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Computer Fraud & Security Bulletin March 1992 systems. The survey covered 600 000 PCs at over 600 organizations, and estimated that the virus probl...

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Computer

Fraud & Security Bulletin

March 1992

systems. The survey covered 600 000 PCs at over 600 organizations, and estimated that the virus problem is doubling every 5.2 months. The survey indicated that protection against viruses was insufficient. David Stang, research director for the NCSA, commented: “It’s surprising that only 15% of the PCs represented in the survey have anti-virus programs installed”.

assurance

level E5 against FB3, and at the same

time in the USA against the Orange Book. The evaluations

are expected

6379111. Digital

Signatures

agreement

Programme.

for IBM to market electronic

(DMC)

Inc and Datamedia

have

announced

incorporates software

Micronyx

into

Corporation

an agreement proprietary

Datamedia’s

that

security

Securecard

and

The agreement

Digital

signature

customers Micronyx

Inc has announced

an

with IBM under the IBM Business

Partnership

Marketplace,

to run for two years.

For more details contact Steve Hill on +44 (0)71

capture

for attachment

terminals.

The

Signature’s

product

calls

Sign/On

systems

to

to their point of sale has

been

jointly

developed for the past year and the latest version of IBM’s support

GSA

4680

software

as an option.

offers

Digital

Sign/On

Signatures

is

Netmate product lines. This deal will provide a

currently

single login for users with a Securecard

product for added security. For more details contact Rod Beatson on +l 410 740 0575.

plus encryption reports.

options

Identical

and auditing

graphical

(GUls) will be developed. incorporating

user

system, flags and

developing

a signature

interfaces

Datamedia

products

Micronyx software will be available

A new computer

maintenance

in the first quarter of 1992, and will be distributed

recovery service is launched Computer Systems. Called

and marketed

underwritten

by Datamedia

dealers. For more

details contact Roy Miller on +l 214 690 0595. Microcom Inc has released a collection of utilities for the Macintosh. The Microcom Value Pak (MVP) includes

Virex,

verification

a virus protection,

and disaster

today by NBI NBI Gold and

by Lloyd’s of London,

claims to be a fully comprehensive

the service maintenance

agreement covering standard breakdown; fire and theft; loss of data; spillage into equipment; accidental or malicious damage; and flooding. Maintenance cover includes delivery and/or

detection and treatment software; 911 Utilities, a

transit between client locations. NBI is adding the

set of file and disk recovery tools: and Citadel, a

service

security toolbox that includes access protection,

software

floppy

Malcolm Hiles on +44 (0)753 574118.

drive

encryption

and

security,

screen

lock,

DES

a file shredder. The combined list

price of all utilities totals $598, the MVP sells for $249. For more details contact Robert Capon at +l 919 490 1277. Logica has been awarded a contract to evaluate T-Mach under the ITSEC criteria of the European operating

Community. T-Mach is a secure system kernel being developed by

Trusted Information Systems Inc of the USA. The contract has been awarded by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to enable comparisons between practical evaluations. The ITSEC evaluations are being performed in parallel in the UK and Germany to

to its existing services.

range of hardware

For more

details

and

contact

National Security Associates Inc has announced its ‘Security Awareness Connection’, an awareness programme which presents policy, reminds users of the policy and supplies tools so that users can adhere to the policy. It includes a multimedia set of products which includes publications, policy presentation, reminders, screen covers, software and hardware inventory, virus detection, PC slide tutorials, user groups/conferences and access to ‘Computer Security Connection’a compilation of security information accessible over the network. For more details contact Kyle Myers on +l 703 758 8333.

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Elsevier Science Publishers

Ltd