique known as ARP
spoofing to convince two machines that they are communicating
with each other, when both are actually connected to a third
computer under hostile control. Larry Loeb explains how
crackers can implement such so-called man-in-the-middle
attacks -- and how you can stop them.
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| Information
Security Institute |
Provide security training. Features wireless security
courses, ethical hacking, intrusion prevention, computer
forensics, and network security courses. |
| Infowar |
Infowar, InfoSec Portal, Information Warfare, Security,
Cybercrime. Security portal covering a range of topics with
news, jobs and more... |
| Ismcpi.org |
International Security Management and Crime Prevention
Institute. This site has been created to serve as a practical
resource for security management and crime prevention
professionals. |
| UK ITSEC Scheme |
ITSEC is all about IT security, making sure you can trust
the information technology infrastructure on which your
organisation relies.
Under the UK ITSEC scheme, the security features of IT
systems and products are tested independently of suppliers to
identify logical vulnerabilities. This type of testing is
known as security evaluation and it is carried out against
standardised criteria to a formalised methodology. The
criteria lay down a number of degrees of rigour known as
Assurance Levels. Certificates are issued by the Scheme for
products meeting the requirements for a claimed level of
assurance. United Kingdom certificates are recognised in many
countries of the world. |
| McAfee |
Virus Information Library
More than 60,000 virus threats exist today. The McAfee AVERT
Virus Information Library has detailed information on where
viruses come from, how they infect your system, and how to
remove them. In addition to genuine viruses, the Virus
Information Library contains useful information on virus
hoaxes, those dire email warnings about disk-eating
attachments that sometimes land in your inbox. |
| Network Security Library |
Windows, Unix, NetWare, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection,
Security Policy, WWW, NCSC & DoD Rainbow series, Harmless
hacking... |
| NIST Computer Security
Resource Center (CSRC) |
Cryptographic Standards and Applications, Security Testing,
Security Management and Guidance, ...
Other Security
Publications Various useful publications covering:
Computer Security, Trusted Information Systems, Intrusion
Detection, Computer Emergency Response and legal issues with
regard to computer security. |
| Nokia |
Nokia
and IBM to provide end-to-end secured enterprise business
applications on advanced mobile handsets (12/02) Nokia and
IBM announce they will together provide end-to-end secured
business applications on advanced mobile handsets targeted at
the enterprise market. IBM Global Services will act as a
system integrator of Nokia's Mobile VPN solution for Symbian
OS-based mobile handsets worldwide. Nokia's Mobile VPN
solution consists of Nokia Security Service Manager and Nokia
Mobile VPN Client for secure over-the-air provisioning of
Mobile VPN client software and policies for Nokia's Symbian
OS-based mobile handsets. |
| palowireless |
Cathal's Corner
- Bluetooth Security An overview of Bluetooth security in
3 parts.
October
2001 Security Newsletter Wireless Security,
Interesting Articles, Featured Events, Featured Research
Reports, PGP Security Products, Virus Protection, From the
Wireless Bookshop, Asia-Pacific Consultants.
Introduction To The Rainbow
Series our fast-start guide to the Orange book and others
in the Rainbow Series.
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| Precise Security |
Security software and reviews for PDA, Handheld, Palm
PocketPC and Mobile Phones. |
| Sécurité.Org |
Sécurité.Org is a French Web site whose contents are
centered mainly around the computer security, the security of
the networks in environment IP, cryptography and Linux (en
Francais). |
| Standards Australia |
Australian Standards AS4444. The Australian information
security standard 4444 was based on the British Standard
Institution 7795.
AS/NZS
7799.2:2000 (Previously known as 4444.2) Information
security management - Specification for information security
management systems. This Standard specifies requirements for
establishing, implementing and documenting information
security management systems (ISMSs). It specifies requirements
for security controls to be implemented according to the needs
of individual organizations. |
| TechRepublic |
Use
port knocking to bypass firewall rules and keep security
intact (7/05) Firewalls are a long-standing basic security
measure that organisations use to isolate networks from the
Internet. Whether it's a standalone hardware firewall, one of
the various host-based systems such as ZoneAlarm, or the
Windows Firewall system included with Windows XP Service Pack
2, these devices go a long way toward protecting networks from
unwanted traffic, including viruses, Trojans, and hackers.
