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Maintaining the Integrity of SSH Keys

While attending school in Helsinki, I discovered that a hacker attack was targeting our university network. To shield it from the attack, I wrote a program to protect data as it moved throughout the network. I called it the “secure shell,” or SSH for short. Today, SSH keys are used in nearly every major network environment—including large enterprises, financial institutions and governments—to protect data in transit and remotely manage systems.

: TATU YLONEN, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY; Viewpoints; Posted On Monday, 22 April 2013 10:01

Richard Ruddlesden Appointed As Sales Director of Doherty Associates

Leading IT service and support company Doherty Associates has appointed Richard Ruddlesden as Sales Director. He joins from core Microsoft infrastructure company Teksys. Prior to this, Ruddlesden has held a number of senior sales management positions with Veritas, Seagate, Symantec and Pegasus. In his new role, he will spearhead Doherty’s sales strategy with particular reference to the company’s widely acclaimed CloudToo brand.

: LEIGH RICHARDS; Appointments, Promotions & Personality Profile; Posted On Monday, 22 April 2013 09:59

Average packet-per-second rate reaches 32.4 million according to Prolexic’s Q1 2013 DDoS report

HOLLYWOOD, FL: Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced that average attack bandwidth totaled 48.25 Gbps in Q1 2013, a 718 percent increase over last quarter, and the average packet-per-second rate reached 32.4 million. These startling metrics are just two of many contained in the company’s Quarterly Global DDoS Attack Report, which was published recently.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 22 April 2013 07:48

AlienVault releases industry’s first unified security management virtual appliance

Company responds to needs of mid-market enterprises for security visibility and reduced complexity with free trial and new pricing options

San Mateo, Calif.: AlienVault, the leading Unified Security Management provider committed to making security visibility complete, simple and affordable, has announced the release of the first AlienVault Unified Security Management™ (USM) virtual appliance. AlienVault’s USM platform is a collection of the best open source tools for asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection, behavioral monitoring and security intelligence. These essential security capabilities—all included in the new USM virtual appliance—are pre-integrated and tuned to provide complete security visibility and threat management through an easy-to-use management console. A free trial of the USM virtual appliance is available immediately for download from the company’s website, and affordable new pricing options put USM within easy reach of any security budget.