Kaspersky Lab Perceived as best anti-malware Brand for Business

According to the Global IT Security Risks Survey, conducted by B2B International for Kaspersky Lab, the Kaspersky Lab brand has outstripped its rivals     for the second year running. 16% of senior IT professionals from companies all around the world rate Kaspersky Lab as the top anti-malware brand, a higher percentage than for any of our competitors.

Kaspersky Lab is in fourth place for brand awareness among global IT security vendors, but ranks second in terms of brand efficiency, according to B2B’s brand funnel analysis, weighted by country size. And companies who use Kaspersky Lab corporate products are more confident that they are protected against future IT threats, poling a confidence level 3% above the average.

More than 3,300 senior IT professionals from 22 countries took part in the Global IT Security Risks survey. The chosen experts from the July 2012 research play a key role in their firm’s IT security policy and also have a good understanding of general business needs. Researchers from B2B explored their views on the major IT security issues facing companies of all sizes and in all parts of the world.

Alexander Erofeev, Chief Marketing Officer, Kaspersky Lab, said, “It’s  very important for us that the Kaspersky Lab brand is winning the recognition of businesses worldwide. And it’s especially good news that in this survey it seems to be key decision makers and IT security experts who have rated our brand so highly. We keep developing our brand and providing best of breed protection and client service for our global customers. This has been confirmed time and again by leading IT market researchers, such as IDC and Gartner.”

eScan enters premium partnership with Team Computers

Mumbai, November 20, 2012: eScan, one of the leading Anti-Virus and Content Security Solution providers have entered into a premium partnership with Team Computers, the leading IT solutions provider. eScan being one of the most preferred security solutions amongst the IT users in India, with its latest collaboration with Team Computers will jointly address the market with solutions to cater their IT security needs.

eScan fulfills the expectations of IT users by being a complete Anti-Virus solution by providing real-time protection against evolving cyber threats, low memory usage, provides value-added services, in addition to excellent technical support and profitability to its partners. While Team Computers being one of the largest IT solution providers, facilitates with highest quality of solutions to its clients as per their business needs. Hence, this alliance will be proved beneficial in terms of excellent computing experience to IT users across the region.

Commenting on this alliance Mr. Sunil Kripalani, Senior Vice President - Global Sales and Marketing, eScan, said, “We are delighted to develop this alliance with Team Computers where in our mission is to protect all our customers from the targeted malware attacks and provide efficient security services for end-points. Under this alliance, our teams together will focus on key business verticals in order to enhance penetration across India. This will extend the opportunities and allow our clients to deploy integrated security system to ensure reliable protection to their IT infrastructure. This will also lead to a substantial increase in the revenue for both the brands.”

Sharing his views on the partnership, Mr. Vivek Srivastava, Manager – Infra Software & Security, Team Computers said, “Team Computers is glad to be associated with eScan. With eScan’s finest contributions of augmented services such as regular training, lead generation, interaction with the technical staff on daily basis and exploring new potential for upgrading their computers, in addition to a word-class security solution will be win-win situation for Team Computers.”

About eScan:

eScan, one of the leading Anti-Virus & Content Security solutions for Desktops & Servers is developed and marketed by MicroWorld. It is powered by innovative and futuristic technologies, such as MWL Technology, DIRC Technology, NILP Technology, and sophisticated Anti-Virus Heuristic Algorithms that not only provides protection from current threats, but also provides proactive protection against evolving threats. eScan provides 24x7 free remote support facility, integrated in the software to help customers to get their malware related issues resolved in the fastest possible time-frame. It has achieved several certifications and awards from some of the most prestigious testing bodies, notable among them being Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, West Coast Labs (Checkmark), ICSA, and PCSL labs. Combining the power of various technologies, eScan provides Multi-level Real-time Protection to Computers and Networks. For more information, visit www.escanav.com.

McAfee Launches New Data Center Security Suites

McAfee has announced four new Data Center Security Suites to help secure servers and databases in the data center.  The suites offer a unique combination of whitelisting, blacklisting and virtualization technologies for protecting servers and virtual desktops. These solutions provide optimal security for servers and databases in physical, virtualized and cloud based data centers, with minimal impact on server resources which is a key demand for data centers.

“Performance and security are key concerns for servers in the physical, virtualized or cloud based Data Centers,” said Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst, Information Security and Networking at Enterprise Security Group.  “The new server security suites from McAfee, based on its application whitelisting, virtualization and blacklisting and AV technologies, provide an enhanced security posture while maintaining the high server performance needs of the Data Center.”

