Ellen Messmer

Although it's the heart of summer, security vendors don't seem to be going on vacation. Symantec Corp., eEye Digital Security Inc., NFR Security Inc. and Vernier Networks Inc. are rolling out new products designed to stop worms and other threats.

Core Security Technologies next week updated Core Impact, its security penetration-test tool for desktops and servers that lets customers run a series of exploits to determine how far into corporate resources a hacker could burrow.

RSA Security Inc. this week announced Federated Identity Manager, Java-based server software that can be used to exchange recognized "trust identities" among businesses to provide authentication and authorization for customers and employees.

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The decision to stop running applications at the desktop and instead run them on a remote server is not one IT managers take lightly, because it entails risk. But according to many Citrix Systems Inc. customers, 2,500 of whom convened in Orlando, Fla. in October for an annual user conference, it can be very beneficial.

Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Austin, Tex.-based identity management software vendor Waveset Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed price.

To bolster information systems security, the federal government is pushing to have civilian agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, follow new regulations based on practices at the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency.