CRN Security News for VARs and Technology Integrators

Virginia Supreme Court Upholds First U.S. Spam Conviction

While the ruling might spur some agencies to more aggressively enforce spam legislation, security experts doubt that it will do much to deter cyber criminals.
Q&A: SonicWall's CEO Outlines An Enterprise Strategy

SonicWall's Matt Medeiros speaks his mind on the economy, security threats and the company's expansion into the enterprise market.
SonicWall VARs Eye CDP Growth

If SonicWall partners had to name the one product they're excited about in 2008, the answer would be easy: continuous data protection.
Attackers Harvest FTP Credentials With New Crimeware Toolkit

The recently discovered FTP credentials coupled with the Neosploit toolkit indicate an evolving trend of crimeware that is based on the SaaS model.
New Trojan Endangers Windows Mobile Devices

Unlike other malware, the WinCE/InfoJack Trojan installs itself via legitimate files, replaces the browser's homepage and writes itself back if it's deleted.
Review: F-Secure Internet Security 2008

From antiphishing to antispam, F-Secure says its new Internet security suite handles it all. CMP Channel Test Center takes a look to see how it does.
HP Raises Sales Bar For Public Sector VARs

HP Partners gathered at the Americas Partner conference said the changes will eliminate partners that are not bonafide public sector VARs.
Keeping Security Well-Grounded When Your Customers Are on the Fly

Your larger customers and prospects have the same mobility needs you do. They need to be able to keep working continuously while maintaining mobility AND security.
2008 Channel Chiefs: Who's Who In Security

Here are the men and women running prominent security companies in the channel.
SonicWall: No More Outsourced Tech Support For VARs

SonicWall execs say that they hope the new partner excellence facility, which will house the insourced tech support, will be a best practices model followed by other channel companies.
SonicWall Eyes The Enterprise

CEO Matt Medeiros laid out company strategies and a new product portfolio targeted toward all market segments to hundreds of partners this weekend.
Hacker Group Releases New Google Vulnerability Scanner

The open source Goolag scanning tool, which allows users to audit their own Web pages through Google, might face some challenges from the popular search engine.
Study: Data Encryption Leaves Sleeping Computers Vulnerable

The findings carry the potential to undermine user confidence in data encryption when laptops or other mobile devices are lost or stolen.
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2008 Channel Chiefs: Security

The who's who in the channel at security vendors.
Stake Your VAR Claim In The Open Source Security Solutions Market

Look at how rapidly changing technology and economic conditions are creating a profit rush for Solution Providers, replacing high priced, tough to customize proprietary security solutions with attractively priced, customizable open source software security solutions.
Beyond the Buzz: A Look at TrueCrypt

Buzz has been all over TrueCrypt, the on-the-fly drive encryption package that's free for download. The Test Center gives it a look.
SonicWall Launches Security Appliance Series

The NSA appliance offers deep pack inspection capabilities that give IT administrators tighter control over employee network activities and security threats.
Alternative Vendors: Security Hardware

Think security hardware, and sure enough, Cisco Systems is on top of everyone's list. But that list is changing.
Alternative Vendors: Security Software

Sometimes bigger isn't always better. That definitely holds true for the security software space. As with any great empire, some of Symantec's following has since fragmented and moved on.
Review: Security Is In The Air

Wireless networks are vulnerable to all kinds of security issues, ranging from rogue access points to unauthorized equipment. To properly secure the network, information is necessary to understand what is going on within the wireless environment.

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