“McAfee is leading the industry with these new solutions for protecting servers in the data center,” said Candace Worley, senior vice president and general manager of endpoint security at McAfee.  “The combination of whitelisting, blacklisting and virtualization in a single solution, offers an optimal security posture for protecting servers in the data centers.  These solutions address the need in the industry to offer solutions that provide the highest level of protection with minimal impact on the resources they are deployed on and in a wide range of customized licensing options.”

Cloud: Despite challenges exciting years ahead

Despite the hiccups and challenges surrounding cloud adoption and BYOD policy in enterprises, the coming years are going to be exciting and keenly watched, observed experts here at the Nasscom Cloud and Mobility Summit 2012.

Research firm Gartner in its recent Hype Cycle report notes that the hype around cloud computing and misuse of the term by some providers create confusion in the market. The report also goes on to caution that if "cloudwashing" continues it could detract from the technology's many benefits.

Initiating a debate on 'Solutions to Security and Compliance Challenges in the Cloud' Kartik Shahani, Country Manager, India and SAARC, RSA pointed out that despite the benefits, the biggest challenge faced by enterprises when they think of moving to cloud is the security aspect.

There are several issues about compliance, manage data leakage or meeting regulatory requirements, he added.

RIM segment on accelerated growth path: Pradeep Kar

Joining the discussion, Mark Goudie, Regional Manager, Investigative Response, Verizon Asia -Pacific, said that Data classification is the Number one thing enterprises need to do when moving to cloud.

He observed that enterprises lack a detailed security policy regarding access to enterprise data. Every business document needs to be classified to decide if it should go to cloud or not.

Agreeing with Goudie was Mahesh Gupta, VP, Business Development, Borderless Networks, CISCO, India & SAARC who added that enterprise needs to define policies with regard to providing access from employees' personal devices from different locations.

"Providing access to employees from wi-fi public hotspots ( to enterprise data) can be quite dangerous. So, networks should be context aware too," he stressed.

Pointing out at different security regulations in different countries and the challenges it brings before cloud adoption, Rahul Jain, Sr. Consultant, Security Practices, DSCI, said ''It is often viewed that laws do not scale up to developments in technology. But, law cannot always be perspective and challenges will come with its interpretation. Our policy makers need to interact more with the industry before bringing regulations,'' he said.

Now pro Pussy Riot punk band cyber attack in Russia

Russian computer hackers today attacked the website of the Moscow court that tried and convicted three members of the Pussy Riot punk band last week, RIA Novosti reports.

The Associated Press says the Russian offshoot of the loose-knit movement known as Anonymous first tweeted news that the website of Khamovniki District Court was down.

The hackers posted a message calling for the release of the three members of the punk band who were sentenced to two years in prison on charges of "hooliganism" for mounting a protest at Moscow's largest cathedral in February.

The protest included a profanity-laced song criticizing the Russian Orthodox church and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The hackers also posted a music video clip of what RIA Novosti calls "homosexual content" by a Bulgarian pop-folk singer.

In addition, the AP reports, search engines' cached pages show that the hackers posted Pussy Riot's latest song ridiculing Putin

Explore the mapping and evolution of Android permissions

Veracode's Security Researchers will dwell on mapping and evolution of Android permissions at a exclusive security webinar organized on Thursday, August 30, 2012

Veracode Security Researchers, Zach Lanier and Andrew Reiter, will discuss a methodology for building an Android API permission map, including dynamic and static discovery tools. They will also present the evolution of the map as the Android API has transformed through releases.

The Android Open Source Project, led by Google, is tasked with the maintenance and development of Android. Since its first release in 2008, Android has seen frequent updates due to the ongoing development of the project and API. However there is not a corresponding, complete map for tracking the evolution of which API permissions are actually required for each operation. This is causing headaches for application security testers and application developers alike

Java 7 Under Attack: Researchers Advise It Be Disabled During The Interim

Security researchers are urging channel partners and administrators to limit use of Java 7 while they work to resolve a new zero-day exploit in Java 7, which was discovered in targeted attacks on Sunday from a site hosted in China.

So far, the vulnerability has been leveraged via Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox, and the attackers have reportedly been installing a dropper (Dropper.MsPMs), as well as a piece of malware known as Poison Ivy RAT, or a version thereof.

