Friday, February 25, 2011

Mr. Beer - Affiliate Program

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Wooden Blinds Direct - Delivery

Delivery

  • Your wooden blinds are carefully delivered using one of a number of well known and respected carriers.

  • Overseas deliveries e.g. Ireland incur carriage charges which are shown at the checkout and depend on the weight of the order.

  • Most wooden blinds will require a signature for proof of delivery.

  • Please make sure someone is at the delivery address when the items are due otherwise the blinds will be taken back to the carriers depot.

  • Unfortunately we cannot determine what time the delivery will be. It could be any time between 9am and 5pm.

  • The estimated time from ordering to delivery of your wooden blinds is shown on the details page of the particular blind on our website.

  • Sometimes a blind may be out of stock and delivery times will be longer. We will contact you if this is the case.

  • We are a UK based store and specialise in supplying to UK mainland customers. However we will consider delivery overseas.

  • Please contact us here to send us your requirements and we will get back to you.

source: wooden blinds direct

Ross Simons - Shipping & Handling

Regular and Express Shipping

Regular delivery for in-stock merchandise is 7-10 business days. For Express Delivery* add an additional $10.00 and for Next-Day Express Delivery* add $20.00 (must be placed before noon EST). If we're temporarily out of stock, you will be notified accordingly. Next-Day Service is available for delivery on the next regular business day. If you require Saturday delivery, please contact us at 1-800-835-0919 for delivery options based upon your specific location. Shipments to Alaska and Hawaii follow the same rate schedule, however regular delivery will take an extra 3 days.

If the item(s) you purchased are drop shipped, you will receive the merchandise directly from the manufacturer in approximately 2 weeks from the date your order was placed.

*We regret that Express or Next-Day Service cannot deliver to PO Boxes or APO/FPO addresses. Recipient's telephone number is required on all orders. Note: Items that are weight or size prohibitive may not qualify for 2-Day or Next-Day Service.

Shipping Promotions
Any promotional discount or allowance (i.e. Free Shipping) will be applied when the order is processed through our order department. Free Shipping offers do not include premium shipping charges or International orders.

International Shipping
For Canadian orders, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. Territories, please add $20 to the domestic ship method you select.

For other International Orders, please add $40 to the domestic ship rate rate you select. This covers the transportation and insurance charges. Items over 5 pounds cannot be shipped internationally.

We ship International Orders via UPS World Ship and or Federal Express. You can expect Delivery in one week to most locations.

We reserve the right to refuse any International Order per our discretion, and will notify you promptly if your order is cancelled.

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Auto Parts Giant - Shipping Information

Ground Shipping

Most ground shipping orders are shipped within 24 to 48 hours after the confirmation of your order. The shipping time will vary depending on the size of your order and the delivery location. Small to medium-sized packages can be delivered within two to seven business days (this excluding weekends and holidays) from their shipment date. Orders containing bumpers, fenders, doors, hoods, grille guards, nerf bars, or other large parts require special handling methods and are usually shipped by Truck Freight (See more information about this below.), where delivery times usually range from two to nine days (excluding weekends and holidays). Orders from Alaska, Hawaii, and other areas outside continental United States have additional shipping charges, and their delivery times are longer.

Overnight and Two-Day Shipping

For an additional charge, overnight and two-day shipping are available for most small and medium-sized packages. Airfreight carriers reserve the right to extend delivery time by up to 24 hours when delivering to residential addresses. This is beyond the control of Auto Parts Giant, and airfreight charges are not refundable.

All orders must be received before 5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 PM Pacific Time) Mondays to Fridays.

Overnight and two-day shipping are not available for weekends and holidays. If you place an overnight or two-day delivery order on a weekend or a holiday, please be informed that the shipment cycle of these orders will start during the next business day.

Performance Order Shipping

Performance parts are shipped via ground orders only. Majority of these orders are shipped within 24 to 48 hours after you have confirmed your order. The shipping time will vary depending on the size of your order and the delivery location. Small to medium-sized packages can be delivered within two to seven business days (excluding weekends and holidays) from their shipment date. Orders containing brush guards, running boards, complete exhaust systems, nerf bars, and other large performance parts require special handling methods and are shipped by Truck Freight (See more information about this below.), where delivery times usually range from two to nine days (excluding weekends and holidays). Orders from Alaska, Hawaii, and other areas outside continental United States have additional shipping charges and their delivery times are longer. Overnight and two-day shipping are not available for performance part orders.

Truck Freight

Orders that consist of large parts and items that require special handling are shipped via Truck Freight. These orders are usually processed within 24 to 48 hours after you confirm your order. Delivery may take two to nine business days (excluding weekends and holidays) for orders within the continental United States. Truck Freight shipments to Alaska and Hawaii may take up to 14 business days and may require additional charges. If your order will be subject to additional charges, we will send you a revised shipping quote to your e-mail address.

source: autopartsgiant

Checks Unlimited - How To Order

To Place a check Order
Step 1: Select check
Just click on your desired check design image or the "Order" button. This will send you to the corresponding check detail page that provides type, quantity and shipping costs.

Step 2: Choose check Type and Quantity
Select check type (One-Part or Duplicate) and quantity (Two boxes or Four Boxes).

Step 3: Click Continue
Click the "Continue Button" to personalize your check order.

To Personalize your check Order
Step 1: Bank Information
Enter your Financial Institution Routing Number, Account Number, check Starting Number, Last Name and Zip Code. Please refer to a check you are currently using when you enter this information. Remember that checks unlimited ensures the privacy and security of Customer transactions by our use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and GlobalSign's digital certificate.

Step 2: Personal Information
Enter your name and address as you would like it to appear on the checks. Please refer to a check you are currently using when you enter this information. We will print your checks EXACTLY as you enter it. In addition, the information you provide must match the records at your financial institution and is subject to verification.

Step 3: Customization
You may customize your check by adding a custom font and/or personalized MyLines™ Message. Customization options will vary according to product.

Step 4: Shopping Cart
Please review this page and make sure your shopping cart is up-to-date.

Step 5: Delivery Options
For security purposes, all checks are shipped to the address you provided for your checks. You will also have the opportunity to choose our expedited In-Plant Rush service, plus any of our Faster Delivery Options.

Step 6: Order Summary
This is the last step before submitting your order. Please review this page and make sure your check order is correct, including quantity and price.
Method of Payment
Once you have reviewed your order, you may select a Credit Card as your payment choice. Then you may choose to submit your order online electronically by clicking the "Submit Order" button.

Following Submissions
Order Confirmation Page
This screen verifies the submission of order. You can print or save this screen for your records.
Order Confirmation via E-mail
You will receive an E-mail confirming the receipt of your order.

Source:Checks Unlimited



My Pedia about Verizon Wireless

Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is the wireless phone provider that owns and operates the second largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States, based on a total of 94.1 million U.S. subscribers, as of Q4 2010 behind the largest carrier AT&T Mobility with, as of, Q4 2010 had 95.5 million total subscribers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, the company is a joint venture of U.S. telecommunications firm Verizon Communications and British multinational mobile network operator Vodafone, with 55 and 45 percent ownership respectively. On January 9, 2009, Verizon Wireless acquired Alltel Wireless in a deal valued at $28.1 billion. The acquisition expanded Verizon's wireless network.

History
Verizon Wireless traces its roots to Bell Atlantic Mobile, NYNEX Mobile Communications, AirTouch Communications, PrimeCo Communications, and GTE Mobilnet. Bell Atlantic Mobile and NYNEX Mobile Communications merged in 1995 to create Bell Atlantic - NYNEX Mobile, and in 1997 their namesake Baby Bell parents followed suit to form the new Bell Atlantic and their wireless subsidiary was renamed Bell Atlantic Mobile. Bell Atlantic Mobile and NYNEX Mobile Communications was created from Advanced Mobile Phone Service, Inc., which was a subsidiary of AT&T created in 1978 to provide cellular service nationwide. AMPS, Inc. was divided among the RBOCs as part of the Bell System Divestiture.

