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Symantec Finally Agrees With Everyone Else In The Security Community: Says Antivirus Software Is Dead

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As a technologist I have long respected Symantec and their many capabilities (they do far more than antivirus, see the list here). Architecture CTO Cyber Security DoD and IC Research antivirus Computer security Fixmo Hexis Information security invincea Symantec Triumfant Wall Street Journal' To read more please log in.

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What should you know about the Symantec Split

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Enterprise IT and cyber security professionals should all track the recent news of Symantec splitting into two publicly traded firms. Before giving our cut, review the official press release here: Symantec Announces New Strategy to Fuel Growth and Plans to Separate into Two Public Industry-Leading Technology Companies.

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Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec Found the Cyber Threat Alliance

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In what could be a very virtuous trend, four of the cyber security industry’s leading tech vendors (Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec) have established a consortium focused on the furtherance of the art and science of cyber threat intelligence. McAfee and Symantec join Cyber Threat Alliance (net-security.org).

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Leon Panetta Warns of Cyber Pearl Harbor: and a CTO gives him a polite earful

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By Bob Gourley Leon Panetta spoke today at the Symantec government conference in DC. Analysis CTO Cyber Security DoD and IC Computer security Cyberwarfare Hurricane Sandy Leon Panetta Panetta Pearl Harbor Winn Schwartau' I believe that. He has spent his entire adult life proving that. He is a fantastic speaker. Was I right to try?

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Bidding Open on DHS’ $6B Security Hub, House report stresses sharing

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Google Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says – “A steady stream of questionable applications is flowing daily into Google’s Play store for Android devices, according to security vendor Symantec.” ” Symantec believes that they have found at least 1200 malicious apps in the last seven months.

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Broadcom Software Shows How the Cyber Defence Centre Will Help in 2022

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By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software. Most recently, new threats have been identified through our Symantec Threat Hunter team, including Lazarus , Verblecon and Daxin. In December 2021, Broadcom Software published our blog: Predictions for 2022.

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Portland cybersecurity risk assessment startup DeepSurface acquired

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DeepSurface co-founders Tim Morgan, CTO, left, and James Dirksen, CEO. Founded in 2017, DeepSurface was led by CEO James Dirksen , who previously sold RuleSpace to Symantec and was an executive at Formaltech, and CTO Tim Morgan , a longtime security consultant. based company that helps customers evaluate security risks.