"IT administrators' only defense at the moment is to limit the use to Java," wrote Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of Qualys, in a posted blog. "This can be implemented by uninstalling Java where not needed or by using the Zone mechanism in Internet Explorer, forbidding Java use in the Internet Zone (setting Registry Key 1C00 to 0 in Zone 3) and allowing it only on white-listed websites in the Trusted Zone."

Kandek also added that, “for once, users of the older Java v6 do seem to be better off as the vulnerability does not affect that version [or earlier versions] of Java.”

Meanwhile, Andre M. DiMino and Mila Parkour of DeepEnd Research report that although the number of attacks up until now has been relatively low, the volume is expected to escalate "due to the fact that this is a fast and reliable exploit that can be used in drive-by attacks and all kinds of links in emails."

In addition, Java is generally considered to be one of the most widely deployed applications, thereby making this exploit particularly inviting to those who might choose to leverage it.

The bloggers also point out that Oracle (NSDQ:ORCL)'s scheduled quarterly patch cycle suggests that a fix might not be available till October unless an emergency patch is issued, though their firm has apparently developed a third-party patch that is available by request. DiMino and Parkour are also echoing the recommendation to disable Java 7 until the situation is resolved.

According to an analysis posted by Michael Schierl, a German developer widely renowned for his expertise in Java vulnerabilities, the malicious code utilizes a somewhat unique approach.

"A Statement is created that disables the security manager (by default with permissions of the untrusted code)," he writes. "But before calling the statement, the permissions stored in that field we just got access to are overwritten with permissions that allow running all code, and the statement can be called now and disable the security manager for us. At this point, no security manager is left, and the applet can do anything Java can.

"What makes the code a bit more complex is the fact, that the bytecode verifier also tries to verify if you are accessing restricted packages, therefore all access to restricted packages has to be done indirectly (that is also good for obfuscation, but here needed to make the exploit work, too)."

VMworld: Kaspersky Lab Previews New Security Solution For VMware Ready Program

Using VMworld 2012 as a backdrop, Kaspersky Lab has rolled out strategy details for a new agentless security offering that will be part of the VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. The new upgrade will be integrated into the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization solution, and it will leverage intrusion detection and prevention technologies to defend virtual machines from network attacks.

Using VMworld 2012 as a backdrop, Kaspersky Lab has rolled out strategy details for a new agentless security offering that will be part of the VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. The new upgrade will be integrated into the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization solution, and it will leverage intrusion detection and prevention technologies to defend virtual machines from network attacks.

The forthcoming rollout will be able to be used in conjunction with the company's agentless security solution for VMware vShield Endpoint, which was announced six months ago. The combined offering will be manageable from a single platform designed to establish straightforward deployment, automatic protection of new virtual machines, mapping of both logical and physical computing structures, automatic security updates, and similar security needs of virtual, physical and mobile environments.

The technology is being developed in conjunction with VMware in order to help ensure smooth integration and interoperation between the offerings of the two respective companies while providing the framework to endorse the combined value propositions as validated joint solutions.

"Our intention is to help customers activate virtualization at their own pace," said Mark Birmingham, director of product marketing at Kaspersky. "This will provide a very solid foundation, particularly for the small to medium business segments that have often struggled with the complexity around virtualization."

All network traffic scanning is off-loaded to a single anti-malware signature database and anti-malware scanning engine, ensuring organizations reap the maximum resource efficiency from their virtual network.

"The primary differentiator would be management for virtual, physical, and mobile environments from a single pane of glass," explained Nancy Reynolds, senior vice president of corporate sales at Kaspersky. "But, the channel and the customers will also appreciate the light resource footprint."

The company points to a huge opportunity for channel partners to serve their customers through the Kaspersky product lines. "We have data that suggests that as much as 53 percent of businesses in the United States are not securing their virtual infrastructure," said Birmingham. "We are amazed by that."

Meanwhile, the Russian-based company continues to work on brand recognition. According to Birmingham, Kaspersky has higher brand recognition in Moscow than Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT), and while the name is widely known among information security-savvy people all over the globe, brand awareness among end-users in the United States only ranges between 48 percent and 52 percent. According to the same survey, 27 percent of the respondents believe that the security risks in a virtual environment are lower or significantly lower than those for physical infrastructure.

"Geeks love us!" chuckled Birmingham. "Once we are installed, we are usually never taken out."

The solution is currently being demoed at VMworld in San Francisco this week. Product availability and pricing has not been finalized, though the company expects to announce general availability during March or April of next year.

