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The Software & Information Industry Association said it filed nine separate suits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of Adobe and Symantec. The suits charge that illegal copies of Adobe's PhotoShop CS3 and other software products were sold on eBay. 
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GE Security said that its Homeland Protection business has sold
and deployed two TSA-certified CTX 9000 DSi ™ advanced technology explosives
detection systems to support checked bag screening at Brussels South Charleroi
Airport’s recently opened passenger terminal. More
Novell announced an enhancement to its security and information event
management solution, Novell® Sentinel(TM), that will help retailers meet
the detailed requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
(PCI-DSS). More
L-1 reported 4Q and full year 2007 results: revenues increased by 49% and
137%, and adjusted EBITDA increased 41% and 195%, respectively. More
Blue Coat announced that Austal, a world-leading manufacturer of aluminium
vessels, has selected its ProxySG® appliances to optimize its WAN by providing
visibility, security, control and acceleration of application traffic between
its offices. More
Secure Computing's Webwasher ranked #1 with a 99.9% catch rate in a new
anti-malware study. More
Raytheon was awarded a $179 million add-on to the U.K. e-Borders contract. More
Check Point announced single agent for comprehensive endpoint security. More
Mount Sinai Medical Center selected Symantec for endpoint data loss prevention. More
The City of Paris has chosen 3M Library Systems to supply and install RFID
systems at 42 branches. More
The DoD has extended the time and increased the value of its RFID II contract
with Savi. More
Sentry Technology announced today the successful installation of its OperationalVideo(TM)
security and business management solution in a total of 35 store locations
for two large national retailers. More
Germany's Deutsche Bahn selected Verint's Nextiva transit solution. More
Symantec research debunks common myths that contribute to IT failures. More
Radware said that China Jianyin Investment Securities selected its APSolute
Intelligent Application Delivery Solution to build a next generation trading
network. More
Websense announced record billings and revenue for Q4'07. More
VeriSign said a leading online tax filing service selected its' Green Bar
to ensure trust at tax time. More
Unisys said it will design and integrate a RFID license plate reader infrastructure
for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. More
Allied Defense Group announced that it has been selected to provide an integrated
surveillance solution for the site of Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Arizona. More
OSI announced it has received a contract for approximately $2.0 million
from its Chinese distributor, Ryan Security Technologies, Ltd. for its baggage
and parcel inspection systems. The systems are intended to be installed
in and around Beijing for use during the upcoming Olympic Games. More
Johnson Controls reported that 1Q earnings were up 39% and confirmed full-year
2008 outlook for double-digit earnings increase. More
Axsys Technologies announced that it has received a $21.9 million order
from BAE Systems to produce dual-field-of-view infrared imaging lenses as
part of the U.S. Army's CROWS program. More
Bernard C. Bailey, Chairman of LaserCard, said regarding Italy's RFP for
its national ID card “....we believe (it) will become one of the major programs
for LaserCard with as much as $40 million in annual revenue at full implementation.” More
McAfee announced that it provides coverage for the three security vulnerabilities
disclosed by Microsoft. More
Juniper Networks announced that Kyoto University has mitigated
its risk of exposure to known and not-yet discovered security threats
with the deployment of the Juniper IDP solution. More
Gemalto announced that its implementation of Java Card(TM) technology
has been Common Criteria certified EAL4 using formal assurances from
the EAL7 level, the highest level of certification possible. More
NICE Systems announced that Shanghai Pudong International Airport
has placed a 7-digit order to provide its IP-based video solution with
content analytics. More
Sentry Technology announced the signing of a purchase contract
with one of America's largest retailers to install a second site with
SentryVision® SmartTrack(TM) traveling CCTV systems. More
Force Protection announced that it has received a purchase order from
BAE Systems for an additional 45 Iraq Light Armored Vehicles. More
DRS announced that it received a follow-on $38 million contract, including
options, from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, to continue operating
the automated and integrated physical security systems at the Pentagon
and other DoD facilities. More
CA unveiled a comprehensive solution for empowering IT organizations
to achieve their increasingly challenging and business-critical governance,
risk and compliance objectives. More
EFJ announced that it received a $7.7 million award by a U.S. DoD customer
to provide the U.S. Navy with a secure wireless video and mobility solution. More
Unisys said that its open payments platform solutions will help banks
meet regulatory compliance. More
GE Security announced that its CTX(TM) 9400 has received TSA certification
and recently completed operational test and evaluation. More
NICE Systems announced that it has won a $9 million contract from the
City of New York, for NICE Inform, a multimedia incident information
management solution for 9-1-1 emergency call centers. More
Siemens announced it was awarded a $12.6 million contract to design
and build a new baggage handling system at Buffalo Niagara International
Airport with integrated explosive detection screening. More
SI International said it was awarded a $225 million Department of Homeland
Security service center operations support services contract. More
DRS announced that it received an $11 million contract from the U.S.
