Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announced the publication of its monthly report on spam activity for July 2010, as well as the top malicious malware detected in August 2010.

At IFSEC South Africa Securex 2010, Frost & Sullivan, the business research and consulting firm, will present a free seminar session announcing the results of a comprehensive research campaign it has undertaken into the South African CCTV market.

Panda Security has announced the launch of Panda AdminSecure (4.07), the nerve center of its traditional corporate security solutions.

Biodata, South Africa’s specialist ICT Security solutions distributor, has entered into a partnership with UK-based company Becrypt.

Check Point Software Technologies has announced its Multi-Domain Management software blades – Global Policy and Security Domain – that deliver virtual security management to businesses of all sizes.

Kaspersky Lab and Axigen, a professional messaging solution vendor, have signed a technology agreement to integrate Kaspersky Lab’s anti-malware engine into the Axigen messaging platform.

The protection of patrons, infrastructure and resources within the entertainment and hospitality sector has emerged as a market of growing potential within the security technology services market.

Anyone who uses e-mail will have noticed the rapid increase in the amount of junk mail finding its way into their inboxes, writes Fred Mitchell, Symantec business unit manager at Drive Control Corporation. While these e-mails may be irritating, they have a more sinister purpose than simply clogging up your junk mail folder - to install some form of malware onto your machine, compromising its security and leaving it vulnerable.

Devices such as access cards, PINs and passwords, designed to protect end-users, are not only ineffective against modern day threats, they often end up being used to perpetrate crime.

The increasing demands of a mobile lifestyle require that your most precious data can readily be on the go yet securely stored, writes Reon Coetzee, Toshiba regional sales manager, Southern Africa.

Web 2.0, a term coined in 2004, has changed the nature of the Internet and how people use it forever - and its benefits apply not only to individuals but to businesses too. However, for businesses to make the most of Web 2.0, they need to understand the challenges it poses, as well as the benefits, writes Martin Tassev, MD of LOOPHOLD Security Distribution.

SecureData Security, part of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings and the sub-Saharan distributor for Check Point Software Technologies, today announced the latter’s Application Control Software Blade that enables organisations to secure and manage the use of thousands of Web 2.0 applications in the enterprise.