Using VMworld 2012 as a backdrop, Kaspersky Lab has rolled out strategy details for a new agentless security offering that will be part of the VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. The new upgrade will be integrated into the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization solution, and it will leverage intrusion detection and prevention technologies to defend virtual machines from network attacks.

The forthcoming rollout will be able to be used in conjunction with the company's agentless security solution for VMware vShield Endpoint, which was announced six months ago. The combined offering will be manageable from a single platform designed to establish straightforward deployment, automatic protection of new virtual machines, mapping of both logical and physical computing structures, automatic security updates, and similar security needs of virtual, physical and mobile environments.

The technology is being developed in conjunction with VMware in order to help ensure smooth integration and interoperation between the offerings of the two respective companies while providing the framework to endorse the combined value propositions as validated joint solutions.

"Our intention is to help customers activate virtualization at their own pace," said Mark Birmingham, director of product marketing at Kaspersky. "This will provide a very solid foundation, particularly for the small to medium business segments that have often struggled with the complexity around virtualization."

All network traffic scanning is off-loaded to a single anti-malware signature database and anti-malware scanning engine, ensuring organizations reap the maximum resource efficiency from their virtual network.

"The primary differentiator would be management for virtual, physical, and mobile environments from a single pane of glass," explained Nancy Reynolds, senior vice president of corporate sales at Kaspersky. "But, the channel and the customers will also appreciate the light resource footprint."

The company points to a huge opportunity for channel partners to serve their customers through the Kaspersky product lines. "We have data that suggests that as much as 53 percent of businesses in the United States are not securing their virtual infrastructure," said Birmingham. "We are amazed by that."

Meanwhile, the Russian-based company continues to work on brand recognition. According to Birmingham, Kaspersky has higher brand recognition in Moscow than Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT), and while the name is widely known among information security-savvy people all over the globe, brand awareness among end-users in the United States only ranges between 48 percent and 52 percent. According to the same survey, 27 percent of the respondents believe that the security risks in a virtual environment are lower or significantly lower than those for physical infrastructure.

"Geeks love us!" chuckled Birmingham. "Once we are installed, we are usually never taken out."

The solution is currently being demoed at VMworld in San Francisco this week. Product availability and pricing has not been finalized, though the company expects to announce general availability during March or April of next year.

The forthcoming rollout will be able to be used in conjunction with the company's agentless security solution for VMware vShield Endpoint, which was announced six months ago. The combined offering will be manageable from a single platform designed to establish straightforward deployment, automatic protection of new virtual machines, mapping of both logical and physical computing structures, automatic security updates, and similar security needs of virtual, physical and mobile environments.

The technology is being developed in conjunction with VMware in order to help ensure smooth integration and interoperation between the offerings of the two respective companies while providing the framework to endorse the combined value propositions as validated joint solutions.

"Our intention is to help customers activate virtualization at their own pace," said Mark Birmingham, director of product marketing at Kaspersky. "This will provide a very solid foundation, particularly for the small to medium business segments that have often struggled with the complexity around virtualization."

All network traffic scanning is off-loaded to a single anti-malware signature database and anti-malware scanning engine, ensuring organizations reap the maximum resource efficiency from their virtual network.

"The primary differentiator would be management for virtual, physical, and mobile environments from a single pane of glass," explained Nancy Reynolds, senior vice president of corporate sales at Kaspersky. "But, the channel and the customers will also appreciate the light resource footprint."

The company points to a huge opportunity for channel partners to serve their customers through the Kaspersky product lines. "We have data that suggests that as much as 53 percent of businesses in the United States are not securing their virtual infrastructure," said Birmingham. "We are amazed by that."

Meanwhile, the Russian-based company continues to work on brand recognition. According to Birmingham, Kaspersky has higher brand recognition in Moscow than Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT), and while the name is widely known among information security-savvy people all over the globe, brand awareness among end-users in the United States only ranges between 48 percent and 52 percent. According to the same survey, 27 percent of the respondents believe that the security risks in a virtual environment are lower or significantly lower than those for physical infrastructure.

"Geeks love us!" chuckled Birmingham. "Once we are installed, we are usually never taken out."

The solution is currently being demoed at VMworld in San Francisco this week. Product availability and pricing has not been finalized, though the company expects to announce general availability during March or April of next year.

Unisys Rolls Out Updated Private Cloud Solution

Unisys (NYSE:UIS) has rolled out a new release of its "Secure Private Cloud Solution."

Version 2.2, which was announced this week at VMworld 2012 in San Francisco, adds additional software designed to automate and simplify security implementation while provisioning virtual resources in the cloud. This enhancement supports creation of an integrated security infrastructure for each virtual machine provisioned through the Secure Private Cloud Solution.

The capability leverages the Unisys Stealth Solution for Network cybersecurity software. For circumstances in which data requires extensive protection, establishing a Stealth environment makes the infrastructure accessible only to people who are assigned to that community of interest. Outsiders are ostensibly unable to access the virtual machine, or even able to see that it exists.

"The Stealth solution was first offered as a productized offering through the channel in May of this year," said John Stubbs, director of software channels at Unisys. "One of the components of Stealth is what we called 'communities of interest.' And, if you're not part of that community of interest, you're not even allowed to see the users, the clients or the virtualized servers. We encrypt the data in motion using AES-256 encryption, and we also shred the bits. And then, we are leveraging roles and responsibilities inside of things like LDAP, RADIUS and Active Directory. So, through the use of the automated tools, we know the communities of interest, we know the endpoints, we know the users and we know the servers. By belonging to the same community of interest, they receive unprecedented levels of protection."

 

The functions are carried out between the network layer and the link layer, thereby enhancing security by keeping the activities between layers two and three in the OSI model.

In addition to enhanced security, Unisys Secure Private Cloud Solution release 2.2 delivers organizations another key benefit of multitenancy in the cloud: the capability to increase the number of communities sharing the same cloud, leading to increased efficiency in infrastructure utilization and improved economies of scale.

"This is a huge benefit in colo environments where you have multiple tenants in the same environment, and you need to keep those tenants and their respective data and servers separate while sharing the same infrastructure," explained John Keller, cloud product manager at Unisys. "You can have two very similar companies with very important data sitting on the same server, running two different virtual machines on that same physical machine. Company A has no knowledge of Company B and has no access to their resources. Each would have their own respective community of interest."

Kaspersky Lab Named a Top Player in Market Quadrant for Endpoint Security Platforms

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has been listed as a Top Player in the Market Quadrant for Endpoint Security Platforms 2012 by The Radicati Group.

Kaspersky Lab’s corporate solutions protect over 200,000 companies located around the world, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses all the way up to large governmental and commercial organizations (including Siemens, BASF, RAO UES of Russia, MTS, and a number of hospitals and universities worldwide).

 

Earlier this year Kaspersky Lab was officially named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. The company’s solutions cover all the main information security requirements that businesses and large state organizations have to adhere to, including excellent protection levels, adaptability to changing circumstances, scalability, compatibility with different platforms, high performance, high fault tolerance, ease of use and high value. One of the primary advantages of Kaspersky Lab’s corporate range is the easy, centralized management provided by Kaspersky Security Center and extending to the entire network, regardless of the number and type of platforms used, protecting both physical and virtual environments.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows, released in October 2011, combines Kaspersky Lab’s latest intelligent hybrid security technologies with the deepest possible anti-malware protection and a wide range of security tools. The company also has endpoint security solutions with similar features designed for other platforms. These are:

•    Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac

•    Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux

•    Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Smartphones

•    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition

•    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Storage (EMC Celerra)

•    Kaspersky Security for Virtualization.

McAfee showers exciting rewards on its Rakshak retail partners

McAfee India have rolled out its latest reward scheme exclusive for partners of the McAfee RAKSHAK Retailer Program. A registered McAfee Rakshak partner can win cash prizes and accumulate points that can be exchanged for a host of exciting gifts such as Bajaj Pulsar bike, diamond jewellery, Apple iPad, international holidays and lot more.

The offer is valid until the 29th of September 2012 on any purchase of McAfee’s 2012 consumer product range; These include; McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2012, McAfee Internet Security 2012 and McAfee Total Protection 2012. Partners can accumulate McAfee Rakshak points on every transaction and win a reward right from a minimum purchase of Rs 7500 to a maximum amount of Rs 3, 00,000. To avail this scheme, register yourself as a McAfee RAKSHAK retailer.

Lubna Markar, Sr. Marketing Manager India & South Asia, McAfee has announced that our reward schemes are in line with our efforts to generate maximized profitability for our channel partners, whilst empowering them to help consumers make informed decisions on online safety.  We currently have a base of approximately 1000 channel partners for the McAfee RAKSHAK Retailer Program and are aiming to increase this substantially through such regular incentive and loyalty schemes.