Meanwhile, in June 1999, AirTouch Communications of San Francisco, California merged with UK-based Vodafone Group Plc, forming Vodafone AirTouch Plc. In September 1999, Vodafone AirTouch announced a $90-billion joint venture with Bell Atlantic Corp. to be called Verizon Wireless, and which would comprise the two companies' U.S. wireless assets: Bell Atlantic Mobile and AirTouch Paging. This wireless joint venture received regulatory approval in six months, and began operations as Verizon Wireless on April 4, 2000. On June 30, 2000, the addition of GTE Wireless' assets, in connection with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE to form Verizon Communications, made Verizon Wireless the nation's largest wireless communications provider. Verizon held that position until Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless in 2004, and again after their acquisition of Alltel in 2009. For the joint venture, Verizon Communications owns 55% and UK-based Vodafone Group (formerly Vodafone AirTouch) owns 45%. The name "Verizon," a portmanteau, is derived by combining the word "veritas," a Latin term that means "truth," and the word "horizon." Together, they are supposed to conjure images of reliability, certainty, leadership, and limitless possibilities.

Network
Verizon Wireless is one of two major U.S. carriers that use CDMA technology, the other being Sprint Nextel. Alltel also used CDMA before becoming part of Verizon Wireless. Other regional carriers that use CDMA are: U.S. Cellular, Cricket, and MetroPCS (see List of United States mobile phone companies for more information). Verizon supports the 3 generations of CDMA (IS-95, 1x, and EV-DO) networks and now its newest 4G LTE service which was released on Sunday December 5, 2010 in many cities. At this time, 4G LTE service is only offered as a mobile broadband data option. 4G LTE-Compatible Verizon mobile phones are expected to be released 1st and 2nd quarter of 2011.

Verizon Wireless invests $5.7 billion annually on average to maintain and expand its nationwide CDMA network. Verizon Wireless offers voice services as well as 3G data services such as wireless broadband based on EV-DO Rev A, text and picture messaging, over-the-air downloadable applications and content from its "Media Center" ( previously called, Get-It-Now) service, Video on Demand in the form of V CAST (which allows customers to download and view video content), location-based services, and Push-to-Talk.

On June 30, 2007, Verizon Wireless had completed the overhaul of the entire EV-DO network to EV-DO Rev. A. This enables PC Cards and certain phones to obtain theoretical peak download speeds of 3.1 Mbit/s and upload speeds of up to 1.8 Mbit/s. The actual download and upload speeds vary due to a number of factors, and users will typically see speeds close to 1 Mbit/s down, and 500 kbit/s up.

On 27 November 2007, Verizon Wireless announced plans to allow all cell phones compatible with their CDMA technology to run on their network. Users of such phones are also allowed to use any application they wish.

However, on September 20, 2007, Verizon Wireless had announced a joint effort with the Vodafone Group to transition their networks to the 4G standard LTE and on November 29, 2007, Verizon Wireless announced that they would start LTE trials in 2008. On December 9, 2008, Verizon announced that they intend to build and begin to roll out an LTE network, by the beginning of 2011. Adopting LTE would make for a gradual shift away from Verizon Wireless’ current use of CDMA technology because it is a completely different platform, but would offer increased operability for users traveling worldwide.

On January 25, 2009, Verizon Wireless released its first Femtocell called the Verizon Wireless Network Extender.

Verizon claims to operate "America's Largest and Most Reliable Wireless Network," covering approximately 290 million people.

On December 5th, 2010 Verizon Wireless launched its "4G LTE" network. Only two USB modems were available at launch. In an announcement made on January 6th, 2011, from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless stated in the first half of 2011 they will release: 10 new LTE devices including, four smartphones, two tablets, two netbooks, and two MiFi hotspots.

Advertising
In 2000, Verizon Wireless advertised they were, for a time, the largest cellular network in the country by showing people using cell phones and then gesturing with two fingers, much like the World War II-era "V for Victory" sign, to show that the person was on the Verizon ("V" or "iN") network. The slogan for Verizon Wireless at that time was "Join in." (Reminiscent of the slogan "Join in" was used in their marketing scheme up to this day. i.e., "iN-calling," "iN-messaging," and even the toll-free number "1-800-2-JOIN-IN.").

Later, Verizon adopted the slogan "We never stop working for you," with commercials (starting in 2002) depicting a Verizon employee roaming about in strange places continuously asking, "Can you hear me now? Good." (The "employee" is played by stage actor Paul Marcarelli) The "test man" represents Verizon test technicians.

In 2005, Verizon Wireless added an "army" of network engineers into their commercials in conjunction with the "test man" and introduced the slogan "It's the Network." to emphasize their network quality. (Verizon Wireless still uses the slogan "We never stop working for you." from time to time — especially on their website, toll-free number, and shopping bags.)

In 2008, Verizon Wireless sponsored Korean pop sensation Se7en further helping Se7en trademark his name in America and promote his U.S. debut single that was released in spring 2009.

Also in 2008, Verizon Wireless began a new television advertising campaign, with parodies of horror movies (including The Shining), with people trying to scare a main character with tales of a Dead Zone where calls cannot be made, who calmly responds that he or she has Verizon, and then the slogan appears, "Don't be afraid of Dead Zones."

In early 2009, Verizon Wireless officially dropped the "IN" campaign. Previously, calls between two Verizon Wirelesssubscribers were referred to as IN calling, but will now be referred to as Mobile-to-Mobile calling. With this change, Verizon Wireless also renamed their prepaid service Verizon Wireless Prepaid from iNPulse to Prepay.

In mid-2009, when the markets Verizon acquired from Alltel began to transition to the Verizon Wireless brand, web ads began to appear showing the test man with Chad, the Alltel salesman character that has appeared on Alltel commercials for the past five years.

Late in 2009, Verizon began ads that made use of the iPhone "There's an app for that" slogan, changing it to "There's a map for that" (see below). They began with maps showing large areas of the United States covered in red to represent Verizon's 3G service, with very limited areas in blue to show 3G service for AT&T, which was required to use the full capabilities of the iPhone. The ads progressively got more aggressive, including one where the iPhone was placed on the Island of Misfit Toys.

In November 2009, Verizon Wireless officially released the Motorola Droid. Analysts estimate Verizon sold between 100,000 and 200,000 Droids in its opening weekend; the wireless carrier should sell a total of 765,000 Droids by year-end, according to Avian Securities' forecast. At this pace, Droid, which was released in early November, would slightly trail the performance of the first Blackberry Storm, which sold a million units by the end of January after going on sale just before Thanksgiving last year.

In 2010 Verizon launched its latest advertising campaign creating the new tagline "Rule The Air." The campaign boasts Verizon's superior ability to "send a strong signal" and early advertisements heavily feature Verizon's range of Android powered smartphones.

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Reviews for RUGS USA.COM

This company has a massive selection, which seems amazing prior to ordering. After I ordered, they took three weeks to ship the rugs even though the rug was listed as on stock. So I finally get the rug and it's the wrong one. I check my order, call, confirm that it's the wrong one and they make me go through a return request process. So far it's been two weeks since I requested permission to return their screw up and I have heard NOTHING from them. I feel like they are trying to wait me out. Their live chat feature never leads to anything. You wait and wait and then it tells you to leave a message. Utter fail.

Horrible horrrrrrible customer service. Their return guarantee is a scam. They will send you the wrong rug and you'll be stuck with it.