Army's Communications-Electronics Command to manufacture Tactical Quiet
Generators. More
I.D. Systems and RedPrairie announced that they have finalized a partnership
agreement to provide supply chain management solutions across North
America. More
Check Point Software announced that its SmartDefense(TM) Service uniquely
protects against the latest pharming attack targeting BIND (Berkeley
Internet Name Domain) servers, the most popular domain name server used
on the Internet. More
McAfee announced a partnership with Suddenlink to protect its ISP subscribers
from online threats to their PCs and their families. More
Blue Coat announced that Imerys has selected Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances
to provide Wide Area Network optimization to accelerate Lotus Notes,
file access and Web communications. More
NICE Systems announced that Akbank selected its Actimize anti-money
laundering solution to help meet local and international regulatory
standards. More
ITT said it intends to broaden its portfolio in high-growth defense
technology markets with acquisition of EDO. More
L-1 announced that it has received two orders from the U.S. Military
for the family of PIER portable iris recognition and enrollment devices
valued at more than $2.5 million. More
Harris unveiled the Harris Border Security Shelter, a system that links
information and communications technologies used to detect illegal border
crossings or other threats to national security. More
Secure Computing and General Dynamics Canada announced the availability
of the MESHnet Firewall for use in battlefield vehicles. More
VeriSign announced that it was selected by E*TRADE to deploy extended
validation SSL Certificates from VeriSign to help provide online retail
customers with instantly recognizable confirmation that they have reached
genuine E*TRADE Web pages, instead of counterfeit sites. More
United Technologies announced an offer to purchase Rentokil Initial's
Initial Electronic Security Group for a $1.16 billion. More
SI International announced that it has been awarded a contract
to provide business process outsourcing services to the Federal Retirement
Thrift Investment Board. More
Bioscrypt announced the introduction of a3D face recognition camera
for use in authenticating individuals accessing a computer and will
partner with 3VR. More
Sybase announced that the Spanish Postal Service has deployed its RFID
Anywhere(TM) software platform in one of the largest RFID projects in
Europe. More
McAfee announced the McAfee® OK program, a mobile content inspection
and certification program that creates a trusted and safe content experience
for mobile phone users. More
Extreme Networks said announced that it was selected by Mexico's Ministry
of Foreign Affairs to provide a new converged network supporting voice
and data on a single infrastructure in downtown Mexico City. More
Oracle and Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company, said that they
have teamed up to provide real time tracking of cargo containers shipped
from Hong Kong to Japan. More
IBM and Cisco announced they will partner to provide emergency crisis
response capabilities for the first time as an end-to-end managed service. More
Blue Coat® announced that the Philips Electronics China Group has selected
Blue Coat SG appliances to provide WAN optimization for its branch and
regional offices throughout China. More
Bioscrypt announced the deployment of its VisionAccess 3D Face Readers
at a Japanese Government Agency located in Tokyo. More
Accenture said it has been awarded a contract worth up to $57.52 million
by the U.S. Department of the Navy to provide business transformation
services and military preparedness support. More
Absolute Software said it is helping educators fight computer crime. More
Symantec announced that the state of Missouri has standardized on Symantec's
desktop security solutions to improve the protection of the state's
desktop environment. The Missouri state government has centralized IT
procurement and has implemented Symantec AntiVirus desktop protection
for 50,000 seats across 14 departments. More
Fair Isaac and Optel Informatik announced a system to help wireless
