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Channel Insider's 10 Best Products of the Year
For Channel Insider's top 10 best products of 2008, Senior Technology Editor Frank Ohlhorst looked back at more than 200 products he reviewed throughout the year and weighed them for innovation, functionality, up-sell and value-add service opportunities and market potential.The result is this top 10 list of the best of the best.
Dec 16, 2008 |
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Cyber Monday scams
With Cyber Monday kicking off the online holiday shopping season, end-users need to be on the lookout for a host of scams. Fortinet's Derek Manky provides some tips for internet consumers.
Dec 1, 2008 |
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Security in a 10G Ethernet world
Is securing a 10G Ethernet environment just a matter of buying a bigger box or is it a little more complicated than that? Anthony James, vice president of products at Fortinet, explains the challenges of securing fat Internet pipes.
Dec 1, 2008 |
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Obama's Cell Phone Records Breached in Verizon Inside Job
Most large organizations take strong measures to keep outsiders from accessing their customers' data, but when it comes to insiders, they're lackadaisical, to say the least. Verizon Wireless apologized to President-elect Obama after learning that employees had been snooping into his cell phone account records, but whether the company will change its access procedures is unknown.
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Fortinet beefs up midrange FortiGate security appliance
Fortinet has announced availability of a new FortiGate unified threat management device that will eventually replace an older model for midsize businesses.
Nov 19, 2008 |
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The PC who cried wolf
A message appears on your PC, warning that a virus has been detected. It asks you to "click here for more information," then takes you to a website where you can download - for a fee - software to fix the problem. Thankful, you do so.
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Cisco fights to keep No. 1 spot in network security
Some security managers in organizations with large Cisco networks are searching for the middle ground, open to using products from Cisco or the pure-play security vendors competing in IPS, UTM, firewall/VPNs and also network-access control.
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Fortinet Pushes UTM Performance with FortiGate 620B
Fortinet is looking to rev up the enterprise UTM market with the FortiGate 620B, a new ASIC-based appliance that boasts a 16 Gbps firewall and 12 Gbps VPN throughput.
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Cybercrooks use Google name to spread Facebook worm
Malware writers are leveraging the trusted Google name to launch a new wave of worm attacks against Facebook users, researchers said this week.
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Facebook worm finds a friend in Google Reader
The Facebook worm that has been squirming its way through the popular social network now has a new friend - Google Reader.
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Opinion: Once were hackers
At the time, the conventional wisdom was that this was not much use compared to a 'real' firewall, which you had to build and configure yourself from various bits of hardware and software and then fine-tune it against the evil hackers.
Oct 24, 2008 |
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Appliance sniffs out database exploits
Fortinet hopes its new database vulnerability detection product can help database administrators sniff out exploits on enterprise systems before they can do any damage. The Sunnyvale Calif.-based independent service vendor announced the launch of the FortiDB-1000B, a new security appliance to protect businesses against data theft from their corporate databases.
Oct 13, 2008 |
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Nokia Security Appliance Sale Signals Marketplace Sea Change
As the stock markets were crashing earlier this week, a mysterious blip popped on the IT security radar: Nokia was looking to unload its security appliance unit to an undisclosed investment firm.
Oct 2, 2008 |
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Don't get caught in Web of bogus security alerts
Warning: Cyber thieves are using fake security alerts to scare you into buying their worthless software. Security experts call it "scareware," and it's a growing problem.
Oct 2, 2008 |
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Probing for Vulnerabilities to Harden SQL Server
What's a nice network-security company like Fortinet doing moving to the database security arena? "AV and IDS, to us that's kind of old hat. Network security has evolved," says Fortinet's Jason Wright, a product manager with the network security provider.
September 29, 2008 |
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Fortinet Begins Database Security Push with New Appliance
Fortinet has officially added database security to its repertoire with the first member of a family of appliances based on technology acquired from IPLocks earlier this year.
September 22, 2008 |
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Fortinet turns up speed on security
Fortinet is introducing cards for its FortiGate 5000 unified-threat-management chassis that let it support 10Gbps Ethernet connections designed to protect large corporate data centers.