Incepted in 2011, McAfee RAKSHAK Retailer Program is aimed at rewarding McAfee’s retail partners in India for purchase of the company’s consumer product portfolio. In addition to a simple and convenient point system that can be redeemed for exciting prizes, partners also receive support on branding & visual merchandising, dealer meets & engagement programs from McAfee.

Google under CCI scrutiny over anti-competitive practices in India

The search giant Google is reportedly under close scrutiny of Competition Commission of India (CCI). If reports are to be believed, CCI has asked its investigation arm to explore the alleged discriminatory practices by Google.

 

According to latest update, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, R P N Singh has announced that the Competition Commission of India has received information for contravention of section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002, by Google. As a matter of concern, it is found, the section 4 of the Competition Act pertains to the abuse of dominant position by a market player.

Presently, Google has a 97 percent share of the Indian search market.

A spokesperson from Google has stated that the company is completely cooperating with the CCI and it is confident that Google’s product and services are compliant with competition law in India.

It is important to note that Google has branched out into numerous businesses including online mapping, shopping, and travel. Along with these businesses, Google is also one of the dominating players in operating system segment. Google’s Android operating system for mobile phones and tablet computers has been used by numerous handset and tablet makers since its launch.

Stellar Phoenix Releases Mailbox Exchange Recovery v5

Stellar Data Recovery has launched the updated version of Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery v5 to repair corrupt or inaccessible Exchange Database(s). The new launched version is packed with features such as support MS Exchange 2010&MS Office (64 bit), 30% faster saving process, and preview of mailboxes.

“Database corruption is an unseen enemy to your MS Exchange Database that impacts its integrity and usually impairs its functionality.MS Exchange database is susceptible to failure due to reasons such as corrupt database header, exchange dirty shutdown, corrupt or improper database backups that eventually makes EDB files and STM files inaccessible. In such situation, Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery is an out and out solution for administrator to repair back corrupt database and get complete mailboxes back from the EDB file.” said Mr. Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery.

Stellar Phoenix v5 is updated with advance technique that now recovers missing attachments & STM file data, resolves problem of duplicate subject &exception while previewing folder data, enables fast scanning of PUB.edb file. Additionally it recovers data with To, CC and BCC entries, Date-Time & last character of recipients in exchange server 2010. A Free Trial version of software is available that scans the corrupt EDB file and lists all the recoverable mail. Stellar Phoenix supports MS Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010 and is compatible with Windows 7 and earlier OS.

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery v5 is available in academic, admin & technical license for immediate download and is available at a starting price point of Rs 24,000.

Panasonic unleashes new surveillance and monitoring systems

Panasonic has rolled out a new surveillance and monitoring systems specifically tailored for home, business, commercial security and surveillance application. With increase in crime rate in the society people are looking at options to make their homes, offices, surrounding area more safe and secure. Panasonics new security camera assures safety at the best possible way.

Panasonics WV-CF112 a recently launched smart look day and night security camera with advanced features like high resolution of 600TV lines, 3 dimensional color conversion function for natural color reproduction even in lower color temperature solution. The camera comes with a smart look which is a best fit for various applications like shopping mall, hotels and hospitals.

Key Features

• High resolution: 600 TV lines

• High sensitivity with Day/Night (electorical) function: 0.08 lx (Color),

0.07 lx (B/W) at F1.4

• ABS (Adaptive Black Stretch) enhances visibility of dark area without degrading image quality in bright area.

• Adjustment features including ATW (Auto Tracing White Balance)

• 3-dimensional color conversion function for natural color

reproduction even in lower color temperature situation

• Adaptive Digital Noise Reduction: Integration of 2D-DNR and

3D-DNR ensures noise reduction in various conditions.

• Internal synchronization

• Wide coverage : Horizontal:77 °, Vertical: 57 °

• Lens Distortion Compensation

• 2-way hinge (horizontal and vertical) for easy installation

The new surveillance and monitoring systems are available in market at an MRP of Rs. 4990/- This new camera out shines the existing security cameras and the specifically designed features make it the best solution for surveillance.

Stellar Introduces new series of Stellar Mailbox converter tools

Stellar Data Recovery has launched its all new series of Stellar Mailbox converter tools that converts various mailboxes to Microsoft Outlook PST files easily and efficiently. The software converts mailboxes, calendars, contacts, attachments, tasks and various other items of Outlook Express, Windows Live mail, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Spicebird, Entourage, and Endora into Outlook PST files.

