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Panda Security’s Flagship Internet Security 2010 Takes Top Spot in AV-Test Report
Panda detected 100 percent of malware scanned in the AV-Test report in both private and ‘In the Wild’ virus lists
Panda Security announced that its flagship Panda Internet Security 2010 solution has been awarded the top spot by prestigious German testing laboratory AV-Test.org in its Q2 Product Review and Certification Report. Panda’s award-winning anti-virus solution also received AV-Test certification after surpassing all protection, cleaning and usability tests, as well as those designed to test the solutions’ ability to repair computers infected with malware.
Panda Internet Security 2010 achieved a high score of 5.5 out of 6 in the protection test, also achieving the same marks for cleaning and repairing computers infected with malware. The solution scored 5 out of 6 for usability.
In testing protection against malware infections, the most noteworthy results were the solution detecting 100 percent of samples in the malware batch used by AV-Test, as well as those from its ‘In the Wild’ list. In the detection of zero-day malware attacks on the Internet, including Web and e-mail threats, Panda Security scored 82, 89 and 74 percent respectively during the three test months. In dynamic detection testing, Panda detected 81 percent of the samples used, significantly higher than the industry average of 63 percent. These figures, higher than competitive product scores, can be attributed to Panda’s Collective Intelligence technology, which immediately detects both known and unknown malware samples and sends them to the cloud for classification, remediation and elimination.
Panda Internet Security 2010 also scored 100 percent in the detection and elimination of rootkits and hidden malware. In the section on cleaning and repairing computers infected with malware, Panda Security achieved 95 percent in the elimination of active malware components (according to the WildList), once again above the industry average. In the usability section, the impact ratio of the anti-virus on computer performance was 101 seconds, less than half the industry average of 251 seconds.
“These results illustrate the incredible capability of Panda’s Collective Intelligence detection system,” said Pedro Bustamante, senior research advisor at Panda Security. “More significantly, this detection power has no impact on users’ computers, since the scanning and the classification of malware takes place entirely in the cloud.” Read more
National High School Cyber Defense Competition Registering Teams for Fall
Exciting Education Initiative Offers Teens Insight to Cyber Careers
The registration deadline is looming to participate in the nation’s premier high school cyber defense competition, CyberPatriot III.
“Our unique online competition still has room for teams,” said Bernie Skoch, CyberPatriot Commissioner. “To join, a high school teacher signs up and signs on five bright students for a fun, hands-on learning opportunity. It’s a great chance for the top teams to win scholarship money and a trip to Washington, D.C.”
CyberPatriot, presented by Northrop Grumman, is the one-of-a-kind national cyber security competition produced by the Air Force Association (AFA), a nonprofit organization headquartered near Washington, D.C. The registration deadline is October 8, 2010.
Teams of five, with an approved coach (generally a teacher) sponsoring them, learn to defend a computer network from real-life computer threat scenarios. In the fall, hundreds of teams across the nation will square off online, using special software and programs provided by CyberPatriot, to competitively solve vulnerabilities in their network. The top teams then compete again in a series of online rounds to determine finalists for an all-expenses-paid trip to the nation’s capital and the Championship Round at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in conjunction with AFA’s Cyber Futures Symposium and Technology Exposition in April of 2011. Read more
Open Source Community Paves Way for Developers to Improve Internet Access for the Aging, Disabled
New technologies from OpenAjax Alliance greatly simplify, speed Web 2.0 application development
Aiming to greatly ease the barriers that the aging or people with disabilities experience in participating in Internet activities, the OpenAjax Alliance (OAA) announced it has created new open source tooling technology to help software developers make it dramatically easier for them to access and use Web 2.0-enabled business, government and consumer web sites. The new tooling technology simplifies the way Web applications are tested for compliance with current accessibility standards and guidelines, helping to speed up delivery of new accessible Internet applications.
Previously, developers had to complete their code and run various reports to determine if their application was compliant with accessibility standards. Using the new tooling technology, applications are tested dynamically, as developers build the code, providing real-time feedback on compliance.
A recent survey suggests that a full 69 percent of companies have realized measurable business benefits from Web 2.0 in their dealings with employees, customers, suppliers and industry experts. Unfortunately, millions of people with sensory, age-related, and other disabilities worldwide have been unable to fully participate in this evolution because of barriers to access and use.
OAA maintains the new tooling technology will help narrow the Web 2.0 digital divide for many segments of the global population by facilitating consistent, industry-wide interpretation of standards such as the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Read more
Volantis Framework 6.0 Helps Developers Realise Potential of HTML5
New app creator simplifies application development, distribution and maintenance
Volantis launches Framework 6.0, a significant expansion of its core mobile content delivery platform.
This latest release allows developers to build superior websites and applications using HTML5 and CSS3, without needing to rely on more complicated Java programming.
Key components include a new app creator, an enriched HTML5 and CSS3 toolkit, better device portability and improved page rendering. The new app creator allows developers to deploy applications that can run across native and web clients and be packaged up for both Apple and Android app stores.
Developers will now be able to create an application once, distribute everywhere in one go and maintain it over time, removing the need to distribute individual updates.
The improved feature toolkit will allow HTML5 developers to produce a more compelling user experience, allowing all applications and websites to utilise, gradient, 3D transforms, cover flow, reflections and opacity amongst other properties. The toolkit also ensures that developers are able to produce sites and applications far more simply and quickly, without having to build individual versions for different browsers and handsets.
The new release also addresses some of the portability challenges which developers face as a result of the differences in new HTML5 browser standards: the introduction of new features without warning and the discovery of “bugs” in newly manufactured mobile devices. Framework 6.0 is able to implement workarounds and fixes to all of these difficulties, while also ensuring the application or site is compatible with the 7,000+ devices in Volantis’ database. Read more
Bitrix Brings Enterprise 2.0 to the Cloud
Bitrix Launches Rent-a-Portal Initiative to Deliver Enterprise 2.0 Best Practices to Small Businesses Through Service Providers
Bitrix announced the release of Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal / Cloud Edition – a specially-designed version of its Enterprise 2.0 software suitable for cloud deployment and rent-a-portal distribution model. This initiative enables service providers to reinforce their service portfolio and maximize profits while customers can save up to 80% of intranet implementation costs.
“The cloud is a challenging distribution channel for Enterprise 2.0 solutions. Service providers are constantly looking for new ways of increasing revenues, while their customers are searching for tools to create effective internal workspaces while streamlining financial, personnel, and hardware resources. The new edition of our flagship product is a perfect fit for both sides,” said Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix, Inc.
Bitrix Intranet Portal / Cloud Edition is a ready-to-go solution for small organizations with up to 50 users that prefer installation of the product on a service provider’s premises. It allows customers to avoid the vast majority of costs associated with additional software and hardware acquisition, product installation, and maintenance, making it ideal for even the least IT-savvy clients. In fact, customers only pay for the actual number of users and actual software usage. Finally, the Cloud edition minimizes concurrent risks of system downtime, data breach and data loss, as these issues are managed by the service provider. Read more