However, while firewalls add an extra layer of network
security, they can often inhibit the proper operation or
administration of a computer system or network hardware. For
example, firewalls typically present a problem when vendors
require Internet access to an organisation's internal computer
system, a particularly common occurrence when it comes to
support requests... |
| VPN Labs |
Wireless security resources related to VPN technology. Open
community for VPN and security enthusiasts. |
| WBT |
Embedded
Security: the Next Big Thing in Wireless Devices? The
wireless world is going to move away from software-based
security/encryption for a host of reasons, including processor
speed, battery utilization, and memory scarcity. Embedded
security in wireless networked devices is likely the
"next big thing" in wireless device security. |
| WinGuides |
The Windows
Security Guide provides information and resources to
secure the Windows operating system and networks with details
about the latest vulnerabilities and fixes, articles and
technical support. |
| Wireless
Security Perspectives |
A monthly technical bulletin on authentication, voice and
data encryption, network protection and other wireless
security issues. |
| ZDNet Australia |
Encryption
packages: Beyond the code (9/02) Trying to keep corporate
secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption
software packages... |
| Marc Slemko |
Microsoft
Passport to Trouble The current implementation of
Passport, ignoring the new Windows XP specific functionality
for the moment, is wholly inadequate to this task. It does not
allow for sufficient control over the use of authentication
information by a user and, where current technologies fall
short of the ideal, it trades off security in favor of
convenience in a way that leaves users vulnerable. |
| Fluhrer, Mantin, Shamir |
Weaknesses in the Key
Scheduling Algorithm of RC4 (PDF) In this paper we present
several weaknesses in the key scheduling algorithm of RC4, and
describe their cryptanalytic significance. We identify a large
number of weak keys, in which knowledge of a small number of
key bits suffices to determine many state and output bits with
non-negligible probability. We use these weak keys to
construct new distinguishers for RC4, and to mount related key
attacks with practical complexities. |
| University of BC, Canada |
Cryptography
The expansion of the connectivity of computers make ways of
protecting data and messages from tampering or reading
important. Even the US courts have ruled that there exists no
legal expectation of privacy for email. It is thus up to the
user to ensure that communications which are expected to
remain private actually do so. One of the techniques for
ensuring privacy of files and communications is
Cryptography...
PGP
Attacks PGP is the most widely used hybrid cryptosystem
around today. There have been MANY rumours regarding its
security (or lack there of). These have ranged from one that
PRZ was coerced by the Gov't into placing backdoors into PGP,
to one the NSA has the ability to break RSA or IDEA in a
reasonable amount of time, and so on. While I cannot confirm
or deny these rumours with 100% certainty, I really doubt that
either is true. This FAQ, while not in the 'traditional FAQ
format', answers some questions about the security of PGP and
should clear up some rumours... |
Product Vendors, Tools and Software
| Broadband
Solutions |
Security
Techniques and Standards for Wireless Networks The
increased access made possible by wireless technology poses a
variety of security issues for network managers. |
| Carnivore - The DCS1000 packet-sniffer system |
PCWorld Encryption
Could Starve Carnivore (8/00) Developers make server-level
technology that could hamper law enforcement's e-mail
surveillance. Even as the FBI slowly releases details of its
Carnivore e-mail wiretap technology, software developers are
readying schemes to starve Carnivore of meaningful data. |
| Certicom |
Cryptographic
Toolkits MobileTrust managed certificate services enable
secure stock trading, online banking, enterprise, e-mail and
healthcare applications from mobile phones, pagers, and PDAs. |
| Check Point Software
Technologies |
"We Secure the Internet". The company's Secure
Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the infrastructure
that enables secure and reliable Internet communications. |
| Columbitech |
Columbitech and Diversinet
have signed a codevelopment and reseller agreement to bring to
market a secure wireless VPN solution for mobile workers who
rely on accessing critical data from remote locations. The new
PKI-enabled wireless VPN solution enhances the delivery of
wireless security for enterprise use in North America, Europe
and Asia (3/02) |
| Cryptek Secure
Communications |
Secure network products. |
| Diversinet |
Passport Certificate Server Security software for wireless
e-commerce applications, will offer digital certificate
software designed to help safeguard services employing the
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). WTLS 1.1 (Wireless
Transport Layer Security) |
| Entrust Technologies |
Secure Wireless
e-Business Solutions
Entrust.net Now
issuing WAP server certificates.
Entrust/PKI
for WAP Certificates.
Entrust/Toolkit
allows customers to build a secure and trusted wireless bridge
between the wired and wireless world. Joining the family of
Entrust/Toolkit products is the Entrust/Toolkit for WTLS. This
new toolkit is being developed to assist in building
applications to secure business-to-business transactions,
business-to-customer transactions and internal business
transactions. In addition to supporting existing security
protocols, Entrust/Toolkit for WTLS will support the new WAP
security protocols.
