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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