This morning, Astaro announced three new products that will be available in 2010. Each product will allow organizations to connect their network while remaining confident in its security and ensuring access to information. Also in development is version 8 of the Astaro Security Gateway
Massachusetts’ MA 201 CMR 17.00
Massachusetts' MA 201 CMR 17.00 data protection regulations go into effect on Monday, March 1, and that is a huge step forward for the protection of personal information. Breach disclosure laws are old news, but 201 CMR 17.00 is different, it prescribes data protection specifics, and it is not limited to those in Massachusetts: “201 CMR 17.01 (2) Scope The provisions of this regulation apply to all persons that own or license personal information about a resident of the Commonwealth.” Yes, all persons (which includes companies and organizations), regardless of where they are located, are covered if they: “Owns or licenses, receives stores, maintains, processes, or otherwise has access to personal information in connection with the provision of goods or services or in connection with employment.” This is a big deal, for two key reasons. First, it is leading the way in state regulation of the protection of data
Up2date 7.503 Released
We are in the process of delivering Up2Date 7.503 to our installations. It will appear soon for installation via your WebAdmin.
Astaro introduces new licensing model
At the beginning of the month, Astaro announced our new licensing model to the world. This model is designed to better meet the needs of our partner community and our end-users. Below you will find the details of the new licensing model
Bank Sues Customer Over Intrusion That Led to Theft
Brian Krebs is reporting that Texas bank PlainsCapital is suing Hillary Machinery, a customer of PlainsCapital. This is significant because to this point it is common for customers to bring suit against a bank over lax security, but this is a rare case of a bank bringing suit against a customer. Details can be found at Krebs' blog.
Astaro will host partner events in US
Astaro has made a commitment to helping our partners grow their businesses.
New Zero-Day exploit – Astaro blocks that!
Dan Goodwin recently reported that a new Internet Explorer exploit has been released into the wild .
Astaro featured on MSPTV
On January 15th, Business Solutions magazine hosted a webinar featuring Jim Roddy, Business Solutions, president and Gennifer Biggs, security storage and managed services editor. The webinar, titled: ” Products To Leverage For Your Own Economic Recovery “, discussed pitfalls to avoid in the economic recovery, product financing support for IT companies ramping up for the recovery and basic business advice for 2010. The webinar featured a guest speaker, Astaro partner Dean Wescott, CMO of Kincaid Network Solutions.
Application Delivery: Virtualization Options For Cloud Computing
See all of A10 Networks’ videos at www.a10networks.com As Cloud Computing adoption increases, virtualization is a key enabler, driving economies of scale and the ability to scale with hardware appliances or commodity hardware. Based on A10’s award-winning AX Series Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) architecture, enterprises and service providers will have the flexibility to choose the following scale-as-you-grow virtualization options.
Programs learn to play in their own sandbox
Among all of the New Year's normal ebb and flow, predictions for the upcoming year are ubiquitous. More than a couple of these predictions proclaim that 2010 will be “The Year of the Sandbox”.