Recent Security Analysis
Competitors troll channel following Symantec shift on direct sales
There's blood in the water of Symantec's channel following published statements from COO Enrique Salem that the company will emphasize direct sales. Competitors (appliance maker Astaro is the latest) see an opportunity to move on Big Yellow's channel.
MIS / Market Development, 24 Jul 2008
Paul Roberts Red Hat identity management push takes shape
The initial version of its Enterprise IPA is more of a stake in the ground than a comprehensive platform for identity management, policy and audit. However, Red Hat has some interesting ideas on where it can take identity management next.
MIS / Impact Report, 24 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan AEP builds on SSL VPN foundation to go after 'identity-based access control'
With new hardware that sits in-line between endpoints and datacenter resources using software from its SSL VPN product, AEP's IDpoint can shield resources from prying eyes and generate visibility into a specific user's actions.
MIS / Impact Report, 17 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan Inspekt Security launches behavioral and security event analysis service
The Danish company, which has a US subsidiary based near Denver, has launched a service-based enterprise security information management system with behavioral anomaly detection based on stream, not flow, analysis. What are its chances in the US?
MIS / Impact Report, 11 Jul 2008
Nick Selby With good income and a pocket full of euros, Utimaco is going shopping
The German-based disk encryption and port and device control vendor is tooling along, growing nicely. We think it's going to get more aggressive to assert its dominance by looking for data categorization and classification tools.
TDM / Acquirer IQ, 10 Jul 2008
Nick Selby Guardian Analytics makes antifraud personal – really personal
The hubbub over compliance with the FFIEC's authentication mandates died down fast and quiet after a quick and smart rollup by RSA in 2007. But antifraud is perhaps more important than ever. Guardian Analytics gets Bayesian on the problem.
MIS / Impact Report, 9 Jul 2008
Nick Selby Verdasys, gaining marquee customers in ADL, jumps the fence to antifraud
The agent-based anti-data-leakage vendor – which, apart from partnerships with Fidelis and IBM, has been fundamentalist about its agent-only approach – saw a way to leverage its approach in the world of FSI fraud. It's cool stuff.
MIS / Impact Report, 8 Jul 2008
Nick Selby Expand Networks brings WAN optimization and virtualization together
WAN optimization is simply an application for a virtual server, and virtual desktop performance can readily be enhanced with WAN optimization. Expand Networks is an early implementer of these combined movements, though it will have to face Citrix.
MIS / Market Development, 8 Jul 2008
Steve Steinke Just don't call Passlogix an SSO vendor anymore: it's in 'secure access enablement'
Passlogix finds itself at a crossroads – but in a good way (despite the loss of a key OEM partner). Compliance and the need for systematic authentication controls have ignited the SSO market, but the bigger prize is managing authentication policy.
MIS / Impact Report, 7 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan Radiant Logic aims (lower) for 'identity integration'
Rationalizing multiple identity stores and heterogeneous systems in a single directory is in demand thanks to compliance. The virtual directory veteran has simplified setup even as it scopes out the potential for more-complex data management.
MIS / Market Development, 3 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan ForeScout raises $8m in series E funding, eyes profitability
The company believes this funding round from existing investors will provide the boost it needs to reach profitability, just as the NAC market is starting to work itself out.
MIS / Market Development, 2 Jul 2008
Paul Roberts SaaS security firm WhiteHat lands $7m series D financing
Horizon Ventures joined Altos Ventures, Garage Technology Ventures and Startup Capital Ventures in the latest round, which WhiteHat said it will use to fund product development, sales and marketing.
MIS / Market Development, 1 Jul 2008
Paul Roberts When identity met SaaS: Symplified hopes for a happy ending
Does the startup have the right formula in place for 'identity as a service'? Symplified's service in the cloud has some interesting aspects, and the market is essentially open water but its pitch needs more punch.
MIS / Impact Report, 1 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan LSI hops on boards with its T10 content processors
LSI continues pushing its RegEx content processor family into a line of boards that can be used by OEMs to populate servers and provide a variety of packet and content inspection capabilities.
MIS / Market Development, 27 Jun 2008
Greg Quick Sun takes an open source approach to federated identity
Sun has moved to an open source model for its federated SSO product - a strategic element of functionality in the identity management world as it undergoes an architectural transition. Will it pay off?
MIS / Impact Report, 26 Jun 2008
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