I got my rug 3-4 weeks after ordering it, it was the wrong rug. I've tried to call their customer service multiple times and being put on hold for 20 minutes at a time, never getting a response to emails, trying to live chat and being told to leave a message, over a series of another 3 weeks. I am stuck with this rug I didn't want and have a feeling I'll never get my money back, in spite of their "30 Day Return Guarantee." It's complete garbage. I will never buy anything from them again.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Swift Car Insurance

Swift Car Insurance, There are a lot of car owners who search cheapest car insurance systems, rather those which are available online. Swift cover car insurance is one among them. It is aimed at people who intend to secure cheap insurance schemes online. Also, like other internet only insurance services, Swift Cover also does not provide good customer service or call centre. It is not good to believe that car insurance is just for those who own a sport car or a luxury car. Swift car insurance is one of the cheapest car insurance schemes that available online.

Netflix Distribution For Indies

The following is a re-post of an article in "The Independent".


SECURING DISTRIBUTION WITH NETFLIX
By Michelle L. Martin and Katie O'Connell

Many filmmakers want to reach Netflix's 16 million subscribers, but submission guidelines and criteria for films without third-party distributors aren't quite clear yet.

This could be your movie. Photo courtesy of Netflix.
This could be your movie. Photo courtesy of Netflix.

If you want tons of exposure for your film, Netflix—the world’s leading internet subscription service for movies and television—is the place to be. Netflix reaches over 16 million members in the United States and Canada. About a year ago they added 300 on-demand streaming indie films to their service. Getting your film distributed by Netflix, however, can be difficult. Even with a well-thought-out marketing plan and as much dedication and passion as you put into the making of your film, Netflix might not pick it up, and the company has yet to announce more specific requirements for independent film submissions.

Steve Swasey, vice president of Netflix corporate communications, says that for independents to get picked up by his company for distribution, they need a mixture of some or all of the following: queue demand, critical appeal, sizeable audience appeal, buzz, and film festival premieres. He says these are in no specific order and declines to give a specific number of requests needed for the Netflix queue. “If your film was profitable and gained plenty of exposure, the film's audience should be there to help support your film on Netflix,” Swasey says. “If your film got folks in their seats at film festivals and you spent time on marketing and building and audience then your chances are slightly higher.”

Swasey agrees that presenting a film to Netflix is akin to presenting a business plan to investors—you need to do your homework and deliver a great package in order to get considered for a Netflix run. You can always consult the company’s guidelines for more information on submissions.

According to the guidelines, they prefer to purchase films from a third-party distributor. If you find a distributor that already has a good relationship with Netflix, that will likely improve your chances. If you aren’t able to find a distributor, or prefer to DIY, they do accept submissions directly from filmmakers, but you must meet their criteria, and take Swasey’s suggestions into mind, before you send it in.

Whether you’re considering submitting to Netflix through a distributor or submitting yourself, marketing and buzz are as important as a script and camera equipment. Anthony Mora, of Anthony Mora Communications Inc., says if you’re hoping to eventually get distribution for a film, producers must develop a public relations strategy before the first day of shooting. “Too many [people] produce a film with no plan in place to market it. If they can afford a publicist, it is money well spent,” says Mora.

Mora recommends creating a basic press kit, both online and in paper form, and launching an online and traditional public relations campaign. Make sure to factor these costs into your overall budget. In other words, you can have the Picasso of films in the can ready to go, but according to Mora, if you can’t spread the word and create buzz, no one will know about it.

As Netflix offers no precise numbers in terms of audience size or queue requests needed for a green light, there is still uncertainty as to what will definitely get you noticed by Netflix. In some situations, they may pursue your film themselves. Randy Mack, producer of Burning Annie, says that his film, released in 2003, got noticed by Netflix while they were still in their festival run. Netflix went so far as to create a web page for the film. “I still have no idea how we got on their radar or why they were so sure we were going to get distribution,” Mack says. Burning Annie is currently available for distribution on Netflix, but isn’t available for streaming. “Our distributor says Netflix didn’t request that and they don’t know why,” says Mack. “This seems a little weird to me, since Netflix is making streaming the forefront of their service.”

Netflix gives filmmakers an opportunity to connect with a huge audience, but the relationship between Netflix and independent filmmakers is still evolving. Regardless if you’re trying to get on the Netflix service or not, marketing your film, creating buzz, and finding an audience will prove useful with or without Netflix, and might even help to secure distribution for your film through another company.

The Countless Ways a Home Mortgage Refinance is Good for you

Whether you like it or not, there will always be a time when you will be running out of money. Normally, it can be caused by unwise spending: it is when your expenses definitely surpass your income. Sometimes, though, it can be due to unforeseen events. For example, if you have settled for a sub prime loan for your property, you may realize that the interest rates have never been this high, scaring you to death. After all, default payments are already looming.

Thankfully, you have home mortgage refinance. It can provide you an easy way out to your financial problem, whatever it is. You can obtain your much-needed funds even before you find yourself in financial slump. A home mortgage refinance is a type of secured loan, which means you can make use of collateral to obtain a loan to pay your existing loan.

Here are the different benefits that you can gain from your home refinancing:

1. You can enjoy lower interest rates. So far, this is considered to be the biggest advantage of a home mortgage refinance. You can always hear people complain about how much they are paying for interest charges every month. Only making things worse are the different changes happening in the economy. If you are in a variable interest rate mortgage, then you have already felt the profound effects of the continuous increase of rates in the market. Chances are you are finding it even more difficult to pay your interest fees while there are other expenses that definitely need your attention.

With home mortgage refinance, it is like obtaining a new loan for yourself. With this, you can have greater flexibility on the interest rates that you like for your mortgage. You can opt for much lower interest rate, provided that you have excellent score, so you will be able to save some cash, which you can utilize to pay other expenses.

2. You can make use of your home mortgage refinance as additional funds for property purchase. Are you considering moving in or buying another property for yourself? Then you may have known by now that the value of properties have gone up that you may need some more funding just to pay for it. You can obtain that by home refinancing. You just have to bear in mind, though; the kind of refinancing you opted. If it is going to be fixed, it will be difficult for you to make advanced payments, unless you are ready to pay very high penalties. Nevertheless, if you have excellent credit standing, you may talk your options over with your lending company.

Generally, mortgage refinancing a home is ideal for people who like to achieve stability as well as flexibility to your mortgage. This is also especially good if you do not have any plans of staying very long on your current home. With this kind of loan, you will be able to manage your finances more effectively and obtain the kind of financial freedom that you want even in the midst of debts.

Refinance Your Home Mortgage with Best Rate! I Have Used both eLoan and Lendingtree

I have lived in my house for almost 12 years and originally had an 8% interest rate on my mortgage (1999 was tough for APR). About a year later, I refinanced through eLoans (or maybe it was Quicken loans??) and was able to get a 6.5% APR and reset the loan to a 30 year term. My total monthly payment went down considerably and I was able to drop the dreaded PMI so I was happy. A year or so later, I again refinanced the mortgage and went through LendingTree.com. Comparing several loan offers is definitely the way to go. Your local bank probably will not be able to compete but it is still a good idea to ask them what APR they can offer you. The prime rate had fallen and I was able to get a 5.5% interest rate for a 20 year term. My monthly payments only went up a few dollars but I dropped about 8 years from my amortization. The refinancing process is a bit of a pain, but well worth it in the long run. I highly recommend that when you refinance, you subtract years instead of dollars. Don't worry so much about lowering your monthly payments because by subtracting years of the term you will save a ton of cash. The mortgage broker and bank really won't care what you choose.

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Websense TRITON: sicurezza unificata Web, Social e Mobile

TRITON è la nuova soluzione unificata di content security di Websense: protegge dati e aziende da minacce in ambito email, social media, cloud e mobile working.

