Web firewalls trumping other options as PCI deadline nears Companies scrambling to comply with a Web application security requirement due to take effect next week appear to be heavily favoring the use of Web firewall technologies over the other options that are available under the mandate, according to analysts.

Watchguard promises higher performance, more features in XTM line Later this year Watchguard plans to introduce a new family of multifunction security appliances called XTM — extensible threat management — which it says will push unified threat management to a new level.

Marshal automates e-mail encryption Secure e-mail and web gateway provider Marshal has introduced an e-mail encryption system it claims takes the pain out of enforcing secure communications rules.

VMs You Can’t See Can Definitely Hurt You Recently Verizon Business released its 2008 Data Breach Security Report, summarizing the results of four years of forensic research into more than 500 security incidents. While it doesn’t focus on server virtualization specifically, it does illustrate a lot about virtualization security as well.

Verizon data breach investigations report, Part 1 The Verizon Business Risk Team recently published a valuable analysis of four years of data on security breaches among their clients entitled “2008 Data Breach Investigations Report.” Today I want to draw readers’ attention to the methodology of this landmark study.

Creator of Nugache worm reaches plea agreement The teenage creator of a botnet who used a clever worm to infect PCs and then steal users’ personal data has agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors in California.

Privacy? Hah! Continuing from last week’s Backspin Gibbs relates some user feedback and discovers that your data (and his) is available to pretty much anyone who wants to look at it.

Buzzblog: Attrition.org goofs on another nitwit looking for a hacker Not quite as funny as the congressional aide who wanted his alma mater hacked to boost his GPA, but this guy looking for someone to “help me crack this e-mail” gets strung along nicely… primarily because he’s never seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Laptops lost like hot cakes at U.S. airports Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey.

LIVE CHAT: NAC FACE-OFF: Joel Snyder vs. Richard Stiennon
Is network access control a worthwhile technology today? Joel Snyder says yes and Richard Stiennon says no. Come join us for this live debate on Tuesday July 22 from 2 - 3 p.m. EST, where two of the industry’s most outspoken (and entertaining) security pros will explain their positions and answer questions from attendees.