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March 4th, 2004, 08:49 PM
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-{ Quote: "The 'hot stuff' in security
By Tim Clark
Special to ZDNet
March 3, 2004, 11:33 AM PT
COMMENTARY--The annual RSA Conference, which just concluded in San Francisco, is the technology industry's premier security event.
After covering a half-dozen RSA conferences in the 1990s (including several for CNET News.com), I returned this year for the first time since 1999. Talk about a time warp.
As cybersecurity has become an ever larger concern, the data security industry has mushroomed. But although the lingo has changed from the prespam days, you can divide the technology on display from the nearly 250 companies into one of two categories: "hot stuff" and "perennial stuff."
First, the hot stuff:
Appliances: Five years ago, software applications were all the rage; today, there are hardware appliances for almost any conceivable security need. Secure proxy appliances, firewall appliances, virtual private network appliances, antispam appliances. Just plug them in to a network...
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-{ Quote: "The 'hot stuff' in security
By Tim Clark
Special to ZDNet
March 3, 2004, 11:33 AM PT
COMMENTARY--The annual RSA Conference, which just concluded in San Francisco, is the technology industry's premier security event.
After covering a half-dozen RSA conferences in the 1990s (including several for CNET News.com), I returned this year for the first time since 1999. Talk about a time warp.
As cybersecurity has become an ever larger concern, the data security industry has mushroomed. But although the lingo has changed from the prespam days, you can divide the technology on display from the nearly 250 companies into one of two categories: "hot stuff" and "perennial stuff."
First, the hot stuff:
Appliances: Five years ago, software applications were all the rage; today, there are hardware appliances for almost any conceivable security need. Secure proxy appliances, firewall appliances, virtual private network appliances, antispam appliances. Just plug them in to a network...
.
.
." }-