Websense ha da poco lanciato sul mercato una nuova soluzione unificata, TRITON in grado di proteggere le aziende da minacce e rischi potenziali del lavoro in mobilità: applicazioni Rich Internet, SaaS, ecc. Di fatto, l'era in cui viviamo e lavoriamo ci espone a minacce provenienti da nuove sorgenti: social media, cloud computing, tablet e smartphone, ecc.

Le soluzioni tradizionali non sono in grado di proteggere con piena efficacia dalle minacce miste, lasciando ampio margine a nuovi contesti di rischio.

TRITON, spiega Websense, si differenzia dai tradizionali firewall UTM non scalabili e dagli altri sistemi di controllo legacy (antivirus e filtri URL), che analizzano solo file e siti Web, in quanto è la prima soluzione con UTM che offre la massima sicurezza consolidata in una sola appliance.

L'architettura TRITON è un sistema modulare: i clienti possono ampliare in modo semplice ed efficiente sia la copertura che i servizi in base alle proprie esigenze e realtà aziendale. Obiettivo, rendere la piattaforma a prova di futuro, pronta ad esempio per i servizi Websense Mobile DLP e Cloud DLP, che presto saranno annunciati.

Il prodotto punta anche ad un risparmio sui costi per le aziende che lo adottano: l'architettura unificata elimina la duplicazione dei sistemi ottimizzando le spese. Inoltre, offre una efficace protezione contro attacchi misti di data-stealing e minacce interne, permettendo di ridurre il total cost of ownership del 45%.
Stampa

Websense offers 'middle-of-the-road' security

Security firm Websense has recently rebranded its year-old Triton product to include software-as-a-service features and says the tool now focuses on content security.

Websense says it combines on-premise email and Web security on a Websense V-Series appliance with cloud components to develop Triton Security Gateway Anywhere system which is scalable to meet the needs of businesses of every size.

“It is fully expandable and you can build it up by adding a licence key,” said David Meizlik, director of product marketing for Web and data security at Websense.

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He said licencing prices start at $13 per user per year for the entry level which covers email security; $56 per user per year for the Triton Security Gateway which includes email, Web security and gateway security appliance; and $70 per user per year for the Triton Security Gateway with full data loss prevention (DLP) features.

Meizlik said the service takes a different direction from the products and services offered by other vendors. “While other vendors focus on perimeter or endpoint security, we are focusing on the middle – on content security.”

Meizlik said this is an effective way of protection against the trend towards blended attacks that are able to circumvent firewalls, antivirus software and network intrusion prevention tools.

As threats such as Zeus, Stuxnet and Aurora are increasingly propagated through emails and Web content, it becomes crucial to focus security efforts on content, said Meizlik.

“As much as 20 per cent of daily email threats are undetected by antivirus, UTM (unified threat management) firewalls and proxies. With no network perimeter or standard endpoint to secure, the focus has to turn to securing the content itself,” he said.

$2.4 million awarded to a forklift worker who contracted mesothelioma on the job


A jury in Baltimore, Maryland has awarded $2.4 million to the family of Daniel Edwards, a forklift driver who died in 2008 of mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective lining of the body’s major organs and cavities that is caused almost exclusively by prolonged exposure to asbestos. Edwards’ cancer specifically affected the lining of his chest and lungs.



Edwards’ family claimed that he had contracted mesothelioma while moving bags of asbestos with a forklift for six years at Charlotte, North Carolina-based National Gypsum Co., where Edwards began working in 1969. mesothelioma generally takes between 20 and 50 years to develop and only becomes symptomatic when it reaches stage three or four. There is no cure for this or any other cancer, but mesothelioma prognosis is particularly grim. Life expectancy is usually no longer than 18 months, even when patients receive aggressive treatment.


Union Carbide Corp. mined and supplied the asbestos that Edwards was in charge of moving. Ye the company failed to warn workers about the risks asbestos exposure. Whenever asbestos is disturbed, carcinogenic asbestos fibers become airborne. These fibers are easily inhaled and lodge in the lungs where they fester for decades eventually leading to the development of mesothelioma.


Attorneys for Houston, Texas-based Union Carbide argued that National Gypsum was responsible for issuing the aforementioned safety warnings to employees. In order to protect itself from asbestos suits, National Gypsum filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code in 1990.

Under a Maryland law setting a cap on legal damages, the award will be reduced to USD2.2 million.

CronLab Pro 2000 Anti-Spam Appliance review

The Pro 2000 from CronLab is touted as a fire-and-forget anti-spam appliance with top detection rates. We put it through a barrage of live tests in the lab to see if it lives up to the hype.




There may be plenty of anti-spam appliances to choose from, but many businesses are put off them by the fact that some can be difficult to deploy and often require constant tinkering with their scoring systems to get good detection rates.


CronLab aims to avoid these problems. It claims the Pro 2000 can be up and running inside of ten minutes and requires no further configuration or customisation. We decided to put this to the test by dropping this compact 1U appliance into a live environment and leaving it for a few weeks to see how it faired.


The appliance provides anti-spam and anti-virus measures along with protection against phishing, spoofing and spyware. CronLab uses the open-source SpamAssassin mail filter preconfigured with a complete set of policies and augments this with a few proprietary techniques.


Anti-virus scanning is handled by ClamAV, but you can also add BitDefender if you want dual scanning engines. All updates are handled automatically and you don't have access to CronLab’s policies or spam scoring system.


Initial contact is via a local connection where we ran through a simple setup routine. This only takes a couple of minutes as all we needed to do was provide a fixed IP address for the appliance, add DNS servers and set the time zone.


The next step is to use the web browser interface where we entered details of a domain and hostname for the appliance. Information about mail domains to be filtered is required and we added the URL of our mail server, its port number and protocol.


With the appliance configured we then visited our ISP account and altered the DNS MX record for our domain to point at the appliance. This meant that all mail for our entire domain went to the appliance first, was filtered and then passed on to our ISP where our clients could collect their mail as normal.

Fortinet launches new data center security appliance


Fortinet, a network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced the addition of a new consolidated security appliance to its award-winning FortiGate product family. Fortinet will showcase the new appliance and other products at the RSA Conference in Booth #923 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from February 14-18.





The FortiGate-3140B consolidated security appliance is designed for large enterprises and data centers requiring maximum firewall, virtual private network and intrusion prevention system (IPS) performance to optimize protection against blended threats, destructive malware and constantly evolving attempts to breach security in high-speed network environments.

Big Performance; Small Form Factor

Leveraging custom FortiASIC processors, the FortiGate-3140B appliance provides large enterprises with up to 58 gigabits-per-second of firewall performance, 10 Gbps of IPS performance, and up to a robust 22 gigabits-per-second of VPN performance, all in a highly compact two rack unit (2-RU) form factor designed to preserve precious wiring closet real estate.

The new appliance comes standard with ten 10-gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) ports. To provide the most flexible protection for the most demanding network environments, the appliance offers a total of 22 ports, making the system ideal for data center and other high-bandwidth applications. This unmatched port density enables the FortiGate-3140B to be deployed as either a high-performance firewall or a unified threat management solution that can be easily configured to concurrently support VPN, IPS, application control, anti-spam and anti-virus security measures without degrading performance.

Equipped with the third major release of the FortiOS 4.0 MR3 operating system, the FortiGate-3140B will feature active profiling for improved policy enforcement and flow-based inspection for superior Web filtering and traffic shaping.

"Our large enterprise customers are vocal about their need for proactive security measures that can combine the trifecta of high performance, consolidated threat management, and ease of deployment in a single appliance," said Bashar Bashiereh, regional director at Fortinet Middle East. "And once again, we're responding to this directive with the release of our latest additions to the FortiGate product line. By innovating across hardware, software and 'threat landscape' dimensions, we continue to meet the evolving security requirements of our worldwide customer base."