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| Eruces |
Tricryption software provides client companies a high level
of network security by using algorithms and several layers of
encryption. Uses RSA's BSAFE security software to bring
Tricryption to mobile phones, PDA devices, hand-held personal
computers and other portable technology. |
| Evidence
Eliminator

|
If you have a business, protect your workplace and computers
with Evidence Eliminator™. Don't get investigated - get
protected! Evidence Eliminator is proven to defeat the exact
same forensic software as used by the US Secret Service,
Customs Department and LAPD. It is a proven fact... routine
Forensic Analysis equipment such as EnCase and F.R.E.D. used
by Private and Business Investigators, Law-Enforcement and
others, can recover evidence from parts of your hard drive
that you thought were empty, parts that you had cleaned. |
| Freedom |
Freedom® Privacy & Security Tools is a flexible suite
of tools to secure your PC and protect your privacy on the
Internet. With its powerful and easy to use features, it is a
must-have to defend yourself against malicious hackers and
security threats and to keep your personal information
completely private! |
| nCipher |
Enhanced security for electronic transactions. nCipher's
hardware security solutions complement off-the-shelf software
products and custom security applications by providing
increased levels of security, seamless scalability and
improved transaction throughput. The integration of nCipher's
award-winning encryption-based technology into an overarching
e-security infrastructure allows organizations to protect
electronic assets and intellectual property, as well as take
steps to ensure the integrity and privacy of customer
information. |
| OPSEC |
Open, multi-vendor security framework with over 300 partner
organisations. |
| Persits Software |
AspEncrypt Built
around the Microsoft CryptoAPI, AspEncrypt helps you harness
all major encryption and hashing algorithms such as DES,
Triple-DES, RC2, RC4, RSA, MD5 and SHA1 in just a few lines of
code. The component can be used in tandem with AspEmail to
send encrypted and signed mail in the industry-standard S/MIME
format, or with AspUpload to encrypt files as they are being
uploaded. AspEncrypt can also be used to issue and manage
X.509 digital certificates. |
| Personal Securer |
Your own guardian - the PERSONAL SECURER, is especially
designed for achieving a maximum level of personal and asset
safety. The PERSONAL SECURER is mainly a Security device, but
also a GSM mobile phone with restricted functions. Attached to
the PC, it becomes a GSM/GPRS modem and GPS receiver. |
PGP Security
|
PGPwireless PGP Encryption
for the desktop/server world on your WinCE or Palm compatible
handheld.
PGPfire - Distributed
Firewall and Personal Intrusion Detection Now remote and
distributed users can benefit from the security of an
enterprise ready distributed firewall. Includes personal
firewall and intrusion detection system in one easy-to-use
package.
PGP e-ppliance 5 Firewall
& VPN - Network Privacy PGP e-ppliance 5
combines Firewall and Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
capabilities in a single, integrated software and hardware
security system. |
| RSA Security |
Authentication and encryption technologies. RSA Security's
products help organizations protect private information and
manage the identities of people, devices and applications
accessing and exchanging that information. |
| SafeTalks |
A SV-100 Safevoice Scrambler attached to any two or more
connected phones will scramble any phone conversation and it
will not be overheard. Simply connect the scrambler to the
headphone jack of each phone and only those listening with the
scramblers attached will understand what is being said. |
| Sonera SmartTrust |
Sonera SmartTrust is the first in the world to embed PKI
security functionality into the SIM card of a mobile phone. |
| Tivoli Software |
Access Management: Tivoli
Policy Director, Tivoli
Policy Director for MQSeries, Tivoli
Privacy Manager, Tivoli
Global Sign-On
Risk Management: Tivoli
Risk Manager, Tivoli
Intrusion Manager
Identity Management: Tivoli
User Administration, Tivoli
Security Manager
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| Verisign |
Wireless
solutions Our essential network, data, business support
systems, mediation, and Knowledge Management services enable
reliable, competitive, advanced wireless offerings today and
prepare the groundwork for the converged mobile services of
tomorrow. Outsourcing your needs to VeriSign enables you to
focus on revenue and market share.
White
papers Authentication and PKI, Architecture for Securing
your VPN, Building the Infrastructure for Secure Electronic
Commerce, Certificate Revocation, Directories and PKI,
Enterprise Key Management, Trusted Web Services, Managed
Security Services |
| Vizario |
Client-server software that can substantially assist the
international security industry. Lately, both private and
public agencies responsible for the safety of people and
places have been overwhelmed by the vast scale of the
counter-terrorist problem. One way to reduce the problem to a
more manageable size is to employ software that multiplies the
capabilities of each security professional. (Announced 10/01) |
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FreeNewsFeed Yahoo, Apple Disclose Government Data Requests Following disclosures from Microsoft and Facebook last Friday, Yahoo and Apple are releasing information on thousands of requests they have received for user data related to criminal and security investigations from law enforcement and the U.S. National Security Agency.
