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August 31st, 2010 at 04:42pm
Under General
David Lacey’s IT Security Blog examined the Intel buy-out of McAfee in detail, but he doesn’t see the sense in it. He paraphrases Intel’s statements on the buy-out with this: In fact the real motivation behind the deal is an initiative to embed more security in hardware. Intel confidently believes that McAfee’s security technology will [...]
Continue Reading Should Intel have bought Wave instead?
Tags: intel, mcafee, wave
By Ken Y-N
August 31st, 2010 at 04:28pm
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Kevin Townsend had a bit of a rant on his blog about McAfee being bought by Intel, a matter which has been covered both here and elsewhere, but I did enjoy the tie in with Cameron Diaz, so it was too good a headline to miss out on. He makes this point: Trusted computing is [...]
Continue Reading Trusted Computing even more dangerous than Cameron Diaz!
Tags: cameron diaz, intel, mcafee
By Ken Y-N
August 24th, 2010 at 04:16pm
Under General
The big news in the Trusted Computing and security world last week was Intel buying McAfee for 7.68 billion dollars. Both companies are members of the Trusted Computing Group, with Intel being a promoter, and from the press release, one of the claimed benefits to Intel of the acquisition is this: Acquisition enables a combination [...]
Continue Reading Intel buying McAfee
Tags: intel, mcafee
By Ken Y-N
June 2nd, 2008 at 01:48pm
Under Advocacy+ TCG
Gaith Taha at Avert Labs recently published part two of an introduction to the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). My review of part one may be found here. This time the focus is on the aspect that makes many people very afraid (due to ignorance, I would argue), namely the loss of privacy and vendor lock-in, [...]
Continue Reading McAfee on Trusted Computing – Part 2
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By Ken Y-N
May 13th, 2008 at 02:05pm
Under Advocacy+ TCG
Now, this will be a fascinating series of posts. Gaith Taha of McAfee Avert Labs has started a beginner’s guide to the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Platform Module (TPM), starting off from what it is (a small chipset on your motherboard) to a broad overview of key functionality. She (or is it he, sorry [...]
Continue Reading McAfee on Trusted Computing – Part 1
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By Ken Y-N
April 9th, 2008 at 03:37pm
Under TNC
The secure network infrastructure solution creater StillSecure has announced that it will participate in the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance to provide support for improved Network Access Control (NAC) implmentation times combined with lower deployment costs. McAfee Security Innovation Alliance is: [...] a technology partnering program that accelerates the development of interoperable security products and simplifies [...]
Continue Reading StillSecure supports TNC
Tags: mcafee, stillsecure
By Ken Y-N