operators worldwide prevent roaming fraud. More
Raytheon said it received a $38.6 million Army contract to provide increased
capability for warfighters now using the Patriot Advanced Capability-2
(PAC-2) configuration. More
Honeywell announced that Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
in Texas has selected Honeywell Instant Alert® to help improve parent
communication and emergency responsiveness. More
UTC Fire & Security announced it has acquired SFS Fire Services Limited
- U.K.'s largest independent fixed fire protection business. More
Digimarc announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year
ended December 31, 2006. "Cuts loss substantially and improves key financial
measures of gross margin, OPEX, EPS, adjusted EBITDA and cash flow significantly
from prior year." More
Gemalto announced it is providing 3.5 million secure contactless transit
smart cards to Massachusetts for the public transportation system. More
Trend Micro (TMIC) announced
the latest versions of its Worry-Free Security Solutions. More
Bioscrypt (BYT.TO) announced
that CATSA has selected a handheld rugged biometric reader from Labcal
Technologies Inc. that incorporates Bioscrypt technology to authenticate
employees in 29 Canadian airports. Last week Bioscrypt said it will
acquire A4Vision. More
BIO-key (BKYI.OB) said
that it has received new mobile wireless awards from Oklahoma Highway
Patrol and Stillwater (OK) Police Department law enforcement agencies
totaling more than $320,000. More
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)
announced that it has completed the acquisition of WhereNet Corp., a
provider of RFID solutions. More
Extreme CCTV (EXC.TO)
announced that its strategic partner, Obzerv Technologies Inc., has
been awarded a contract worth approximately $650,000 by Defense Research
and Development Canada. More
ACI Worldwide (TSAI)
announced the general availability of Release 4.9 of its smart card
management solution. More
Bioscrypt (BYT.TO)
announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire A4Vision. More
I.D. Systems (IDSY) announced
that it has received two purchase orders from a leading U.S. defense
contractor with a total value of approximately $1.5 million. More
Entrust (ENTU) said that
the State of Illinois has issued the 100,000th digital certificate with
its' Entrust Authority(TM) solution. More
TVI (TVIN) announced it
received an order for decontamination systems from the Washington State
Hospital Association. More
Force Protection (FRPT.OB)
said it received a contract for $9.4 million for additional vehicles
from the U.S. Marines. More
RAE Systems (RAE) announced
the award of an exclusive contract with the Dushanzi division of PetroChina
to provide fixed toxic and combustible gas detection equipment at the
construction site for a new refinery in Dushanzi, Xinjiang, China. More
Digimarc (DMRC)
announced preliminary 2007 financial guidance. Digimarc expects a profitable
year on 5-10% growth. Digimarc also said that USVO entered into a license
agreement for Digimarc's digital watermarking patents for use in forensic
tracking applications of commercially available video, pre-release video,
and home marketing screening video. More
OSI Systems (OSIS) announced
that it was awarded an approximate $4.3 million contract for cargo and
vehicle inspection systems from the Hungarian Ministry of Finance. More
Implant Sciences (IMX) and
RAE Systems (RAE) said that
they will partner on explosives detection. More
Atmel® (ATML) and SkyeTek,
Inc. announced they have entered into an RFID technology partnership. More
Cisco (CSCO) announced it
will acquire IronPort Systems, a provider of messaging security appliances,
focusing on enterprise spam and spyware protection. More
ManTech (MANT) said it won
a $159 million Army contract to support mine-clearing in Iraq, Afghanistan
and Kuwait. More
Intelli-Check (IDN) announced
that it has received its second order totaling over two hundred of its
ID-CHECK systems from KIOSK Information Systems. More
Motorola (MOT) announced
successful deployment of its biometric technology by the Transportation
Security Clearinghouse for the Registered Traveler Program. More
American Science and Engineering (ASEI)
