Security

The hidden challenges of federated identity

Taiwan warns chip maker UMC on compliance

Vice premier of Taiwan says UMC needs to show improvement in complying with fine, remedies

Lenovo rejects security concerns over U.S. gov’t contract

Commission raised concerns that Lenovo's involvement will allow China to spy on the State Department

Product previews

Sonic Software revs Enterprise Service Bus; Nsite 6.0 tools the on-demand SMB; Mirapoint unveils appliance for compliance; Azaleos launches disaster recovery service for Exchange

The follies of failing to federate identity

A workable plan for federating identity starts with business policies

Offshoring cited in Florida data leak

The state estimates that 108,000 employees may be affected by the data breach

Russian Web site offered eBay account info for $5

EBay helps shut down site that was offering stolen customer account information

U.K. police deploy searchable palm print database

Biometric system has made more than 500 matches of prints to crime scenes in past two weeks

Check Point withdraws bid for Sourcefire

U.S. gov't protests Israeli-owned Check Point acquiring Sourcefire technology used to protect DOD computers

Compiling exploit code: a network-security must

Testing exploits will show just how vulnerable your network is -- or isn't