network-security

The judges awarded Symantec Corp., based in Mountain View, Calif., the top prize in the network-security category for a new way to head off these threats: "reputation-based" technology that examines the usage patterns of millions of computers to spot dangers that traditional security products typically miss.

The Winners, Category by Category Michael Totty 2010

Fortinet Inc., a network-security company, ended its quarter with 1,475 employees, compared with 1,389 the previous quarter.

CEOs in Their Own Words: Don't Plan on Much Hiring Willa Plank 2011

BEIJING—U.S. officials urged China to address network-security and privacy concerns of Western companies, saying the rise of network-based services conflicts with Chinese restrictions and its treatment of user data.

U.S., China Confer on Internet Privacy Concerns Loretta Chao 2011

An indication: Symantec sells network-security software to companies and updates that software to address new attacks it wants to protect customers against.

Will U.S. Businesses Finally Get Some Cybersecurity? John Bussey 2011

"Huawei welcomes an open and fair review of the potential network-security concerns posed by the interdependent global supply chain used by virtually every telecommunications equipment supplier."

Congress to Investigate Electronic Spy Threats Siobhan Gorman 2011

Mr. Gong, a 36-year-old Shanghai native who runs his own network-security company, created one of the country's earliest online hacking groups, the Green Army, in 1997.

China Hackers Seek to Rally Peers Against Cybertheft Owen Fletcher 2011

U.S. officials urged China to address the network-security and privacy concerns of Western companies, saying the rise of network-based services conflicts with Chinese restrictions.

What's News— 2011

While it's unclear how effective such an appeal will be, it is a sign that some with roots in China's hacking culture are concerned that growth in the underground cybertheft industry could draw both louder foreign complaints and tighter domestic restrictions, which could restrict their freedom of action and affect the legitimate network-security sector as well.

China Hackers Seek to Rally Peers Against Cybertheft Owen Fletcher 2011

It wasn't clear what was causing the outage, though network-security experts said it was unusual for a country like Libya, which has multiple connections to the outside world, to drop off the Internet.

Internet Access Blocked in Libya Michael Hickins 2011

At this campus, the network-security technicians weren't happy that this professor was using TOR and telling his students about it.

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