Promisec video on YouTube asks the network and endpoint security questions you should be asking yourself
Filed under: Information Technology, data security, security
Over the past year, Promisec Ltd., an internal network security solutions company with an office in Israel, has been using YouTube as a tool to explain the benefits and features of its products and the simplicity of how to use them. It’s latest promotional video, “Ask Yourself These Questions,” successfully caught my attention because of the important security questions regarding laptops, PCs and servers it brings up at the beginning of the video that every network manager should ask himself or herself and know the answers to.
Some of the questions asked include:
1. Could someone be running any file sharing applications?
2. Has any user attached an unauthorized external storage device?
3. Does every endpoint and server have the latest SP or hot fix?
4. Will I face IT and Security budget cuts that will limit visibility to new threats?
Check it out:
Promisec also offers a free Internal Threat Encyclopedia reference guide on its website that is worth taking a look at.
About the author: Lisa Damast currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog can be idirected to her via email at Lisa (at) israelinnovation20 (dot) com. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and headlines among other topics.
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16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 19, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Internet Security, VC
During the week of October 19, 2008, startups in Israel and abroad continued to be warned to cut costs and be careful. Better Place (formerly known as Project Better Place) inked a deal with Australia and Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was rumored to abandon her efforts to build a new coalition government that would lead to her become Israel’s next prime minister. For links to these stories in full and the rest of the 16 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 19, 2008, check below.
Cleantech
1. Better Place to charge up Australia
2. Sunday Solar to power Israeli kibbutzim
3. While we wait for plug-in hybrids, electric cars bridge the gap
4. Funding becoming harder to get for green startups
Economy
5. Harris: Start-ups adapting to lean times
6. Not a merry Christmas ahead
7. Venture Capital Financing Slows Amid Economic Downturn
Information Technology
8. Tufin Technologies Adds Support for Fortinet With Release of SecureTrack 4.4
9. Contrust cleans up the social media mess
10. XMPie Releases One-to-One Print Marketing Solution
11. GlobalLogic Enters Israeli Software Product Development Market With Acquisition of InterObject
12. Oracle’s new acquisition includes Israeli R&D center
Miscellaneous
13. Minnesota eyes Israel markets
14. Explaining Israel’s high-tech success: Another view
15. Israeli Party Leader to Move for Elections
16. “Within ten years, everything will be cellular”
About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
15 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 12, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, Mergers and Acquisitions, VC
The week of October 12th was surprisingly busy in Israel. Talk of how Israeli universities and colleges might not open this year due to funding continued, while a serious solution to the recent “brain drain” problem was proposed. Though darker days are still ahead for the U.S. and global economies and VCs and others are warning startups and entrepreneurs that they will have to do more with less, if any, funding, money is still out there for strong companies, such as Wix.com and MyThings.com. For links to these stories and the rest of the 15 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 12, 2008, check out the list below.
Cleantech/Environment
1. Israeli funds look to clean technologies
Investments, Trade and M&A
3. AquAgro invests $1.5 million in Transbiodiesel
4. MyThings Raises $5 Million to Help you Organize Your Stuff
5. Wix Gets Cash Infusion, Intros New Technology
6. Pawlenty will lead trade mission to Israel
Information Technology
7. Sentrigo Updates Hedgehog Software Addressing Oracle Database Security Vulnerabilities
8. Introducing ‘Enterprise Data Recording’ technology
9. Omniture Agrees to Acquire Mercado’s Site Search and Merchandising Business
10. Florida-based InkSure Technologies wins $800K grant
Miscellaneous
11. Connect One Releases World’s Smallest, Most Versatile Embedded WiFi Module
12. Israeli airport trials shoe-scanning technology
13. More Americans Vault Overseas to Search for Jobs
14. Boston: Israeli consul attempts to reverse brain drain
15. Good times R.I.P – The Israeli version
About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
Commtouch releases Q3 email trends report on the latest email threats
Commtouch, an information security company based in Israel, announced yesterday the release of its Q3 Email Threats Trends Report and the report’s emphasis on the latest threat of spammers hiding their reputations. According to Amir Lev, CTO of Commtouch,
“The growing trend is for spammers to adopt the good reputation built up by other sites and senders in order to bypass reputation-based email filters. They accomplish this in a number of ways, including stealing legitimate email senders’ credentials, or compromising email account enrollment processes and automatically registering thousands of free email accounts.”