The FortiGate-3140B rounds out the update of the FortiGate-3000 series family, joining the FortiGate-3950B, which delivers up to 120 Gbps of low-latency firewall inspection performance to help secure the most demanding enterprise environments, as well as the FortiGate-3040B, which delivers up to 40 Gbps of exceptionally low latency, wire-speed firewall inspection. This appliance family takes full advantage of the broad advancements offered in the FortiOS 4.0 MR3 operating system also announced today.

Availability

The FortiGate-3140B is available now.

Fortinet Launches Powerful Operating System Upgrades That Extend Wireless Networking and Integrated Security for Wired and Wireless Networks

SUNNYVALE, CA, Feb 14, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Fortinet(R) (FTNT) -- a leading network security provider
and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions
-- today announced a new release of its FortiOS(TM) 4.0 operating
system for the FortiGate product family, including today's newly
introduced FortiGate-3140B multi-threat security appliance. Fortinet
will showcase these and other products at the RSA Conference in Booth
#923 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from February 14-18.
(editors note:Please see today's announcement regarding Fortinet's
launch of the FortiGate-3140B security appliance.)



The broad advancements offered in the FortiOS 4.0 MR3 operating
system introduce wireless controller extensions that support
automatic provisioning of wireless access points, detection and
suppression of rogue access points, multiple authentication methods
and strengthened unified management of both wired and wireless
networks from a single FortiGate platform. The upgrade also
introduces active profiling and flow-based threat inspection
enhancements to the robust OS that already integrates firewall,
virtual private network (VPN), intrusion prevention (IPS), antivirus,
application control and many other security technologies.


Expanded Wireless Options
With the release of FortiOS 4.0 MR3,
powerful new security features and performance enhancements are now
available for FortiGate consolidated security appliances. The
advanced FortiOS operating system expands the wireless controller
capabilities of any FortiGate running FortiOS 4.0 MR3. These
capabilities improve security by enabling role-based access control
to limit access to regulated, proprietary, or confidential data based
upon a user's role, as well as allowing customers to meet wireless
PCI DSS compliance with improved rogue AP on-wire detection and
suppression and integrated management and reporting for both wireless
connectivity and security.


As a complement to this firmware feature, Fortinet is also
introducing the FortiAP-222B outdoor wireless access point (AP),
which completes the FortiAP family of access points and allows
enterprise-wide wifi coverage across the campus with seamless
roaming. The FortiAP-222B is a high power dual-radio outdoor thin AP
that provides wireless client access or air monitor in a ruggedized
weather-resistant enclosure. This device will benefit enterprises
looking to extend their wireless network to challenging
non-temperature controlled environments, or beyond the physical
footprint of a building or campus. The simple-to-manage-and-deploy
FortiAP-222B uses an industry leading high gain 27dB transmit output
and highly sensitive receiver which permits coverage to a vast area.


FortiOS Inspection Enhancements
The advanced FortiOS operating
system features active profiling that provides the ability to use a
form of behavioral analysis to create and actively enforce policies
based on deviations from corporate, group or individual baseline
profiles. A range of policy enforcement options is available for
suspicious behavior, including monitoring, quarantining and/or
outright blocking.

Exchange Server in a Box?

The continued success of the Apple iPad at eating into the laptop market has had me thinking about appliances—not the kind you find in your kitchen, but the kind that vendors such as Barracuda Networks and Azaleos sell. These appliances (for those of you who have been locked in a concrete bunker for the past few years) are essentially single-purpose servers that you install to provide a specific function on your network. The function, and hardware configuration, varies from vendor to vendor, but the basic idea is to deliver a service that requires a minimum of effort from the system administrator. The vast majority of appliances sold into the market are highly specialized. For example, if you're using a conventional hardware firewall, that's an appliance. So is the wireless router you have at home. So is your TiVo.


The whole idea of appliances seems like it would conflict with the direction that Microsoft Exchange Server (and now Lync) have taken: increasingly flexible, and complex, roles that can be combined or split onto separate machines. The idea behind appliances is to increase simplicity by clever packaging and configuration, and sometimes by adding vendor-specific utilities or customizations. For example, Barracuda's line of messaging-related products is based on open-source tools that Barracuda has extended and customized; Barracuda has added value to tools you could get for free by making them easier to configure and use, and by adding unique features.


Exchange Server has been largely immune to the appliance trend. Some functional areas, such as antispam and antivirus, have been successfully appliance-ized (a word I just made up) but Exchange itself hasn't. There are a number of reasons for this. The biggest reason is probably the simple fact that Exchange is designed to integrate with Active Directory (AD), Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, and Office Communications Server (OCS)/Lync. This integration means you can't just stick a self-contained Exchange server into a rack and call it good—and as soon as you have to start integrating something with AD and other infrastructure components, you lose many of the theoretical time- and cost-savings that appliances offer.


Another reason is that Exchange designs aren't one-size-fits-all. For example, I have a customer with about 500 mailboxes that are geographically distributed between London and New York. This company has invested heavily in high availability. I have another customer of similar size whose users are all located in one building; their investments have been very different. Exchange works well for both customers—and many more besides—because of its flexibility. To some extent, flexibility is antithetical to the idea of a single-function appliance that does one thing easily and well.


Of course, another reason we haven't seen Exchange appliances is the advent of cloud-based services. Microsoft has invested heavily in designing Exchange 2010 so that the same code could run both locally and in the cloud, and cloud-based services—at least in theory—offer many of the same potential advantages as appliances: ease of installation, ease of use, and reduced maintenance costs.


Against this background, the recent announcement by HP of its new E5000 line of packaged Exchange solutions is particularly interesting. HP will be announcing more details of its new solutions soon, and I'll have more to say about them when that happens.

Global Unified Threat Management 2008-2012 - a new market research

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Security Systems industry is available in its catalogue.

More information regarding this report:Global Unified Threat Management 2008-2012

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Unified Threat

 



Management (UTM) appliance integrates devices such as firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), intrusion detection and prevention, and gateway into a single platform for threat management. UTM is a single system, handling duties of multiple systems such as guarding against intrusion, filtering content & spam, and performing anti-virus duties. Also, these appliances include security management or policy management.

Many enterprises are adopting UTM appliances to consolidate their network security, reduce cost and improve security management. Moreover, UTM appliances are increasingly preferred as these can add new capabilities with single hardware upgrade; thus, accommodating future scalability.

The UTM market is expected to grow across enterprises with increasing demand for addition of new features such as content security (Web and messaging). These UTM Appliances provide different security applications through dedicated appliances. The UTM Appliance vendors are focusing on the threat mitigation features and design hardware which includes anti-virus, anti-malware, content filtering, and traffic analysis.

The report by TechNavio Insights forecasts the size of the UTM market over the period 2008-2012. Further, it discusses the key market trends, drivers and challenges of UTM market, and profiles some of the key vendors of this market.

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1. Introduction


2. Global UTM Appliance Market

3. Market Segmentation by Geography

3.1 UTM Market in Americas

3.2 UTM Market in EMEA

3.3 UTM Market in APAC

4. Market Trends

5. Sales Drivers

6. Challenges

7. Major Vendor Profiles


7.1 Checkpoint

7.2 Crossbeam

7.3 Fortinet

7.4 Juniper Networks

7.5 SonicWALL

Other Reports in this Series



List of Exhibits

Exhibit 2.1: Global UTM Market in USD millions (2008-2012)


Exhibit 3.1: Market Segmentation of UTM by Geography (2008)

Exhibit 3.2: UTM in Americas - Market Size and Forecast 2008-2012 (in $ billion)

Exhibit 3.3: UTM in EMEA - Market Size and Forecast 2008-2012 (in $ billion)

Exhibit 3.4: UTM in APAC - Market Size and Forecast 2008-2012 (in $ million)















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Roaring Penguin Adds Granularity to the CanIt Reputation List

Roaring Penguin Software upgrades their CanIt IP Reputation list. The CanIt IP Reputation list is a key component of the CanIt family of anti-spam solutions for ISPs, Web Hosts, Universities, and Managed Services Providers.


