Jon's Network

I spoke to a network admin recently that runs a Mac network for a small architecture firm. Over the years, they have accumulated a good collection of Windows macro viruses in docs stored on his network. Since they weren’t affected by these viruses, they never bothered to clean them up. It is coming home to [...]

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UPDATE: More on the Patchlink name change here Patchlink has announced that they will acquire SecureWave, which adds endpoint security to their recent acquisition of the vulnerability scanner STAT Guardian (now Patchlink Scan), and their existing prowess at automated patch management. Last Fall, I told Patchlink that Bit9 would be a good buy for them, [...]

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Oliver Braekow, Webwasher product manager for Secure Computing, was the guest of the first Jon’s Network Podcast. Oliver explains how, using their SSL scanner module, Webwasher prevents malware from using HTTPS to communicate. It will also prevent users from bypassing traditional web content filters using popular CGI proxies. This is important to keep sensitive information [...]

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Can you guess the vendor? I watched a web demo yesterday. Here are my notes from the strategic portion that demonstrate well how list based solutions are no match for today’s threats. Which vendor gave the presentation? Problems no outbound inspection no anti-malware protection from live web pages (web 2.0 pages with more user generated [...]

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eEye had a good story to tell on their webinar this morning. It looks like Blink is their flagship product that professes to be the ultimate desktop security client. It is quite compelling. The hard drive on my Windows box got fried a couple of weeks ago, and Dell hasn’t responded to my support request, [...]

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Matt Hines of eWeek did a good write-up on Sophos  yesterday.  It’s good to see Sophos get this kind of attention. "Sophos claims to have increased its business in North America by 50 percent during its fiscal 2006, which will end in March 2007, and company officials say that almost 100 percent of those deals [...]

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Anti-Virus software is a necessary investment and it’s important to make sure you maximize your return regardless of which solution you choose to run.  There are many criteria for an enterprise endpoint security solution. Here are a few: 1. Does it have proactive virus detection technology to combat zero-day threats? 2. Does it centrally manage [...]

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Sophos goes beyond traditional anti-virus and incorporates anti-spyware, anti-adware, HIPS (they call it Behavioral Genotype Protection) and client firewall (optional).  It can all be centrally managed from a console and is included with the product subscription.  They have an optional feature called Application Control that allows you to block legitimate applications that might hog your [...]

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