“People use various mail clients like Outlook Express, Apple Mail, Windows Mail etc. for their varied needs; however due to certain Mail client functionality limitations, performance and scalability issues they tend to migrate from their mail client to Microsoft Outlook. A recent survey reveals that Outlook has 43% market share; Email Migration to Outlook is made simpler and easier with our new Stellar Mail converter tools that provides support for almost all mail clients used today”, said Sunil Chandna, CEO Stellar Data Recovery.

Stellar Mailbox converters are Do-It-Yourself tools with user friendly Interface and provide a preview of mails and attachments before conversion. These tools ensure fast & effective conversion of mails and come with a try before you buy option giving user an opportunity to evaluate the functionality of the software.

Stellar Mailbox converters are available for immediate download at a price point of Rs.1950 only.

Honeywell Intensifies Cyber Security Solution Offerings

Honeywell has announced a fully certified application control and whitelisting solution to help combat viruses and malware from attacking its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) control system platform.  Whitelisting is an important tool in Honeywell’s evolving cyber security arsenal that protects from unwanted intrusions by permitting only applications and executable files that are considered safe and on an “approved list” to run, while blocking everything else.

 

“Experion PKS users want increased cyber security as well as to spend less time managing the control system,” said Mike Baldi, chief cyber security architect for Honeywell Process Solutions. “Application control and whitelisting is another tool to help them balance the need for security with available resources.”

Whitelisting solutions have been deployed in business IT environments for years, but their introduction into automation control systems is relatively new. Two major Honeywell control systems customers have been extensively piloting the solution through rigorous testing in specialised, mission-critical environments and providing crucial feedback on their experiences.

  

“Integrated business and production systems require careful design and infrastructure to ensure selective access and security.  Honeywell is committed to helping customers strengthen their cyber security by providing best-in-class technology in a manageable, scalable fashion,” Baldi added. “Application control and whitelisting is a good safeguard against some zero day intrusions – where defenders have no prior awareness of a vulnerability, and can enable better change management and protection against unauthorised alterations to the system configuration.”

The solution is the result of an agreement between Honeywell Process Solutions and technology partner, Bit9 who is the global leader in advanced threat protection for endpoint protection and windows server security.  Bit9’s customers come from a wide variety of industries including e-commerce, financial services, government, healthcare, retail, technology and utilities.

Application control and whitelisting is currently available to Honeywell customers and is an additional layer of protection for industrial systems and networks which should be part of an overall security program. Honeywell’s Industrial IT Solutions’ global team of experts offer a full spectrum of defense in depth solutions and services to protect automation manufacturers.

Matrix to Intensify its Security Business

Matrix Comsec has partnered with ITRADS to expand its security business in Saudi Arabia market.

 

Abhay Joshi, Business Manager - International Security Sales, Matrix Comsec said, “We at Matrix are excited by our partnership with ITRADS to develop our business in Saudi Arabia. Together we plan on providing comprehensive and feature rich access control and time-attendance solution for all businesses to increase security and improving productivity.”

Mohammed Hasan, Sr. Business Development Manager, ITRADS said, “We at ITRADS are extremely happy to associate with a world class Security Solutions Company, Matrix that provides outstanding product software and customer support that is helping our enterprise customers in KSA to experience the best in class security system that helps build sound HR systems and beyond.”

Kaspersky Lab Honoured for Endpoint Security Platforms

Kaspersky Lab’s corporate solutions protect over 200,000 companies located around the world, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses all the way up to large governmental and commercial organizations (including Siemens, BASF, RAO UES of Russia, MTS, and a number of hospitals and universities worldwide).

Earlier this year Kaspersky Lab was officially named a "Leader" in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. The company’s solutions cover all the main information security requirements that businesses and large state organizations have to adhere to, including excellent protection levels, adaptability to changing circumstances, scalability, compatibility with different platforms, high performance, high fault tolerance, ease of use and high value. One of the primary advantages of Kaspersky Lab’s corporate range is the easy, centralized management provided by Kaspersky Security Center and extending to the entire network, regardless of the number and type of platforms used, protecting both physical and virtual environments.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows, released in October 2011, combines Kaspersky Lab’s latest intelligent hybrid security technologies with the deepest possible anti-malware protection and a wide range of security tools. The company also has endpoint security solutions with similar features designed for other platforms. These are:

•    Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac

•    Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux

•    Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Smartphones

•    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition

•    Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Storage (EMC Celerra)

•    Kaspersky Security for Virtualization

Internet Banking in India: How secure Is It?