Other highlights of the report include:
- “Spam levels throughout the third quarter averaged 77%, as in the previous quarter, ranging from a low of 61% to a peak of 94% of all email
- Over half of zombies/bots change their IP address daily
- Malware masqueraded as legitimate newsletters such as CNN Daily Top 10 or IE7 Browser updates
- New spam tactics during the quarter included: links to Flash (.swf) files, ASCII art spam, and hidden Bayesian poisoning text combined with HTML tricks.”
Commtouch’s main product is its Zero-Hour software based on the company’s Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD) technology that searches for recurring patterns and indicates spam that way. Other Israeli security companies besides Commtouch include, Check Point, PineApp, Sentrigo and Aladdin, among many others.
Commtouch was featured in depth on Israel Innovation 2.0 in October 2007 and has increasingly become a significant Israeli company to watch in IT.
About the author: Lisa Damast currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog can be directed to her via email at lisa (at) israelinnovation20 (dot) com. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and headlines among other topics.
14 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of October 5, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, data security
During the week of October 5, 2008, Israel’s cleantech industry continued to make progress and headlines. The biggest cleantech story being that the Cleantech Group has partnered with the California Israel Chamber of Commerce. In telecommunications, JaJah which hasn’t made any significant headlines in the past few months, “re-emerged,” while in Trusteer made another announcement that caught attention. Of course, there was plenty of IT and financial crisis-related headlines making this week’s 14 Israel-related technology headlines as well. For the full list, scroll below.
Cleantech
1. Cleantech Group Partners With California Israel Chamber of Commerce
2. An electrifying solution for wastewater treatment
Information Technology
3. Zoran’s IPS(TM) Interpreter for XPS Earns Logo Certifications From Microsoft
4. JAJAH Gives Voice to Global Innovators
5. CopperGate Communications Named Most Promising Start-up in Israel
6. Beijing Website Aims at High Performance w/ Crescendo
Information Security
7. IBI: SAP profit warning danger to Israeli firms
8. PineApp Ltd. Positioned in Niche Player Quadrant for E-Mail Security Boundaries Magic Quadrant
9. Trusteer Receives “Best of the Web” Award from Online Banking Report
Miscellaneous
10. Israel’s booming hi-tech industry
11. Mobileye Answers Call for U.S. Driver Safety Solutions
12. ‘Universities can’t open academic year’
13. How many Israelis will lose their jobs due to financial crisis?
14. The Five Plagues of Israel: 5 reasons for the exceptionally low Q2 results
About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
10 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 28, 2008
Filed under: Cleantech, Company Briefs, Environment, Information Technology, VC, data security, security
Though there wasn’t a lot of technology news coming from Israel during the week of September 28, 2008, the cleantech industry received a significant amount of the coverage that it did receive. The big news in the industry was that the future of cleantech is still promising and that the climate does impact cleantech investment. Widget company, Gigya raised funds and much of SanDisk’s value has to do with MSystems, Ltd. For the full stories on these and more, check below for this week’s 10 Israel-related technology headlines from the week of September 28, 2008.
Cleantech
1. Clean technologies to create business opportunities, say panelists
2. Accelerated business response to climate change drives cleantech investment
3. Cleantech investment breaks all-time record
Investments
4. JVP Media V holds $100m first closing
5. Gigya Raises $11 Million Series C Round
Information Technology
6. Sandbox security versus the evil Web (Trusteer and Check Point)
7. New Chip Technology Is Crucial to SanDisk’s Value (MSystems, Ltd)
Miscellaneous
8. PicScout Continues to Guard Visual Content Copyright
9. Stellar Startups: The spirit of a startup
10. Israel’s population in New Year: 7.3 million, 76% Jewish
About the author: Lisa Damast is the Membership Manager of ebizQ.net and currently resides in Israel. Any questions or inquiries regarding this blog or ebizQ membership services can be directed to her via email at ldamast (at) ebizq (dot) net. She can also be followed on Twitter, where she covers additional Israeli technology companies and Israel-related headlines and topics.
*About the Weekly Headlines image: The Star of David in the image was found on Flickr and is used under the Creative Commons license. It was originally uploaded by Flickr member, zeevveez. The overall Weekly Headlines image was designed by Lisa Damast.
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