September 8, 2008 |
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The Most Powerful Women Of The Channel
Collectively, they have a voice that resonates throughout the industry. Individually, their roles run the gamut from distribution executives to vendor channel leaders to CEOs of solution provider organizations. Meet the 2008 VARBusiness Most Powerful Women Of The Channel.
August 15, 2008 |
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Olympics Online Can Be A Hurdle For Corporate Networks
The Olympics puts a ton of stress on athletes, their fans, officials and corporate computer networks.
The threat that the event will overload networks is real, and companies are choosing different paths to hurdle the issues.
August 12, 2008 |
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Fallout From TJX Credit Card Scandal
The indictment of 11 criminals involved in the TJX credit card theft incident shows that cybercrime is indeed a global effort, and the bad guys are many steps ahead of their victims in terms of sophistication and knowledge.
August 7, 2008 |
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Can the Olympics really threaten your IT security?
Fortinet says the higher volume of digital traffic flowing during the Olympics will attract the attention of cyber criminals and increase your risk of being attacked. IDC Canada analyst David Senf also weighs in on the issue.
August 1, 2008 |
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Vicious Trojan attacks on gaming sites also pose business threat
A new breed of virulent Trojans -- designed to steal online gaming account information -- now account for more than one-third of all malware activity. But, as this article explains, these Trojans also pose a big threat to businesses.
July 21, 2008 |
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Virtualization Trend Is A Real Fit In Security
A lot of technologies these days are going green, coming up with ways of doing things to soften the environmental impact.
July 7, 2008 |
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Beware of spear phishing, Fortinet warns
A vendor warns adware is the most prevalent type malware targeted at corporations and an IDC analyst says users are often to blame. The best solution is either acceptable use policies or integrated solutions, depending whom you ask.
July 4, 2008 |
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Database Security Could be on the Menu for Acquisition
Fortinet's acquisition of database security vendor IPLocks could signal similar purchases are on the way.
June 23, 2008 |
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Wall Street Beat: Small M&A Deals Flourish
While the overall value of mergers and acquisitions in the tech sector will likely decline this year, this week illustrates how strategic, and sometimes smaller, deals are still important for the sector, as BMC, SAP, Fortinet and Microsoft announced deals.
June 19, 2008 |
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Seeing the green
While golfers enjoy their rounds in pristine settings, hidden away far from the lush fairways, a small team is hard at work making sure the resorts' operation runs smoothly.
June 18, 2008 |
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Fortinet buys assets of security vendor IPLocks
Fortinet has acquired the software sold by IPLocks, a San Jose, Calif., vendor of database security software.The acquisition will give Fortinet, best known as a seller of UTM (unified threat management) products, a new line of database security and auditing tools. These products will continue to be sold under the IPLocks brand.
June 17, 2008 |
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Fighting the agents of organized cybercrime
Back in the good old days of the Internet, the hacker was a teenager motivated by high-tech pranks and bragging rights. Today, the online thief could be anyone with 'Net access after a quick buck.
May 9, 2008 |
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Adobe Vulnerabilities Found In Acrobat, Reader
Adobe (NSDQ:ADBE) Acrobat and Adobe Reader users will likely be updating their systems after the company issued a patch for critical vulnerabilities in the two applications that could lead to remote code execution.
May 7, 2008 |
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Computer Security Vendors Targeting Smaller And Medium-Sized Businesses
More security vendors are targeting small and midsize businesses, a market that has lately proved rewarding to some security companies already in it.
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Fortinet claims price/performance breakthrough
Unified threat management company Fortinet is claiming "breakthrough" price-performance for its new security appliance -- the first device to offer firewalling at a cost of under CDN$1 per Mbps throughput, according to senior product marketing manager Jason Wright.
Apr 3, 2008 |
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Fortinet to release UTM appliance in Canada
Fortinet will next month release its new unified threat management (UTM) security appliance, FortiGate 310B solution, designed to offer greater flexibility and more security options to the mid-size enterprise space.