These days the life of technology is incredibly fast paced and every aspect of a professional is controlled at the click of a button. Today, the way to do business has become practically virtual with web meetings & the way to socialize has also gone virtual with people meeting their friends over social media tools like facebook & twitter.

 

One of the aspects of technology is online banking with banks exchanging money with customers & retailers with communication that happens only on the Internet. Banks prefer their customers to raise requests for cheque books, money transfer, opening of FD/RD through internet banking. With every second professional owning a credit card, retail giants like flipkart, ebay and travel companies like expedia and yatra.com wow customers with their delicious online shopping offers. Today, advertising on web is very much a part of every corporate marketing plan as their customers are very much present on web.

While this scenario boosts the economy and revenue for banks, it is time to pause and think how secure the web is for the end-customers and for corporates and banks at large. It requires a moment of introspection to analyize the landscape of vulnerabilities surrounding internet banking that a customer may be exposed to by doing an online money transaction.

One of the most common vulnerabilities of internet banking is phishing where a customer is convinced by the attacker to give away his online credentials to a third party vendor under the disguise of the bank. This is known as credential harvesting and is causing a lot of damange to customers and to the goodwill & reputation of banks. While banks are already trying to forwarn customers, there is no solution on how customer data can be further protected from getting attacked by this vulnerabilty.

We also witness a lot of cases where corporations and customers are tricked by cloned voice/email banking systems. The attackers clone these systems so that they sound the same as the official systems. Cloned bank websites and emails are also sent to customers misguiding them with the purpose of using their Internet credentials.

 India as a nation is majestically moving towards becoming a powerful nation where industrialization is rapidly growing on all counts and people need to stay connected every single second and at every place. Today, Wireless networking is available in every public domain right from cafes, malls to airports. Users automatically connect to the first access point available and if it poses not connectivity issue, no questions asked. This is one of the most vulnerable domains where huge number of systems can be attacked and all the traffic on this route will be vulnerable to be modified by the attacker.

It is evidently clear that restricting common forms of e-banking fraud is not sufficient to protect against the attackers. If Banks and corporations consider that current precautions taken reduce their risk sufficiently for a lower cost, they may think that this is sufficient and not want to deploy a technically superior system. However, vulnerabilities that will arise in future with growth of superior technology require due consideration.

Sophos Unveils all new MDM solution

Sophos, IT security and data protection firm has announced the latest version of its mobile device management (MDM) solution, Sophos Mobile Control 2.5. With an updated web-based administrative console and extensive new feature set, the latest version provides a simple way to bring BYOD into the enterprise-quickly, safely and securely, all while reducing the reliance upon IT.

Businesses of all sizes are embracing the use of personal devices on their corporate network as a means to reduce IT expenses. According to the Cisco IBSG Horizons Study published in May of 2012, 95 percent of companies allow employee-owned devices in some shape or form, with 84 percent providing some level of support, and 36 percent providing full support for these devices. And according to the June 2012 Forrester Research, Inc. report, "Charting the Rising Tide of Bring-Your-Own Technology," BYOT brings both issues and opportunities into an IT organization - and info workers recognize that. 35 percent stated that their organization would make them uninstall or stop using the unauthorized software they have installed. Given the tremendous momentum behind this trend, blocking or ignoring BYOT will put an organization at a distinct disadvantage, such as not being able to attract top talent or to collaborate and share documents easily with business partners outside corporate boundaries.

Sophos Mobile Control 2.5 has optimized workflows, so IT administrators can complete many common tasks in just one click. The new version also offers easy integration with existing IT infrastructure by supporting the use of directories, such as Active Directory, to automatically assign newly-registered devices to existing groups and apply the associated policies to them. The enhanced interface includes detailed graphical reports to assist IT administrators in managing all aspects of mobile devices, offering them immediate insight into which devices require updating, and ensuring that all devices are secure.

 Stacy K. Crook, Senior Analyst, Mobile Enterprise Research, IDC said "BYOD is top of mind for myriad organizations; however, it's causing some concern among IT. The increase in personal devices accessing the network may complicate the process of ensuring devices are secure and compliant with company policies, making it difficult for IT to justify broad BYOD acceptance. Solutions with features like those found in the latest version of Sophos Mobile Control allow organizations to develop BYOD strategies without compromising on security, or complicating the overall management of the network."