Ottawa, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/09/2011 -- Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt Reputation List collects IP reputation data on e-mail servers fr1om a worldwide network of sensors. Roaring Penguin currently aggregates this data into four DNS-based block lists:




Spam Source: A list of IP addresses that have sent mostly spam and very little non-spam.



Dictionary Attackers: A list of IP addresses that have sent to many nonexistent recipients and very few valid recipients.



Greylist Stumblers: A list of IP addresses that have been thwarted by greylisting. Such machines are typically compromised personal computers.



Good: A list of IP addresses that have passed greylisting, have sent to very few nonexistent recipients, and have sent mostly non-spam. These machines are very likely legitimate mail servers.



To these block lists Roaring Penguin has added a new list called "Mixed" for hosts that send a mixture of spam and non-spam.



Roaring Penguin found that the old "SpamSource" list would often list outbound mail servers for large e?mail providers. These servers tend to send a lot of spam, but they also send a lot of non-spam e-mail.




The change to Roaring Penguin's Reputation Lists means that about 5600 machines formerly listed on the "SpamSource" list are now listed on "Mixed". This still leaves almost 1.9 million machines listed on the "SpamSource" e-mail reputation list.



CanIt 8.0 is available as:



CanIt-PRO, an anti-spam / anti-virus appliance or a soft appliance.

CanIt-Domain-PRO, spam filtering software that allows service providers such as MSPs to host anti-spam for their customers.

Hosted CanIt, a fully outsourced anti-spam solution.



About Roaring Penguin

Founded in 1999, Roaring Penguin Software Inc., specializes in developing spam email blockers The company focuses on fighting spam at the mail server, with the acclaimed CanIt and MIMEDefang product lines. Today, Roaring Penguin develops, deploys and supports its spam- and virus-fighting software for customers that include enterprises, ISPs, campuses, web hosts, and government offices. For more information, visit http://www.roaringpenguin.com.













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mikado soft GmbH präsentiert sich auf der CeBIT 2011

NAC-Software macmon jetzt auch mit WLAN-Unterstützung







Berlin
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Der Berliner Netzwerk-Security Experte mikado soft wird sich auf der diesjährigen CeBIT vom 01. bis 05. März im Rahmen der Security Plaza in Halle 11, Stand 16 mit der neuesten Version seines Netzwerksicherheitssystems macmon präsentieren. Zudem berichtet das Unternehmen in Vorträgen im Rahmen der Heise CeBIT Security Plaza über sein Engagement in IF-MAP Forschungsprojekten.



macmon 3.3. mit neuen Funktionen

macmon 3.3. enthält eine Reihe von neuen Funktionen. Hierzu gehört insbesondere ein dezidierter WLAN-Support, der es Unternehmen oder Institutionen ermöglicht, Gästen mit Smart-Devices und anderen mobilen Rechnern einen kontrollierten Zugriff auf das Unternehmensnetz zu gewähren. Die Appliance wurde überarbeitet und die grafische Benutzeroberfläche erweitert, um die Konfiguration auch in komplexen Netzwerken zu vereinfachen. Durch die Integration verschiedener Dienste werden die Administrationsprozesse rationalisiert und weitere Sicherheitsfunktionen (Antivirus, IDS-Systeme, etc,) integriert.



mikado soft wird sich auf der CeBIT gemeinsam mit seinen Partnern Bücker EDV, P&W Netzwerk, alcera Kommunikationstechnik und DMN Solutions präsentieren, die Lösungen rund um das System macmon vorstellen werden.




NAC-Lösung macmon

macmon ist eine Hersteller unabhängige Network-Access-Control (NAC) Software, die IT-Prozesse sichert und das LAN vor unautorisierten, nicht sicheren Geräten und internen Angriffen schützt.



Als modulares System für unterschiedliche Sicherheitsanforderungen schafft macmon umfassende Transparenz im Netzwerk und bietet einen nachweisbaren Return-On-Investment durch leichte Integrierbarkeit, einen geringen Installations- und Betriebsaufwand, die Optimierung der Netzwerk-Administration sowie messbare Energie-Einsparungen. IT-Manager erlangen mit macmon zudem eine deutliche Arbeitsentlastung, da das Sicherheitsmanagement an einer zentralen GUI über das gesamte Unternehmensnetzwerk hinweg organisiert und überwacht werden kann.



Vorträge zum Engagement in IF-MAP Forschungsprojekten auf der CeBIT

mikado soft beteiligt sich an Forschungsprojekten zu neuen Sicherheits-Standards. Aktuell arbeitet das Unternehmen gemeinsam mit Partnern aus dem Forschungsbereich und der Industrie an der Weiterentwicklung des Standards "IF-MAP" der Trusted Computing Group und wird im zweiten Halbjahr 2011 eine Lösung anbieten. IF-MAP erlaubt den Austausch von Informationen zwischen verschiedenen Sicherheitssystemen, um durch eine Bewertung aller verfügbaren Daten die Sicherheitssituation deutlich zu erhöhen. Informationen stellt mikado in Vorträgen auf der Heise CeBIT Security Plaza vor.



mikado soft gmbh

Die deutsche mikado soft gmbh ist auf die Entwicklung, Pflege und den Vertrieb von Lösungen für die Netzwerk-Sicherheit spezialisiert. Die eigen entwickelte, Hersteller unabhängige und modulare NAC-Software macmon schützt das LAN vor unautorisierten, nicht sicheren Geräten und internen Angriffen.



mikado soft ist das jüngste Mitglied der mikado-Gruppe, angeführt von der mikado ag. Gegründet vor 25 Jahren in Berlin, ist die mikado ag als Beratungs- und Serviceunternehmen darauf spezialisiert, die Verfügbarkeit von IT-Prozessen in Unternehmen sicherzustellen. Die mikado Gruppe beschäftigt etwa 50 Mitarbeiter in Deutschland. Von den Security-Dienstleistungen und -Produkten profitieren europaweit Unternehmen unterschiedlicher Branchen. Zum Kundenstamm gehören u. a. Bundesministerien, Volkswagen, Müller Milch, Total, ZF, SWR, Vivantes, KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Sparkassen und Volksbanken.

Firmensitz der mikado soft gmbh ist Berlin.



mikado ist Mitglied bei BITKOM, SIBB und der Trusted Computing Group.

(Ende)











Aussender: TC Communications


Ansprechpartner:


Thilo Christ

email: thilo.christ@tc-communications.de

Tel. +49(0)8081 954617


Websense unveils solution to protect data over email, social web



Websense unveils solution to protect data over email, social web
Announcement / Corporate February 04, 2011, 13:42 IST

Customer-proven TRITON solution now enabled with next-generation email security, hybrid deployment, and data loss prevention all from a single management console, single appliance and single vendor - Websense


Websense, Inc.(NASDAQ: WBSN) – In an age of borderless organizations, social media, cloud applications, WikiLeaks, tablets and smartphones – modern, blended security threats from Aurora to Zeus are slipping past standard security products unchecked. With no network perimeter or standard endpoint to secure, only Websense can secure the content itself by identifying, classifying and understanding content in all of its forms and wherever it travels so that it can be protected from attack, theft and misuse. Through this innovative approach, the Websense® TRITON™ solution is unique in its ability to remove threats and risks while enabling organizations to take advantage of rich internet applications, SaaS, social media and mobility.



