security appliances

Cisco Systems warned customers Wednesday that its Adaptive Security and PIX Security appliances contained flaws affecting the security of VoIP and VPN connections.

The steady drumbeat of acquisitions in the security industry continues, with the latest deal being Proofpoint’s purchase today of email archiving provider Fortiva. The deal is another indicator of the shift toward on-demand security technologies. Proofpoint already offers its email security product as a hosted service, and Fortiva has an on-demand archiving service, as well. [...]  read more »