Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.
Microsoft has said that its Live OneCare security suite has "a problem" with the underlying antivirus code, and admitted that security is just "a little part of Microsoft".
The former vice chairman of the US president's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (CIPB), Howard Schmidt, has announced the formation of a coalition tasked with fighting identity theft.
With a massive government services smartcard deployment now firmly on the coalition's agenda, the federal information management office is devising guidelines for agencies to cut risk and limit the financial outlay on what one minister conceded can be "extremely complex and costly" smartcard projects.
Twenty-six countries have united to form a global cyber-security group: the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (Impact).
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
Wireless LAN vendors have fallen short in delivering interoperable, highly secure products and despite vendor marketing hype, achieving a highly secure enterprise wireless LAN remains complex and costly, says Meta Group.
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