Kaspersky 2011 introduced technological innovations on Cisco Expo 2011

Kaspersky 2011 introduced technological innovations on Cisco Expo 2011

Kaspersky 2011 participated in the annual conference of the Cisco Expo 2011, which presented a new solution to protect Internet traffic and corporate users – Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Cisco AXP and Kaspersky 2011 Endpoint Security 8.0 for Windows.
Cisco Expo 2011 Conference once again become a platform, bringing together IT-specialists from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and other CIS countries, which gave them the opportunity to come together to discuss topical issues and exchange knowledge and experience in the field of advanced information technologies.
This year Kaspersky 2011 presented its new product for the corporate sector – Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Cisco AXP. In his presentation, Constantine Matyukhin, manager to work with technology partners, told about the features and benefits of major AChRs, emphasizing its ability to optimize branches, reduce TCO, improved control and flexibility. “Users often do not follow the rules of IT security in the work, which certainly can cause tremendous harm to the company. Also, not all devices support the anti-virus software or not you can install it anywhere, you can disable the antivirus itself, and outdated operating system are vulnerable, “- explains Konstantin Matyukhin, arguing the need for virus protection at the gateway.

“According to statistics, every day there is about 70 thousand versions of malicious code – it is twice more than a year ago. Such rapid development poses new challenges of cyber threats facing companies, increasing their need for information security. Therefore, the experts Kaspersky 2011 developed a new corporate solution Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8.0 for Windows, which will provide reliable protection of corporate networks from all types of malware and potentially unwanted programs and network attacks, “- said during his speech Alexey Denisyuk, presales engineer in Eastern Europe.

Kaspersky Security for Cisco AXP – a solution that provides security for users when working with Internet resources, automatically removing or blocking all existing types of malicious programs. The product provides anti-virus filtering of Internet traffic (http and ftp) in real time by searching and removing all types of viruses, worms, Trojans and other malicious programs into the data stream. Antivirus also offers a range of filtering options to IP-addresses and URL, MIME-type, name, extension, file size and so on. No less important function of the product is potentially dangerous programs, that is, all objects are tracked with the potential to harm users’ computers, and then found an infected object is locked and the user is directed created / changed by the administrator html-notice.

PayPal unveils mobile payments for in-store shopping

PayPal unveils mobile payments for in-store shopping

PayPal has unveiled a mobile payment initiative for shoppers that doesn’t require near-field communication (NFC) technology inside smartphones.

The system relies instead on using smartphones and other mobile devices to scan product bar codes and to authorize payments through PayPal mobile accounts. Users will also be able to use credit-card scanning terminals commonly seen in grocery stores: The user inputs a phone number and PIN on the terminal’s keypad instead of swiping a credit or debit card.

PayPal President Scott Thompson laid out the basics of the plan in a blog posted Wednesday. In the blog, he also took a swipe at competitors, including Google, MasterCard, Visa and others, who are working with NFC in smartphones for a mobile wallet.

“Let’s be clear about something — we’re not just shoving a credit card on a phone,” Thompson said in his blog.

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PayPal is already a major global force in online payments, with 100 million customers. While PayPal’s new payment technologies don’t rely on NFC, they do propose making in-store payments possible from any device and support GPS-based offers, according to Thompson’s blog. PayPal will even allow for customers to set up payments on credit after they’ve checked out.

Along with a Thompson’s blog is a video showing the various methods of payment that PayPal will support. Thompson also promised more details at the X.commerce Innovate Conference Oct. 12-13 in San Francisco.

In the video, one user pays for groceries at a terminal by inputting a phone number and PIN on a terminal. In another segment, the user scans a barcode on a product with a smartphone, uses the phone to pay for it and walks out of the store with the merchandise while showing the clerk her phone was used for payment.

Dozens of merchants got a sneak peak of the technology Wednesday at an event PayPal sponsored. The event was covered by All Things D, which was not allowed to take photographs, but posted a story. In addition to the payment methods shown in the PayPal video, that story said PayPal will allow customers to continue using plastic cards, issued by PayPal, for payment.

In an interview posted on AllThingsD, Thompson said the PayPal approach doesn’t require merchants to install new terminals, nor does it require customers to buy a new smartphone.

While Thompson didn’t rule out NFC, he did say, “We are not embracing technology,” adding that working with NFC on a specific phone with a certain network and banks might only service “50 people out of 350 million people in the U.S.”

Starbucks has also expressed concerns about the long lead time for NFC technology to develop and has relied instead on barcode scanning with smartphones to allow customers to make in-store purchases.

PayPal said in February it would start pilot programs of mobile payments within a year, but hasn’t given more details on timing. It faces a number of competitors.

All the major credit card companies and many major U.S. banks have announced plans for mobile payments. Google said it would work with MasterCard and Sprint on launches later this year, while Visa has described separate initiatives. Isis, a consortium of three major wireless carriers, has plans for two pilots in 2012.

PayPal and its parent eBay have also filed a lawsuit against Google for stealing trade secrets related to mobile payments and point-of-sale strategies.

source: http://www.computerworld.com