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Security Threat Report Mid-Year 2010

Sophos: Cybercrime is at an all-time high. Learn about the latest attacks.

Halfway through 2010, cybercrime continues to evolve and grow in both scale and sophistication.

As social networking becomes ever more deeply embedded in our everyday lives, it has become an ever more fertile hunting
ground for those who would steal and abuse our personal information, and compromise and misuse our computer systems
to gain financial advantage by stealing our personal or corporate funds or obtaining illicit funds from advertisers or
spammers. Just as folks have changed their habits to accommodate new technologies and new ways of conducting their
everyday business, so security providers have needed to implement new strategies to cope with the massive growth in new
malware and new attack vectors.

Imprivata Adds Secure Walk-Away Technology to New Version of OneSign

Imprivata boosts secure access and usability

Imprivata, the company that simplifies and secures user access, has announced the general availability of Imprivata OneSign 4.5. With breakthrough features such as OneSign Secure Walk-Away, and capabilities such as strong authentication for Citrix and RDP sessions and enhanced support for virtualised desktops, the new release solves the critical workflow and security challenges organisations face by strengthening user authentication and streamlining application access.

Omar Hussain, president and CEO at Imprivata, said: “Improving user productivity and securing data are inherently competing goals. As our customers rely increasingly on fast access to digital data to be successful, security and compliance requirements across industries around the world are making access to that data more and more difficult."

the latest proof that user productivity and IT security do not have to be mutually exclusive
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BeyondTrust Release PowerBroker Desktops Free Edition Securely Manage the Elevation of Common System Tasks in Windows The release of PowerBroker for Windows Desktops Free Edition reduces the costs associated with helpdesk enquiries for mundane IT tasks, while strengthening desktop security, without the need to purchase any software. The free edition will enable network administrators to secure their Microsoft Windows desktops by running employees as standard users, while allowing elevated administrative privileges over a limited set of the most common system tasks without error messages or User Account Control (UAC) prompts. Read more...	SecurAccess Tokenless Authentication Review Unique, Simple, Affordable - 5 Stars SecurEnvoy is pioneering the authentication space to meet the growing security needs of modern businesses. No tokens, no fuss … just rock-solid two factor security with a 5 Star rating. SecurAccess from SecurEnvoy turns any mobile phone that can receive SMS into a ready-made authentication device. This pioneering zero-footprint solution cuts costs by using hardware that is already in circulation. Unlike traditional tokens that take months to deploy and replace, SecurAccess can roll out more than 15,000 new remote staff per hour without the pain, cost or environmental impact created by legacy hardware distribution. Read more...
Imprivata Adds Authentication and SSO to VDI An insight from The 451 Group analyst Steve Coplan that investigates Imprivata's foray into virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) security. There is recognition that Imprivata via its OneSign platform has integrated features for VDI including authentication management, SSO to applications, user roaming and location awareness and the resultant user audit and compliance reporting. Also identified is the different approach that Imprivata has taken compared to existing gateway and profile management approaches. The insight says in part, "Imprivata has made the astute decision to build virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) support into what we have described as its authentication management middleware, and frame it as one element within the scope of its technology." Read more...	ThreatRadar Adds Auto Defences for Imperva WAF Mitigate Automated Attacks Using ThreatRadar ThreatRadar is a new service that complements Imperva's SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF). ThreatRadar helps organisations effortlessly defend against large, automated attacks uch as those initiated by bot networks. By incorporating information on known malicious sources into the WAF, ThreatRadar allows organisations to benefit from information about attacks on external websites. So you don't have to wait until the threat reaches your environment. As Imperva's SecureSphere WAF receives attack information, ThreatRadar dynamically adjusts security policies to alert on or block malicious traffic. All before an attack is launched. Read more...
IT Attacks SSO and Authentication Challenges IDG have found that IT security professionals are increasingly adopting appliance-based solutions as a method of protecting the enterprise. One of the areas with little evidence of this is in the identity space - possibly partly to do with so many SSO systems based on or using the same OEM code. IDG says, "There are few pure-play appliance offerings in the identity and access management (IAM) market space. Imprivata is one of the exceptions." Read more...	OneSign Secure Walk-Away Protects Desktops From Unauthorised Access Closes a Critical Security Gap in the Protection of Confidential Patient Information At the recent HIMSS 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition held during March in Atlanta, Imprivata notified the healthcare community of the availability of Imprivata OneSign Secure Walk-Away. Once a user has securely authenticated to the desktop using OneSign Authentication Management, OneSign Secure Walk-Away uses a combination of computer vision, active presence detection, and user tracking technologies to identify an authenticated user. The desktop is automatically locked upon their departure, and the user is instantly re-authenticated upon their return. Using the OneSign technology in this manner, Imprivata can now help hospitals to improve patient safety through helping to elimiate errors that may result from unattended workstations. Read more...
CoreSight Announces Support for Healthcare Innovation IT Departments Experience Leading Authentication and Single Sign-On System without Risking Patient Safety or Critical Hospital Systems Local security specialists CoreSight and US-based vendor Imprivata have jointly integrated the Imprivata OneSign platform into the Australian Centre for Health Innovation's (CHI) hospital-oriented testbed. The OneSign platform seamlessly integrates strong authentication, enterprise single sign-on, physical access control, user provisioning and event reporting to provide one automated employee information access policy that's managed and enforced within a single, easy-to-use administrative framework. Imprivata are continuing to see growth with leading healthcare organisations leveraging OneSign to help solve critical access management, strong authentication and SSO issues. Read more...	60 Seconds with Imprivata An interesting exercise from silicon.com where suppliers are asked to pitch their technology in 60 seconds. From their website, "CIOs' time is a precious commodity. Suppliers who pitch their technology to them have to get it right first time - or get shown the door. silicon.com's 60-Second Pitch replicates this experience just for fun - but turns the screw a little tighter. Suppliers have just one minute to pitch their product or service to a panel of current and former heads of IT, who then have the opportunity to ask some questions before saying whether they think the idea passes muster by giving a green or red light." Read more...
Sophos and Utimaco Sophos and Utimaco products are already used to protect information – blocking malware created by criminals for financial gain and encrypting data to prevent information disclosure. Bringing these two core security measures together will enable you to manage today’s complex threats and comply with the increasing number of security regulations simply and effectively. A successful merger will disruptively recalibrate vision for the 2009 Magic Quadrant Read more...	OneSign Native Integration with Tivoli Identity Manager Imprivata extends OneSign's IDM capabilities via integration with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Imprivata recently announced that the appliance-based OneSign platform has achieved certified integration status with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager. This integration enables customers to benefit from the easy-to-use, easy-to-manage OneSign solution with integrated user provisioning from Tivoli Identity Manager for improved security and efficient management of user credentials from an employee's first day to last day. Read more...