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Newsmaker #24: Fernando Quintero, McAfee/Intel

From 2012 to 2013, things at the security vendor McAfee were not as easy as they looked from the outset. Fernando Quintero, McAfee’s vice...

Newsmaker #25: Edward Snowden, former CIA analyst

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority found in 2013 that about half (49 per cent) of Canadians believe it is acceptable for the government to...

Security vendors announce merger

One of the major criticisms of security vendors by channel partners is that there are too many of them. In an industry that has...

Why hacktivism scares security leader Eugene Kaspersky

PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – There are a lot of threats in the cyberworld but one that concerns Eugene Kaspersky the most is hacktivism. The founder...

Russian vendor tasked with securing Sochi games offers Olympic security tips

With thousands of athletes, officials and spectators descending on Sochi, Russia for the Winter Olympic Games, that’s a lot of laptops, tablets and mobile...

Quebec VAR brings Russian security software to Canadian government

PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – A Quebec VAR has locked up the exclusive rights to sell Kaspersky Lab offerings to the Canadian federal government...

Kaspersky brings virtualization security to Microsoft and Citrix

PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Security vendor Kaspersky Lab is building on the success of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization (KSV), an agentless security solution...

Kaspersky program matches product resellers with services partners

PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – A new services program launched by security vendor Kaspersky Lab at its North American partner conference last week aims...

Mobile devices, insecure software and Java make for growing attack surface

An ever-widening attack surface means IT security professionals need to approach their jobs in a new way, according to a new report from Hewlett-Packard...

Physical and IT security come together at the West Edmonton Mall

The West Edmonton Mall is one of Canada’s largest retail destinations, but no one would shop there if they didn’t feel safe. That’s why...

SaaS can mean risky business for organizations: report

A new report from Toronto-based solution provider Softchoice is raising concerns about the impact of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications on end user behaviour, and recommends...

The bad side of the smart fridge and the networked car

Just last week my wife got hacked. It was so innocent that I could see many other people getting hoodwinked by it too. The hack...

Improving security in the data centre

Networking security equipment vendor Check Point Software Technologies has launched a new security offering designed to meet the needs of data centres, telecommunications and...

Symantec takes on virtual machine sprawl

Virtual machine sprawl has become a major issue with IT customers and their channel partners. According to research firm Enterprise Strategy Group, increasing server virtualization and...

Barracuda Networks founder’s video security startup needs channel

A new start-up in the on-demand security and operations video management has an eagle-eye out for channel partners. Dean Drako, the founder and former CEO...

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