Recent Security Analysis
Oracle: top of the heap in identity and access management?
We've had anecdotal evidence that Oracle's growth in the identity and access management market is ahead of rivals, but now it has provided FY08 numbers to back it up. We examine how it's managed to pull it off, and whether it can keep it up.
MIS / Market Development, 14 Aug 2008
Steve Coplan What future lies ahead for Accario's 'sandbox on a stick'?
The options for Accario illustrate the opportunities that the decomposing network edge, the rise of virtualization and the need for distributed identity management present. Can the company capitalize?
MIS / Impact Report, 14 Aug 2008
Steve Coplan Verizon offers managed network access control services
The company's Verizon Business managed services group has announced a managed network access control program to help companies deploy and manage NAC products. Is this the future of NAC?
MIS / Market Development, 12 Aug 2008
Paul Roberts Mirage claims Patent Office approval for post-admission NAC
MIS / Analyst Note, 12 Aug 2008
Paul Roberts Purewire raises another $2m, unveils Web security SaaS product
Purewire is one of a new breed of SaaS-based Web security startups. High-profile execs, a new funding round and the addition of ISS luminary Tom Noonan to their board give Purewire some momentum, but SaaS-based Web security is becoming a crowded field.
MIS / Impact Report, 7 Aug 2008
Paul Roberts Jericho Systems provides access control once the walls come tumbling down
The company's attribute-based access control sets it apart in the authorization management space.
MIS / Impact Report, 6 Aug 2008
Steve Coplan McAfee takes out Reconnex in a $46m deal that can set the DLP-acquisition bar low
McAfee has been actively pursuing a network side to the anti-data-leakage and data loss prevention story it began with its acquisitions of Onigma and SafeBoot. With Reconnex, McAfee gets network-based ADL rather inexpensively. Is it also cheap?
TDM / Deal Analysis, 31 Jul 2008
Nick Selby, Paul Roberts Sourcefire's Q2 doesn't rock the world, but it would seem to be good enough
In the face of a hostile takeover bid from Barracuda Networks, Sourcefire was being watched carefully by investors for signs of a blow-the-doors-off, either good or bad, Q2. Didn't happen.
MIS / Market Development, 31 Jul 2008
Nick Selby, Brenon Daly ObjectSecurity advocates for 'model-driven security' to underpin access control
Making the transition from a services to a product company based on its experience implementing model-driven architecture security frameworks, tiny ObjectSecurity is pushing for a structural change in access control based on a policy management layer.
MIS / Impact Report, 30 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan Government hunting is so happy for Tier-3 that it's breaking out its product lines
Enterprise security information management, log management and behavior anomaly detection vendor Tier-3 Networks has been planning to branch into enterprise sales. If only it could stop these darn lucrative government sales....
MIS / Market Development, 30 Jul 2008
Nick Selby Motorola takes out wireless IPS firm AirDefense
The company says this deal fits its All Wireless Enterprise initiative and helps in its battle with Cisco. As Motorola prepares to spin off its handset division, does snagging AirDefense bolster its arsenal?
TDM / Deal Analysis, 29 Jul 2008
Paul Roberts FoxT sets its sights on enterprise access control management
The host access control specialist that has established a solid foothold in the shadow of CA and IBM is planning a major strategic shift to expand into infrastructure access control management and beef up its reporting, logging and auditing capabilities.
MIS / Impact Report, 29 Jul 2008
Steve Coplan, Lauren Eckenroth Sophos bids $341m for German endpoint encryption vendor Utimaco
For the past several months, two decent-sized players in overlapping industries have been on the prowl for ways to grow inorganically. Along the way, the idea hit them that one should buy the other. That was a good idea, and Sophos-Utimaco is a good deal.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 28 Jul 2008
Nick Selby, Paul Roberts Phoenix buys General Software, extending its BIOS reach to embedded markets
In its third deal this year, the BIOS vendor is showing renewed confidence as it returns to growth and heads toward profitability. Embedded firmware for a wider range of devices represents a significant new market opportunity.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 25 Jul 2008
John Abbott 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
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