announced the receipt of orders from a European Union and an Asia Pacific
client for multiple Z® Backscatter Vans(TM) (ZBV(TM)). The two contracts
total $4.0 million. More
L-3 (LLL) announced it received
a $35 million contract award for a new class of in-line encryptors. More
Protection One (PONN.OB)
and Integrated Alarm Services Group (IASG)
announced they have executed a definitive merger agreement. More
Citrix (CTXS) announced
that the Lincoln Police Department has deployed Citrix GoToMeeting. More
Websense (WBSN) announced
a definitive agreement to acquire PortAuthority Technologies for approximately
$90 million in cash. More
McAfee (MFE) announced that
it has been selected to protect the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
messaging system from spam, phishing, spyware and virus attacks. More
Harris (HRS) said
it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop an encryption
device that could be used to meet the communication security needs of
future satellite terminals. More
The Stanley Works (SWK)
announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase HSM Electronic
Protection Services, Inc. for $545 million cash. More
OSI Systems (OSIS) announced
that it received contracts totaling approximately $10 million
for its Baggage Screening System. The orders were received from several
major undisclosed international airports. More
SafeNet (SFNT) announced
the launch of DRM Fusion Toolkit4TV for mobile TV licensing and protection
that supports all major, open broadcast Digital Rights Management (DRM)
standards. More
Digimarc (DMRC) announced
its Anti-Fraud Service, a new offering that helps State driver license
issuing authorities identify and root out multiple license fraud by
comparing all facial images stored in the driver license database against
each other. More
Cogent (COGT) announced
that its biometric fingerprint technology is integrated by 3M (MMM)
for the first operational implementation of the Seafarers' Identity
Document program. More
Websense (WBSN) announced
software to help solution providers deliver Web security for their customers'
Internet access via virtualized applications delivered by Citrix Presentation
Server(TM). More
Unisys (UIS) said that it
was awarded a healthcare billing contract by the DoD. More
MoreAmerican Science and Engineering (ASEI) announced that it has been selected by NATO to deliver multiple cargo, parcel, and personnel X-ray inspection systems.
MoreCompuDyne (CDCY) announced that it had a total of $9.2 million in new awards during the month of October, 2006 and that awards for the third quarter exceeded awards for the entire first half of 2006.
MoreIBM (IBM) announced new security software built for small and mid-size organizations that wish to establish a single password to more effectively manage identities across their infrastructure.
MoreSafeNet (SFNT) announced that MSA Focus has selected SafeNet's Sentinel RMS to license their broadcast management system, ForeTV.
MorePrecise Biometrics (PBMTF.PK) said that SAS will install its' biometrics system at all swedish airports.
More3M (MMM) said on Nov. 16 that its' ePassport Verification Systems have been chosen and installed at passport issuance locations throughout Austria. The 3M ePassport verification system gives Austrian passport holders a means to personally check the electronic data stored on the new high-security passports the country began issuing in June.
MoreSymantec (SYMC) said it was selected by Temple University to secure the data network and protect students from online threats.
MoreCyberSource (CYBS) released results of its' eighth annual survey of eCommerce fraud: U.S. merchants will lose as much as $3 billion in 2006, up from $2.8 billion the year before.
MoreEntrust (ENTU) said that IdentityGuard was selected by Ocean Systems' financial institution customers.
MoreVeriSign (VRSN) announced that the U.S. Department of Education has chosen its integrated authentication services to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), the Federal Government's secure identity credentialing mandate.
MoreTrend Micro (TMIC) announced the addition of new security features within the award-winning Trend Micro(TM) Mobile Security.
