Gartner says APTs are distracting 

Gartner says APTs are distracting

Advanced persistent threats aren't new.
Big five infosec software vendors lose ground 

Big five infosec software vendors lose ground

Modest growth predicted for Aussie infosec software industry.
Microsoft push to purge IE6 from web 

Microsoft push to purge IE6 from web

Sticky old browser.
Analysis: Hybrid security here to stay 

Analysis: Hybrid security here to stay

Vendors to keep pushing layers of products.
Gartner identifies cloud security risks, opportunities 

Gartner identifies cloud security risks, opportunities

Access management, monitoring and reporting key challenges.
Virtualised servers face security questions 

Virtualised servers face security questions

Rush to replace physical servers could leave firms vulnerable.
Gartner urges users to get off IE6 

Gartner urges users to get off IE6

Weighs in on cyber attacks.
Gartner in two-factor authentication warning 

Gartner in two-factor authentication warning

Layer anti-fraud techniques.
Analysis: iPhone malware evolution on overdrive 

Analysis: iPhone malware evolution on overdrive

Massive mobile phone virus in 2010?
Commentary: 'Silly' iPhone owners deserve what they get 

Commentary: 'Silly' iPhone owners deserve what they get

If you must jailbreak, change the default password!
Symantec: Microsoft is putting customers at risk 

Symantec: Microsoft is putting customers at risk

AVG and Avast "better" than Microsoft Security Essentials.
Security software market bucks downturn 

Security software market bucks downturn

The global security software market has proven resistant to downturn, seeing more than 18 per cent growth last year to reach US$11.3 billion (A$14.4bn) in revenue, according to ...
Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware, says Gartner 

Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware, says Gartner

Gartner is warning companies not to be ripped off by vendors seeking to sell anti-spyware software as a stand-alone product.
Gartner predicts big growth for IAM 

Gartner predicts big growth for IAM

Identity and access management (IAM) will begin to be more of a service industry within two years, according to Gartner.
Networks to become increasingly identity aware 

Networks to become increasingly identity aware

Identity and access management (IAM) will undergo a series of key changes over the next few years, particularly around the development of smartcard authentication, identity-awar...
Poor password practice putting users at risk 

Poor password practice putting users at risk

Internet users are still unwilling to sacrifice convenience to safeguard their online details, despite the growing amount of online fraud and other types of cyber crime, ...
Analysis: Gartner concerned about Symantec MessageLabs merger 

Analysis: Gartner concerned about Symantec MessageLabs merger

Innovation in email security technologies will not stagnate as a result of Symantec’s acquisition of MessageLabs, the vendor has claimed.
IBM, McAfee execs admit data management is out of control 

IBM, McAfee execs admit data management is out of control

Security experts at McAfee and IBM admit customers are yet to fully grasp the importance of data management despite stronger regulation and a series of highly publicised breaches.
Gartner touts enhanced security for virtual environments 

Gartner touts enhanced security for virtual environments

Social network providers should enhance the security controls that are available to their users, analysts say.
Gartner dispels security myths 

Gartner dispels security myths

Hackers are losing the battle against security professionals, Gartner analysts have claimed.
Futuristic hacking techniques revealed 

Futuristic hacking techniques revealed

Multi-award winning science fiction author Jack Dann will take centre stage as the keynote speaker at Gartner’s upcoming security conference and extrapolate a futuristic threat ...
APAC defies spending downturn increases security spending 

APAC defies spending downturn increases security spending

Security spending remains steady in Asia-Pacific despite the global economic downturn, according to a new Gartner survey.
Antivirus sales to slow: Gartner 

Antivirus sales to slow: Gartner

Antivirus product sales will slow in Australia in the next five years as enterprises broaden their use of security technologies.
Cloud computing hot topic at Gartner Security Summit 

Cloud computing hot topic at Gartner Security Summit

In the lead up to next month’s conference, Gartner’s local security analyst reveals data security and cloud computing will be hot topics at this year’s Security Summit.
Gartner analysts head to Australia for Security Summit 

Gartner analysts head to Australia for Security Summit

Gartner analysts from around the world are arriving in Australia in preparation for next month’s Gartner Security Summit in Sydney.
Gartner predicts great things for security-as-a-service 

Gartner predicts great things for security-as-a-service

Use of some cloud-based security services could more than triple in the next five years.
Vendor IT security software revenue increases 

Vendor IT security software revenue increases

Global software security revenue totaled US$10.4 billion last year, a jump of nearly 20 percent, an analyst firm said Tuesday.
Gartner declares iPhone ready for enterprise 

Gartner declares iPhone ready for enterprise

Apple's iPhone will soon be "ready for business," according to analysts at research firm Gartner, which originally labeled the popular mobile device unfit for enterprise ...
McAfee gets high score in Gartner report 

McAfee gets high score in Gartner report

Analyst firm Gartner has placed McAfee in the leader’s quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.
Gartner analyst: identity theft a bigger problem than FTC study indicates 

Gartner analyst: identity theft a bigger problem than FTC study indicates

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report, which indicates that identity theft among Americans decreased during 2005, is flawed, according to a Gartner analyst who reported ...
TippingPoint wins Frost & Sullivan award 

TippingPoint wins Frost & Sullivan award

Less than two weeks after Gartner disparaged TippingPoint's connection to a flaw-finding contest at a recent IT security conference, Frost & Sullivan commended the organisation ...
CanSecWest hacking contest slammed 

CanSecWest hacking contest slammed

Gartner took a jab at TippingPoint and CanSecWest officials this week, criticising them for a recent hacking contest that revealed a then-unpatched flaw in QuickTime.
Gartner warns on virtualisation security lapses 

Gartner warns on virtualisation security lapses

Virtualisation will be the target of new security threats, warns analyst.
Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams   

Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Recent automated teller machine (ATM) fraud cases involving Citibank and other banks points to a new wave of "personal identification number (PIN) block" schemes, Gartner has ...
NIST guidelines not adequate, warns Gartner  

NIST guidelines not adequate, warns Gartner

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new recommendations to address system vulnerabilities, but Gartner warned today that this guidance does ...
Better protection possible with lower budgets, claims Gartner  

Better protection possible with lower budgets, claims Gartner

Organizations that focus on security processes and not products will be able to lower their total information security budgets while simultaneously improving their overall ...
Gartner warns of 'very high risk' to Windows users 

Gartner warns of 'very high risk' to Windows users

Security analysts at Gartner believe a flaw in Windows may be used to create a worm similar to last year's devastating "Blaster".
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