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Cryptographer Warns that Math Errors in Computer Chips Could Be a Global Security Risk

Privacy Digest (Free subscription) | 11/21/2007

Cryptographer Warns that Math Errors in Computer Chips Could Be a Global Security Risk : Noted Israeli cryptographer Adi Shamir (the 'S' in RSA Security and the middle one in the picture at right) has made an obvious, but nonetheless important, observation about the security problems that would ensue should a math error be found in any widely used computer chip. Such an error could allow intelligence...

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Q&A: EMC exec says 'dumb storage' administrators are dinosaurs

Computer World (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007

Q&A: Art Coviello, head of EMC's RSA Security unit, talks about the link between storage and security and the state of IT storage administrators.

Round-up: RSA Security Conference Europe 2007

Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 10/25/2007

Security professionals from across Europe attended the RSA Conference Europe 2007 in London this week, hearing from featured speakers including security guru Bruce Schneier and former fraudster turned FBI agent Frank Abagnale.

IT security bedevilled by poor 'me too' products

BigBlog.com: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2007

The IT security market has too many bad products because purchasers don't know what they are buying, delegates at the RSA Security conference were told.

Malware on the rise as criminals target vulnerable firms

Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 10/23/2007

Malicious code that installs files such as Trojans, password stealers, keyboard loggers and other malware on users' systems registered a fivefold increase in the first half of 2007, according to research released by Microsoft at the RSA Security conference in London.

RSA 2007: Banks still struggling with IT security

Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 10/22/2007

Banks are still confused about how to best manage information and measure risks, according to research from Datamonitor and RSA Security.

RSA preview: Art Coviello spells out the challenges ahead

Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 10/19/2007

As the RSA Conference, the largest security conference of the year, looms, Art Coviello, RSA Security's president and CEO, spoke to Computerworld UK about the UK ID card scheme, European data breach laws and an increasingly sophisticated online crime ring.

Is stand-alone AV finally dead? The debate goes on

Security Bytes (Free subscription) | 09/21/2007

With all the consolidation we’re seeing in the security market, many experts have been predicting the eventual demise of standalone security products. Some of the more noteworthy examples: – At the RSA Security conference in San Francisco last February, Art Coviello, president of EMC Corp.’s RSA Security division, predicted the vast array of standalone security devices [...]

Art Coviello Q and A

The Age (Free subscription) | 09/18/2007

Art Coviello, president of RSA Security, was in Australia last week. Next asked for his take on the evolving trends of online security.

Jim Bidzos back as chairman of VeriSign

Security Bytes (Free subscription) | 08/22/2007

Hey kids, it's 1995! Well, sort of. Jim Bidzos is back as the chairman of VeriSign. Bidzos helped found the company in 1995 and spin it off from RSA Security, where he was the CEO from 1986 to 1998. The company started as a certificate authority, selling digital certificates at a time when not many people [...]

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RSA and Tablus focus on data security

Cnet (Free subscription) | 08/10/2007

Yet another security acquisition! On Thursday, RSA Security announced plans to acquire Tablus , a data leakage prevention (DLP) specialist, for an undisclosed amount. Why the purchase? RSA is focused on data security, i.e. protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of the data itself rather than the IT infrastructure. RSA ...

• RSA, the Security Division of EMC, to Acquire Tablus -- Further Advancing Information Security Leadership - PR News Wire
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Hardware giants to software BU: “thank you!”

Jeremy Fain (Free subscription) | 05/03/2007

I can't wait to have a look at mid-2007 financial statements of all major hardware companies like EMC, HP & IBM. It seems software revenues account for the bulk of hardware manufacturers sales and profits - and I suspect the same goes for all major computer network companies (Cisco which has always and quite wisely [...]

VeriSign Brings Disposable Passwords to Bank Cards

NewsFactor Network (Free subscription) | 05/01/2007

A leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card. Fran Rosch, vice president for authentication services at VeriSign Inc., said the one-time passwords haven't taken off in the United States partly because consumers need to carry a small device that generates passwords...

VeriSign to Offer Passwords on Bank Card

Physorg (Free subscription) | 05/01/2007

(AP) -- A leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card.

VeriSign offering disposable bank card passwords

CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 05/01/2007