At a time when banks are shedding IT roles by the dozen, it seems counter-intuitive that 83 per cent of the nation’s chief information officers should report they are confident about the future of their business to the extent that 45 per cent expect to hire IT staff in the first six months of the year. The question remains – is this a dead cat bounce?
Even though Mac OS is regarded as being a whole heap more secure than MS Windows, that does not mean that the security software vendors are ignoring it as a potential cash cow, especially when people are running both operating systems on the one box.
"Even Mac owners are susceptible to online threats, and when it comes
to phishing, it doesn't matter what platform you're using," said Rowan
Trollope, senior vice president, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec. "The
data we are seeing from Symantec's Security Response is showing that
Macs can be a target for viruses and malware."
Hot off the heels of the Symantec false
positive fiasco which
recently hit us here at iTWire, along with CNN and Reddit amongst
others, the security vendor is looking to get the Norton Internet
Security reputation firmly back on the tracks.
And it is looking to do it with the Mac, as Symantec announces the
availability of Norton Internet Security 4 for Mac which it describes
as a "next-generation security suite" of course, which "integrates an
all-new firewall and antivirus protection" of course, with "tools to
help protect against identity theft."
Like NIS 2009 for Windows, the MacNorton product installs equally
quickly in a minute or thereabouts. It also features a new user
interface with faster updates.
As well as automatically blocking computers attempting to exploit
vulnerabilities from connecting to the Mac using different protocols,
the MacNorton 4 firewall now adds application control to manage
Internet connected apps and protect the Mac from spyware.
Also new is a location awareness control that allows the user to
specify different connection settings for every network to which the
computer is connected. Oh, and the software is integrated with
Symantec's DeepSight Threat Management System, updating the firewall
rules at least once a day to protect against the latest attacking IP
addresses.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the launch, though, is the
announcement of the 'Norton Internet Security for Mac Dual Protection'
solution which promises to secure Mac users who are running Boot Camp
or similar Windows virtualisation software.
As the name suggests, Mac Dual Protection provides protection from both
Mac and Windows-based vulnerabilities and malicious code by
incorporating both Norton Internet Security for Mac 4 and Norton
Internet Security 2009 for Windows.
Expect to pay 50 percent more for the dual protection version than if you purchased MacNorton 4 on its own.
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