The Websense TRITON solution stands in marked contrast to traditional firewall UTMs, which do not scale to solve today’s security threats, and other legacy controls like antivirus and URL filters that look only at the file and website. The TRITON solution is the first, and only, content UTM delivering uncompromising security in a consolidated appliance solution. And with the innovation delivered in this release, Websense TRITON marks the beginning of the era of the content-secure enterprise.

The new flagship offering, Websense TRITON Security Gateway Anywhere, combines Websense Web and Email Security Gateway technology, including hybrid deployment and data loss prevention (DLP), into the world’s first unified content security gateway. The TRITON gateway consolidates on-premises email and Web security on a single Websense V-Series™ appliance, complemented by cloud-based SaaS components, for ultimate efficiency and effectiveness, and DLP to prevent the loss of confidential information and aid in compliance.


The TRITON architecture is a modular system, so customers can easily and efficiently expand coverage and services as their needs grow. Included in this release, for example, and ideal for existing Websense Web Filter customers, is support for Websense Web Security on the V-Series appliance. This provides Web Filter customers with enhanced security, consolidation and expandability to other TRITON services. Modular design like this helps organizations build and adapt their TRITON solution, and delivers a platform for the future, supporting soon-to-be announced Websense Mobile DLP™ and Cloud DLP™ services.


The innovative, first of its kind TRITON gateway unites the next generation of email security into the TRITON solution. Based on more than 10 years of proven email security expertise, this revolutionary new email security incorporates enterprise-class DLP, advanced encryption and archiving for email. Unlike “lite” DLP offered by other companies, Websense TruEmail DLP™ uses Websense market-leading DLP technology to accurately identify confidential data, virtually eliminating false positives and negatives and delivering full workflow and reporting. It also benefits from TruHybrid™ deployment capabilities so that spam is filtered in the cloud before it hits customer’s networks and confidential data can be secured on premises before it leaves the network.


“Websense already leads the content security software market,” said John McCormack, president, Websense. “Everybody else is providing a portfolio of point products. Only Websense made a four-year investment to build a platform that truly unifies and consolidates Web security, email security and DLP in a way that is greater than the sum of its parts AND reduces costs.”



The unique way that the TRITON architecture unifies and consolidates security eliminates bloated duplication of systems, saving customers capex and opex. The unified elements also share intelligence with each other for the most effective protection against blended data-stealing attacks and internal threats. Through this unification, Websense TRITON dramatically lowers the total cost of ownership by 45 percent over competitive offerings.


Sharing more than 10 years of real-time intelligence gathered by the Websense ThreatSeeker™ Network and the Websense Advanced Classification Engine (ACE), the TRITON solutions are more effective at battling blended threats that have rendered traditional defenses obsolete. For example, Websense doesn’t just block Web threats in browsers, the malicious links can also be stripped from incoming emails. Also, the Websense Web solution is data aware to stop important documents from being leaked or stolen. ACE combines multiple content analysis services to identify security threats and inappropriate content that bypass traditional security technologies and it does it all in real time.


“Websense hybrid deployments give us the confidence we need as a leading pan-European operator with thousands of remote workers,” said David Rigby, IT Network Manager, P&O Ferrymasters (A Dubai World Company). “It’s all about the right access to the right data for the right people, whether on-premises or off. As a shipping and logistics company, we always have employees at customer sites, and they are entering and communicating confidential data like manifests and invoices. With Websense TRITON-based products, like their Web Security Gateway and email security, we feel confident that our systems stay clean of malware and the integrated DLP helps make sure that sensitive data stays where it should, without fear of data loss.”


“There is no question that the threat landscape is evolving at a rapid pace,” stated Michael Suby, VP of Research at Stratecast (a Division of Frost & Sullivan). “Furthermore, cyber perpetrators will readily pounce on exploitable gaps in legacy security products. What Websense is accomplishing with its TRITON architecture is providing businesses with an extensible and adaptable mechanism to fight fire with fire.”


For more information, watch this Websense TRITON video. Learn more at websense.com.

En un futuro cercano, el spyware será la pesadilla de la industria móvil

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Fortinet, empresas centrada en la fabricación de appliances de seguridad de red, está observando desde hace algún tiempo cómo está cambiando la seguridad en el entorno móvil. Hablamos con Luis Miguel Cañete, Director de Canal de Fortinet Iberia, sobre la oferta de la compañía, la dificultad que entraña securizar los terminales móviles o la actitud de los usuarios antes los posibles problemas de seguridad que pueden generar los móviles.


¿Cuál la oferta de seguridad para móviles de su empresa?



En Fortinet contamos con una solución específica para telefonía móvil, FortiClient Mobile. Esta solución ofrece una gran variedad de funcionalidades de seguridad diseñadas para proteger smartphones basados en plataformas Windows Mobile o Symbian. Entre sus características cabe destacar: el escaneado antivirus, firewall, protección de la agenda de direcciones del Outlook, VPN IPsec, filtrado y antispam de SMS, seguridad del móvil, y filtrado de llamadas. Asimismo dispone de actualizaciones automáticas a través del servicio de suscripción FortiGuard o del appliance FortiManager para asegurarse frente a las últimas amenazas,, a la vez que el FortiManager ofrece un control centralizado.  Además, contamos con una solución VPN SSL para Apple iPhone e iPod touch (a través de una aplicación descargable de  iTunes App StoreSM).


Al incorporar la solución FortiMobile a una red con seguridad Fortinet dotamos de protección adicional a los usuarios móviles que acceden a los recursos de la red a través de dispositivos que se encuentran fuera del perímetro.  Así, al desplegar agentes FortiMobile, nos aseguramos que estos usuarios no solo protegen sus móviles y los datos que almacenan sino que tampoco se convierten en una puerta de entrada a amenazas móviles que puedan afectar a la infraestructura corporativa.



A la hora de proteger un smartphone, ¿qué es lo más complicado, la cantidad de plataformas, que estén siempre conectados, rendimiento limitado…?


En los smartphones confluyen una serie de características que les convierten en dispositivos especialmente propensos a sufrir ataques. Las redes 3G al ofrecer un mayor ancho de banda y permiten acceder a una amplia gama de servicios avanzados. Esto representa una gran vía de entrada de malware ya que los usuarios no sólo utilizan las aplicaciones instaladas de fábrica. Además, la usabilidad de estos dispositivos está favoreciendo el uso de los smartphones tanto para uso personal como profesional lo que entraña otros peligros que afectan ya no sólo al usuario del dispositivo móvil sino también a la propia corporación.


El mercado de telefonía móvil presenta una posición única en términos de malware en comparación con el mercado del PC. Las plataformas disponibles en PC son limitadas mientras que el número de plataformas móviles continúa creciendo: Google Android, SymbianOS, Windows Mobile, Palm. Esta amplia variedad de plataformas complica a los fabricantes a la hora de desarrollar soluciones de seguridad para ellas.



Actualmente existen una amplia variedad de plataformas móviles, ¿se crearán soluciones de seguridad para todas? ¿cree que el hecho de no contar con productos de seguridad específicos afectarán al éxito de la plataforma afectada?


El no contar con una solución de seguridad en nuestro móvil puede suponer un grave perjuicio para el usuario, y como indicábamos anteriormente, también para la empresa si éste lo utiliza como instrumento para acceder a la red corporativa.


Es probable que el propio mercado se encargue de reducir el número de plataformas que existen en la actualidad. En este punto, el usuario valorará positivamente que su móvil se encuentre protegido por lo que es probable que opten por plataformas que cuenten con soluciones de seguridad específicas. Los fabricantes iremos adaptando nuestra oferta a las plataformas más demandadas.


¿Cree que los usuarios son conscientes de que sus móviles son una tentación para los hackers?