MoreACI Worldwide (TSAI) said that Royal Bank of Canada has selected ACI's Smart Chip Manager(TM) to provide the foundation for its planned migration to chip technology for debit and credit cards.
MoreMcAfee (MFE) and msystems(TM)(FLSH) announced that the one-millionth msystems U3(TM) smart drive bundled with U3 Anti-Virus Powered by McAfee has shipped.
MoreIBM (IBM) introduced a new digital video surveillance service.
MoreWebsense (WBSN) unveiled a new approach to security that identifies threats on the Internet before criminals can launch Web security attacks.
CACI (CAI) said it was awarded $230 million in previously unannounced contracts to support National Security and Intelligence.
ADT (TYC) said it's working together With next generation phone services providers to promote reliable security monitoring.
Bioscrypt's (BYT.TO) said that it's biometric reader was selected by the largest courthouse system in Latin America.
Gemalto (GTOFF.PK) announced integration for its .NET smart cards in Microsoft Certificate Life Cycle Manager.
I.D. Systems (IDSY) said it received a new order from Nissan for a Wireless industrial fleet management system.
VASCO (VDSI) reported record results and increased full-year 2006 guidance.
ActivIdentity (ACTI) announced wins with DoD and the military - ActivClient 6.0 was selected to enable their move to next- generation HSPD-12 certified Common Access Cards due to be put in place by October 27, 2006.
Novell (NOVL) announced the U.S. GSA has certified Novell's identity assurance solution for HSPD-12 implementations.
NEC (NIPNY) announced the Alabama Police Department selected its Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
SAIC (SAI) announced that it has been awarded the (SMARTS) contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Aladdin (ALDN) announced it continues to experience significant growth of its strong authentication solutions business throughout India.
Army Awards MTC (MTCT) $18 million potential value to develop power sources for portable systems.
RAE (RAE) introduced HazRAE 3.0 Chem/Bio/Rad/WMD decision support tool which now supports 96,000 materials with searchable database .
Symantec (SYMC) announced a solution that protects Macintosh users from Phishing Web Sites.
Digimarc (DMRC) announced that it has been issued a patent that describes ways to improve the identification and management of copyrighted digital assets.
Rapiscan (OSIS) said they received $13.2 million in orders from the Transportation Security Administration.
CACI (CAI) said they were awarded the prime contract for a $1.9 billion design and engineering program for the Air Force.
SafeNet (SFNT) announced that more than 100 U.S. Government agencies have downloaded approximately 225,000 free copies of its hard drive encryption software, ProtectDrive.
Digimarc (DMRC) said that the FY 2007 DoD appropriations bill includes $2.6 million for the U.S. Army Night Vision Electronic Sensor Directorate that involves Digimarc digital watermarking.
McAfee (MFE) said it will acquire Citadel Security (CDSS.OB) for approximately $60 million.
SafeNet (SFNT) said it was selected by SWIFT to protect identities on its financial services network.
Websense (WBSN) announced the release of the Websense® Security Labs(TM) 2006 Semi-Annual Web Security Trends Report.
Digimarc (DMRC) announced that its driver license solution is now available with a contactless smart card option that anticipates Federal requirements for citizen border crossing, such as the proposed "PASS" card.
BIO-key (BKYI.OB) said it was awarded an additional US Patent for biometric security.
I.D. Systems (IDSY) said it received additional orders from the U.S. Postal Service for wireless vehicle management systems.
OSI (OSIS) said it received a $4.6 million contract from a U.S. Government Agency for cargo & mobile x-ray inspection systems.
SRA (SRX) announced that it was awarded a $30.6 million contract from the DoD.
CA (CA) announced that its newly released CA Internet Security Suite 2007 provides as much as $6,500 in protection to customers in the event they are affected by PC virus infections or a victim of identity theft.
EFJ (EFJI) announced that it received a $6.5 million contract for the design and development of force protection and installation management systems for a Department of Defense customer.