Requests for user data that investigative agencies in the U.S. made to Yahoo from Dec. 1, 2012, to May 31 numbered between 12,000 and 13,000, including both criminal requests and those under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)...
FreeNewsFeed Texting Spammers Correlate Phone Users to Local Banks If you use an Internet-connected smartphone, touch tablet, e-reader, notebook, laptop or desktop computer you ought to care about cybersecurity and online privacy. Here you'll find information you can use to live your digital life more securely -- and on terms of your choosing.
So let's drill down on a particularly nasty form of fraudulent spam that's on the rise: SMS text-messaging spam.
Spam is most familiar as obnoxious pitches for dubious products that most of us are used to ignoring. But cybercrimin...
FreeNewsFeed Edward Snowden's Life Surrounded by Spycraft In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and Washington, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both a very visible and accepted part of everyday life.
When Snowden -- the 29-year-old intelligence contractor whose leak of top-secret documents has exposed sweeping government surveillance programs -- went to Arundel High ...
FreeNewsFeed Secret to Prism Program: Even Bigger Data Seizure In the months and early years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers.
Around the world, government spies and eavesdroppers were tracking the email and Internet addresses used by suspected terrorists. Often, those trails led to the world's largest software company and, at the time, largest email provider.
The agents wanted email archives, account information, practi...
BWE Magazine ODIN's Self-Inventorying SMART Container ® Breaks New Ground in Automated RFID Tracking ODIN introduced the ODIN self-inventorying SMART Container -- a first in automated technology for the tracking of critical assets. The SMART Container goes beyond basic security and location tracking for a given container. In fact, it provides detailed visibility of items inside the container via passive UHF RFID and can transmit item level data to any ERP system over various communication mediums, to include satellite, cellular, and active RFID.
InfoWorld Verizon Enterprise chief looks past AT&T, eyes Amazon and Google as rivals In the battle for the next generation of enterprise IT, John Stratton carries a lot of weapons. Stratton is president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, the nearly $30 billion unit formed just over a year ago to deliver networking, cloud, mobility, managed security, telematics, and a host of other services in a more coordinated fashion for Verizon's top enterprise buyers. Building on a traditionally strong base of wired and wireless network services, Verizon Enterprise also blends in acqu...
InfoWorld Wireless vendors gear up for small-cell boom Adding small cells to mobile networks made up of full-sized base stations should help to fuel more voice and data calls, but outdoors, linking those dispersed cells to wired networks presents its own problems. Connecting a high-capacity data line to a cell mounted on a lamp post or a telephone pole isn't as easy as wiring up a cell tower. Power, security and wiring are all harder to arrange, vendors and analysts say. The problems are unique to outdoor small cells, versus indoor ones tha...
IEEE Cross-Domain Privacy-Preserving Cooperative Firewall Optimization Firewalls have been widely deployed on the Internet for securing private networks. A firewall checks each incoming or outgoing packet to decide whether to accept or discard the packet based on its policy. Optimizing firewall policies is crucial for improving network performance. Prior work on firewall optimization focuses on either intrafirewall or interfirewall optimization within one administrative domain where the privacy of firewall policies is not a concern. This paper explores interfirewal...
FreshPatents.com Transport refrigeration security system A security monitor system for a transport unit is provided. The security monitor system may include at least one security sensor configured to detect a fault condition, and a controller having a plurality of inputs, a plurality of outputs, and a low power control circuit. The low power control circuit...
FreshPatents.com Home monitoring enhancements A system may include a set-top box configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a media playing device, and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a video recording using a security camera, provide the video recording to a media manager device across a network,...
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Network World How to Set Up a Virtual Private Network If you work on the go fairly often, you've probably hopped on a public wireless network at least once or twice. You should have also figured out how to keep your data safe when you're on such a network, by taking precautions such as using your company's virtual private network--if available--or an encrypted Web tunnel such as Hotspot Shield.
All About Symbian SafeWallet: A way forward for Handy Safe Pro users? One of the staples in the Symbian world since the days of 'Series 60' has been Epocware's Handy Safe Pro - the original encrypted database of private info, synced happily between multiple Symbian devices and a Windows desktop. Heck, many of us still use it, despite a few availability glitches (cough: E6, Mac desktop), but the way forward when the time comes to move away from Symbian isn't completely clear cut. In this feature, I explore some of the options available, including SBSH's SafeWallet.
Encryption News Odin U Disk Encrypt Creator 7.6.3 (Windows) Source: Odin Share Company Free registration required Odin U Disk Encrypt Creator is a very useful U disk/Flash drive encryption tool. Its friendly interface guides you encrypt your U disk/Flash drive/Portable Hard Drive or Mobile Hard Drive easily. Odin
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