El malware en móviles es un fenómeno todavía desconocido. La mayoría de la gente ni siquiera es consciente de su existencia y los que conocen el problema lo consideran un mal menor porque “hay muy pocos”. Sin embargo se está convirtiendo en un problema real en el que la clave reside no tanto en la cantidad como en su capacidad de propagación y el daño que provocan. Un solo virus puede infectar a cientos de miles de móviles como el caso de los gusanos CommWarrior y Yxes para Symbian.


En Fortinet creemos que el uso creciente de los teléfonos inteligentes y otros dispositivos inalámbricos y los nuevos modelos de negocio que permiten,  se convertirá en la mayor amenaza para la seguridad de la empresa en un futuro próximo.



Los usuarios de móviles ¿cree que está dispuestos a pagar por tener seguridad en sus terminales?


Es cuestión de tiempo. En el momento en que el usuario sea consciente del problema que le supone sufrir ataques de phising a través de su móvil, sea objeto de spam a través de SMS, le roben los datos personales de su agenda de contactos, etc. estará dispuesto a invertir en su propia seguridad.


¿Qué consejos daría a los usuarios de smartphones para estás más protegidos?


Hay unos sencillos consejos fáciles de seguir: no abra un SMS o MMs procedente de un desconocido, no se descargue una aplicación desconocida, instale un antivirus en su móvil, no conecte su móvil a otro dispositivo que pueda estar infectado y alerte a su operador si sufre un ataque.


¿Cómo cree que evolucionará la seguridad en los móviles en los próximos años? ¿Veremos soluciones de seguridad en las tiendas con más de una licencia?


En un futuro cercano, el spyware será la pesadilla de la industria móvil. Fortinet detectó un fuerte incremento de spyware para teléfonos móviles que afecta a todas las plataformas: iPhone, Symbian o Windows Mobile. Nuestro equipo de detección, FortiGuard, ha detectado una importante cantidad y variedad de malware para móviles. Y va en aumento, sobre todo con el desarrollo y la comercialización de suites dirigidas a crear spyware para móviles, productos que son vendidos por cientos o miles de dólares.

You need to manage the privileged identities

You need to manage the privileged identities for every system in your network You need to manage the privileged identities for every system in your network

You have security firewalls and antivirus tools. You have role-based access controls and identity management software. You probably even have regulatory compliant applications. But how safe are the servers, storage devices, and network appliances that actually host your data? At this moment can any administrator login to your systems, read and modify records, change device settings, install new code… and more? If there's a breach, will you know who is responsible? How will you track who did what to which system, and when? Without a method for managing the privileged identities for every system in your network, you are vulnerable to all of these threats posed by unauthorised users and malicious programs.

Privileged identities are accounts that hold elevated permission to access files, install and run programs, and change configuration settings. They exist on virtually every server and desktop operating system, business application, database, Web service, and network appliance in your organization.

The ability to manage the accounts that allow privileged access – whether called privileged account password management (PAPM), privileged user password management (PUPM), or shared account password management (SAPM) – is a subset of the broader Identity and Access Management (IAM) category. However, conventional IAM solutions are designed to manage typical end-user account activities and cannot discover or control privileged identities.

Lieberman Software frequently hear complaints that other vendors’ products:
• Become slow, unresponsive, or difficult to manage when deployed on large networks;
• Don’t complete password changes reliably and fail to report potentially serious error conditions;
• Don’t adequately keep up with changes on the customer network, lapsing in coverage even after predictable changes occur in systems and applications;
• Are sold with low up-front license fees and the promise of easy implementation, only to turn into vastly more expensive, open-ended services engagements;
• Have deployments that result in higher staff workloads and simply fail to perform.
• Purchases that led to years of expensive service engagements yet never delivered the agreed scope of work.

Today virtually all IT staff enjoy anonymous, unaudited 24/7 access to your datacentre applications, computers and appliances through use of privileged account credentials. More IT auditors are beginning to notice that this lack of accountability has brought organisations out of compliance with key industry mandates – PCI-DSS, HIPAA and others. The hackers have also taken notice, exploiting these all-powerful and often poorly secured credentials.

Many organisations seem to grasp too late that implementing a privileged identity management solution is too important a process to delegate to a rubber-stamp Request for Proposal (RFP) or a battle of vendor checkboxes. If handled correctly your implementation can help you close critical security loopholes; help make staff members accountable for actions that affect IT service and data security; and lower the cost of regulatory compliance. Yet the wrong choices too often turn into expensive shelf-ware.

The truth is that privileged identity management software is not a commodity and should not be purchased based on checkboxes and up-front fees alone. Vendor claims to the contrary, not all solutions perform equally well under vastly different deployment conditions that can include:
• Wide varieties of managed computers – Windows, Linux, UNIX, and mainframes along with numerous network appliance platforms, backup infrastructure, and other hardware to be secured;
• Large numbers of frequently changing target systems that can be separated by slow, unreliable, or expensive WAN links;
• Significant numbers of custom-designed and legacy applications that might be poorly documented and whose designs may pose significant vulnerabilities if not properly remediated;
• Complex organisational structures demanding solutions with the flexibility to handle overlapping and frequently-changing lines of delegation and control.

If any of these scenarios sound like your organisation, you should downplay vendors’ claims and instead focus on:
• Trial deployments that encompass a test environment with a realistic sampling of your target systems, applications, and user roles;
• Engaging in in-depth conversations with reference customers whose deployments realistically match the diversity and scale of your own organisation, and whose managed applications at least reasonably approximate your own;
• Getting the facts from those customer references about true timeframes and back-end costs of vendor deployments so that you can budget your project accordingly.

As you proceed with your evaluation be aware that many vendor checkboxes simply lie. Craftily written marketing pieces can suggest that a vendor’s capabilities with respect to one target platform, application or deployment scenario extend to all areas where they claim coverage, and salespeople often believe their organisation’s own marketing hype.

Ask very explicit questions about how individual target platforms, managed applications and use case scenarios are configured and deployed. In each case was the vendor’s capability delivered out-of-the box, only through custom development, or never at all?

Here is a scenario that is guaranteed to go wrong: an organisation needs to remediate its processes for managing privileged accounts following a disastrous auditor finding. The organisation has 30 years’ worth of legacy hardware and software to be secured and an ill-defined organisational structure for controlling access and managing change. Management’s goal is to purchase the lowest-cost, appliance-based solution they can find that offers a money-back guarantee and the promise to eliminate those audit failures.

Management assigns a project team to develop an exhaustive RFP spreadsheet that is typically culled from various analysts’ findings. The RFP is sent to a handful of vendors with the request that they provide all information and supporting documentation in two weeks’ time.

Your choice of a privileged identity management solution should start with an honest discussion among all process stakeholders including the CSO, CIO, IT administrators, and anyone else involved in the management of sensitive accounts. Your key stakeholders should be those that will suffer the most damage should the solution take too long to implement, unnecessarily add to staff workloads, or provide insufficient coverage. Define your project goals and then determine who on the team is best suited to determine if each proposed solution is really a fit.

Privileged identity management requires not only the introduction of technology, but also some fundamental changes in how sensitive credentials are disclosed, changed and attributed to those who use them. Regardless of whether a solution can lower staff workloads, individuals who once enjoyed unlimited, anonymous access will probably resist being held accountable. For this reason the project is likely to succeed only with the active sponsorship of top management.

Expect your vendor to provide:
• A detailed, written analysis of your organisation’s business goals;
• Explicit documentation of your needs with respect to systems, applications, and lines of control;
• A trial evaluation of the proposed solution in a realistic test environment;
• A clear statement of work that details the time and cost required to bring unsecured privileged accounts present in your target systems and applications under control.



Opinion piece submitted by Phillip Lieberman, president and CEO of Lieberman Software