Archive for the 'SSL Industry News' Category

WebDefend(TM) Earns High Praise from SC Magazine

Breach Security, Inc. announced today that its flagship WebDefend web application security appliance is featured in the “First Look” review of the February 2008 issue of the leading IT security publication, SC Magazine. WebDefend received high praise for detecting and blocking attacks, as well as identifying flaws in web application design and implementation.
Written by Peter Stephenson, […]

Virtual Private Networks Get Faster

NTT has created a new type of technology that has quadrupled the speed of Virtual private networks (VPNs).
VPNs use encryption to create a virtual private line across a public phone link. NTT’s software allows data to pass efficiently through relay devices that link users.
The software is compatible with SSL-VPN, which uses the SSL encryption method, […]

Experts Warn Encryption Makes You More Vulnerable

TechWorld reports that a panel of security experts warned today that the use of data encryption could make organisations vulnerable to new risks and threats.
Experts from IBM Internet Security Systems, Juniper, nCipher and elsewhere said that data encryption also brings new risks, in particular via attacks - deliberate or accidental - on the key management […]

Bank Sohar Unveils Internet Banking

Bank Sohar has launched the Al Mumayaz consumer internet banking solution using a layered security infrastructure that included the VeriSign digital certificate, secured socket layers (SSL), 128-bit encryption, two levels of passwords, firewalls and most importantly the virtual keypad.
The layered approach to security has a cumulative effect to offer the best protection possible for confidential data. The […]

Entrust Inc’s 4th Quarter Results

Here is a link to the transcript of Entrust, Inc’s 2007 fourth quarter results conference call. Its a pretty good read for those who want to learn more about Entrust and the SSL industry.
Read the transcript here …