"Do we really want to build this smart grid…for it only to be used against
us?" Melih Abdulhayoglu's concern for the security of the United States's
electricity grid was prescient. "We've got to be sure those smart meters are
protected."
He spoke a day before Siobhan Gorman at the Wall Street Journal broke the
news that cyberspies, most likely from China and Russia had penetrated the
cybergrid that controls the US electrical supply, and had left behind
potentially disruptive software.
"The CIA has already admitted that cities have been taken down by criminal
activities, by attacks." American users of electricity are "lucrative
targets," he said. He urged the US not to "build all our houses and homes
into this thing and make it all vulnerable."
Abdulhayoglu is an expert on Internet security. He is the founder of the
Comodo Companies, which distributes PC security so... (more)
Comodo will demonstrate its Protection Landscape for enterprises at the RSA
Conference 2009. Comodo is distributing free conference expo passes. This $75
value is a full-access pass good for the length of the conference.
Comodo’s Protection Landscape is an enterprise-grade suite of effective IT
security solutions that encompasses endpoint security, digital certificate
management, content & identify authentication, and compliance.
Comodo chose the RSA Conference to display its Protection Landscape because
it’s the industry’s premier IT security event. Computer experts
interested i... (more)
Inventorying PKI Certificates Easier Than Ever with Comodo Discovery Scanning
Jersey City, NJ, September 15, 2009 - Enterprises have hundreds, or even
thousands, of SSL certificates installed across their global networks. Such
large and distributed deployments beleaguer managers with the immense task of
administering this important layer of security.
Comodo Certificate Manager has been enhanced with Comodo Discovery Agent, to
enable internal networks and certificates to be inventoried, recording all
accessible SSL/TLS certificates, regardless of issuing CA.
When IT professionals ar... (more)
Jersey City, NJ, September 22, 2009 - Windows Server 2008-compatible Comodo
Backup protects network files with scheduled backups, at no charge.
Comodo Backup 2.0 provides convenient one–click backup of email accounts,
Windows registries and system partitions. Comodo Backup allows administrators
to schedule backups to fit work timetables, create customized backup routines
with a range of filters and macros, and configure the backup protocol with
Comodo’s intuitive interface in minutes.
Backups can be scheduled daily, weekly or synchronously.
In its synchronization mode, Comodo Back... (more)
Comodo Backup Encrypts and Safeguards Data, Optimizes File Space
Jersey City, NJ, November 03, 2009 - In October, Sidekick users experienced
the acute distress of losing their data files—apparently forever. If
corporate networks lose information, their pain is magnified. The number and
size of the files lost may be thousands or millions times greater. The loss
may even kill the patient, shutting down a business permanently. Comodo
Backup 2.1 protects against data loss crises by taking real-time backups of
user data, with more flexibility and control than ever, and still for free.
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