Apr 3, 2008 |
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Facebook Users Duped By Link Spam Attack
Researchers at Fortinet recently discovered that this time the attackers are posting deceptive messages on the social networking site's "wall" feature. During the attack, the spammers spoof user profiles in order to lure them to linking to online "pharmacy" shops and other phishing sites.
Apr 2, 2008 |
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Consolidation of security devices saves money
VMware, Xen and the like offer consolidation of system and server environments, VLANs have been consolidating networks for some time, SANs are intrinsic in the domain of storage, and IBM is exposing us to their remedial world of virtualization everyday.
Apr 2008 |
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Uncertain Economy Impacts Channel Open Source Efforts
In an uncertain economy, the future of markets like open source might seem unclear at best. Without a doubt, partners and vendors alike hail the nobility of shared source code-collaborative and publicly developed and made open to the public-as an endeavor that progresses the general knowledge base and makes technology accessible to everyone.
March 31, 2008 |
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Unified Threat Management, Demystified
Protecting the secrets of a uranium enrichment plant should be enough to keep any CIO very busy. But when Sarbanes Oxley mandated even tougher controls on databases containing key financial information, David Vordick, CIO of USEC, a $1.9 billion public company that operates a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Kentucky, knew he was going to get even busier.
March 24, 2008 |
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Unified threat management rebounds
The concept of UTM (unified threat management) and the devices that fit into the product segment are at long last finding a home in some enterprise IT environments.
March 20, 2008 |
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Come together
The benefits of a unified threat management solution versus stand alone solutions are easily identified in this article which highlights Fortinet customer Lee County Clerk of Courts.
March 9, 2008 |
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Trend Report: Unified Threat Management
Visualize going through airport security. You step up to one guy who scrutinizes your boarding pass and license. Once he waves you by, you're immediately stopped by a rent-a-cop with a metal detector. Passing the scan without clicks or beeps, you're clear to walk 4 feet before a bag-check line halts your progress. Then you wait as guards search someone's grandmother for explosives.
March 8, 2008 |
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End the endpoint security breaches
any companies do a good job of protecting their perimeter. They install firewalls to keep the bad guys out of their corporate network. They use anti-virus software and intrusion detection.
March 7, 2008 |
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Fortinet's FortiGate-200A
The FortiGate is another product we have seen before and not much has changed with this one since we last saw it. This product focuses on three layers of protection. First is a firewall and VPN. The second layer is IPS/IDS. Finally, third is securing content from viruses and spyware, web filtering, and IM and P2P blocking.
March 6, 2008 |
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Virginia Supreme Court Upholds First U.S. Spam Conviction
In a groundbreaking decision, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the nation's first felony spam conviction, reaffirming the fact that the First Amendment does not include spam. The decision was upheld by a narrow 4-3 vote.
March 3, 2008 |
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Hot off the press
Unified threat management specialists Fortinet has announced the most reported high-risk threats during the course of the last month, and it makes interesting reading.
March 3, 2008 |
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What Makes A Good Channel Chief?
Don't underestimate the value of the channel chief.
That's the warning solution providers give to their vendor partners. And more and more vendors seeking channel mind share and market share are getting the message.
Feb 25, 2008 |
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1st Annual Review & Outlook
For the last several months, we at VSR have worked together to create a unique tool for you, our valuable readers and members of the channel, that will hopefully be something you refer to year-round - especially since it includes thoughts and ideas that will help shape your business model now, and in the coming months.
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Locking It Down
Every six to eight months, a zombie attacks the e-mail server at Guy Brown, a Brentwood (Tenn.) company that refurbishes and sells office products. It's not a Dawn of the Dead zombie, but a virus that invades computer systems to send bogus junk mail.
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Inside Rock Phishing
Baseline goes under the hood of an area of security that most IT and business managers know little about. Learn what it takes to combat rock phishing.
Feb 19, 2008 |
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UTM growth driven by consolidation
The unified threat management (UTM) market has been growing over the last couple of years, and part of that has to do with more and more enterprises wanting to consolidate their security into a single, easy-to-use and easy-to-install box.
Feb 19, 2008 |
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The war against malware
More than ever before, the threat of malware continued to hang over the heads of enterprise executives in 2007. Further proliferation is also a frightening possibility for 2008, according to some industry participants.
