Recent Security Analysis
ArcSight shrugs off acquisition rumors, posts strong first quarter
MIS / Analyst Note, 2 Sep 2010
Andrew Hay Is OpenSSO's sunset ForgeRock's sunrise for open source IDM?
Stepping in to assume custody of the OpenSSO open source federation and access management project in the wake of the Oracle acquisition, ForgeRock has more going for it than altruism. The OpenIDM project could have disruptive potential.
MIS / Impact Report, 2 Sep 2010
Steve Coplan VMware acquires TriCipher for consolidated end-user access management hub
It's no longer business as usual in the identity management world. There's work ahead, but TriCipher's hub-and-spoke architecture will provide the foundation for an end-user access layer in VMware's coalescing platform.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 1 Sep 2010
Steve Coplan LogLogic adds some much-needed polish to its interface, introduces logging framework
With LogLogic 5.0 comes a UI refresh, an easy-to-use log-labeling feature and the introduction of the company's unified collection framework vision.
MIS / Market Development, 1 Sep 2010
Andrew Hay Can I get a NetWitness? I once was blind, but now I see (everything)
In a sea of tactical point solutions and compliance-checkbox spending, NetWitness Visualize keeps its watchful eye on the attacker and further builds upon its network-capture-and-analysis platform.
MIS / Impact Report, 31 Aug 2010
Josh Corman, Lauren Eckenroth Can CA make it rain with $200m purchase of authentication-in-the-cloud vendor Arcot?
CA Technologies makes another cloud management move – this time it secures access to the cloud with the acquisition of authentication-as-a-service provider Arcot. It's expensive, but CA is confident that it can make the numbers work.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 31 Aug 2010
Steve Coplan Cloudy with a chance of ESIM? Tripwire and Terremark team up
Tripwire and Terremark bring cloud-based ESIM into the companies' hosted and cloud infrastructure.
MIS / Market Development, 30 Aug 2010
Andrew Hay Is Emerging Threats applying a new shade of lipstick to an old pig?
The open source community project looks to commercialize its open source success by launching a licensed Snort IDS rule set.
MIS / Market Development, 27 Aug 2010
Andrew Hay CA Technologies bolsters privileged-identity feature set and solidifies virtualization
In its initial instantiation, the ripples from CA's foray into the privileged-identity market were muted. The company is now hoping to dislodge PIM pure plays on functionality. With virtualization potentially redrawing the market, the race is on.
MIS / Market Development, 26 Aug 2010
Steve Coplan What color are eIQnetworks' ESIM stripes?
Can the company successfully re-brand itself as a unified threat and compliance product, or is the moniker an unneeded reclassification?
MIS / Market Development, 25 Aug 2010
Andrew Hay Red Hat IPA directory project nears more modest milestone as strategy evolves
The freeIPA project sponsored by Red Hat launched with much fanfare some two years ago and is approaching the next milestone in its now-truncated roadmap, with the focus on directory development to fit in with broader strategic concerns for cloud.
MIS / Market Development, 23 Aug 2010
Steve Coplan Tactical FLEX's Aanval – the powerful intrusion console you've likely never heard of
The Aanval intrusion management console by Tactical FLEX brings intuitive intrusion analysis to an underserved low-end market sector.
MIS / Impact Report, 20 Aug 2010
Andrew Hay Logging the largest security transaction in history, Intel scoops up McAfee
Seemingly out of nowhere, Intel has moved into the security market in a big way. How will the world's largest semiconductor chipmaker leverage its new security portfolio?
TDM / Deal Analysis, 19 Aug 2010
Andrew Hay, Brenon Daly, Lauren Eckenroth, Steve Coplan, Josh Corman, Chris Hazelton HP 'Fortify-ed': IT giant picks up a leader in software security assurance
Continuing its tit-for-tat M&A dance with Big Blue, HP buys its partner, market-leading Fortify Software, to, well, fortify its existing capabilities with more static and dynamic analysis of software security.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 18 Aug 2010
Josh Corman, Lauren Eckenroth, Brenon Daly HP gets 'Fortify-ed' with acquisition of longtime application security partner
MIS / Analyst Note, 17 Aug 2010
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