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Fortinet signs with Tech Data Canada
Tech Data Canada has confirmed they have inked a distribution agreement with Fortinet, vendor of unified threat management (UTM) solutions.
Feb 12, 2008 |
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Storm makes house calls: Messages lead to bogus med sites
We've come a long way since we first received letters in the mail from a Nigerian refugee prince desperately looking for safe haven to store his abundant stockpile of money. Or have we?
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Go Phish: Watch Out for These 10 Scams
Fortinet researchers have discovered a new, socially engineered Symbian OS worm they say is actively spreading on mobile networks as users unwittingly send the malware to their unit's entire address book.
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Malware Spreading In Cell Phones, Security Firm Warns
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A malware is actively spreading on cell phone networks, according to security vendor Fortinet.
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Fortinet discovers mobile phone worm in the wild
Security firm Fortinet says a mobile phone worm written for the Symbian OS has been found in the wild.
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Fortinet: Symbian OS worm spreading in mobile networks
Fortinet researchers have discovered a new, socially engineered Symbian OS worm they say is actively spreading on mobile networks as users unwittingly send the malware to their unit's entire address book.
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Fortinet isolates mobile worm
Security researchers at Fortinet Inc. have discovered a new worm spreading on various mobile phone networks over smart phones running the Symbian operating system.
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Review: Putting UTM To The Test
Fortinet's FortiGate 1000A has one of the most comprehensive set of UTM services on the market. While many vendors embed services they have OEMed from other technology partners, Fortinet does everything in-house.
Jan 18, 2008 |
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Valentine Attack Marks One-Year Anniversary of Storm Botnet
Marking the one-year anniversary of the infamous Storm bot, a new Valentine's Storm worm is attacking the season early with spam e-mails that spread malware, rather than love, to unsuspecting users.
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Storm's "Valentine's Day massacre" arrives early
The notorious Storm worm trojan has continued its holiday-themed onslaught - first seen in fake Christmas and New Year's messages - with a massive wave of "love" notes that attempt to deliver a poison kiss to a recipient's PC in the form of malicious code.
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Storm splinters, starts phishing, say researchers
Part of the Storm botnet appears to have been rented out to identity thieves, who are using it to conduct traditional phishing attacks that target customers of a pair of U.K.-based banks, researchers said today.
Jan 9, 2008 |
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Storm Botnet Turned Toward Phishing Attacks
Phishers masquerading as Barclays Bank and the Halifax unit of the National Bank of Scotland are now pumping out bogus messages to unwary users, according to separate alerts issued by Fortinet and Trend Micro last night.
Jan 9, 2008 |
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What "Secret Crush" Widget Can Teach Business About Managing Facebook
The hook was playful: Facebook users received a "Secret Crush Invitation," saying, "One Of Your Friends Might Have a Crush On You!" But the reality was stark: This malware hiding behind a Facebook widget installed spyware on as many as 1.7 million machines" and taught some lessons about managing social networks that business cannot ignore, say security experts and vendors, including Fortinet, which released a detailed report on the incident.
Jan 8, 2008 |
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Storm botnet used to mount phishing attacks on banks
The Fortinet Global Security Research team has detected two phishing attacks on major banks that were mounted using the Storm Worm botnet, said to be the first attack on the financial sector by Storm's huge network of zombie computers.
Jan 8, 2008 |
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The Chilling, Thrilling World of Web 2.0
IT-Analysis has a very good overview of Web 2.0 security. While there is nothing completely new in the piece, it is an excellent synthesis of why this expansive redefinition of the Web is rife with danger. Like a good roller coaster or haunted house, Web 2.0 does a good job of mixing chills with fun.
Jan 7, 2008 |
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Facebook dumps Secret Crush application over spyware claim
Good riddance: Facebook has banned the "Secret Crush" application due to reports of its affiliation with a notorious spyware manufacturer.
Jan 7, 2008 |
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New Web Filtering Approaches
We have separate Internet profiles for students, teachers, principals, and staff, and each has its own varying degree of access....
Jan 2008 |
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