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Google Thinks of Web Security for Enterprises

Google recently unveiled its Web Security for Enterprise, a web security product that lets companies provide Internet security...

Google Thinks of Web Security for Enterprises

Google recently unveiled its Web Security for Enterprise, a web security product that lets companies provide Internet security to users in any location. The application allows organizations to control how employees use the Internet.

Google Apps adds Web security, remote worker protection

Google is adding security for Web surfing and remote workers to its Google Apps set of office tools. Made possible by last year's acquisition of security vendor Postini, Google Web Security for Enterprise includes real-time malware protection and URL filtering with policy enforcement and reporting, Google announced Thursday. continue

Is Today's Web Still 'the Web'?

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister raises questions regarding the transforming nature of the Web now that Tim Berners-Lee's early vision has been supplanted by today's much more complex model. AJAX, Google Web Toolkit, Flash and Silverlight all have McAllister asking, 'Is [the Web] still the Web if you can't navigate directly to specific content? Is it still the Web if the content can't be indexed and searched? Is it still the Web if you can only view the application on certain clients or devices? Is it still the Web if you can't view source?' Such questions bely a much bigger question for Web developers, McAllister writes. If today's RIAs no longer resemble the 'Web,' then should we be shoehorning these apps into the Web's infrastructure, or is the problem that the client platforms simply aren't evolving fast enough to meet

Google unveils Google Web Security for Enterprise

Google Web Security for Enterprise, a web security product designed to make it affordable and easy for all sizes of companies to provide Internet security to users, in any location, has been unveiled by Google, an Internet search engine company.

Delving Into Google Health's Privacy Concerns

SecureThroughObscure writes "Security researcher Robert 'RSnake' Hansen discusses numerous concerns with Google's new Google Health application, which aims to integrate user's medical records online. We discussed Google Health's opening to the public earlier this week. RSnake mentions that Google has found a loophole allowing them to provide this service without having to follow HIPAA regulations, which, combined with Google's track record of having numerous flaws leading to private information disclosure, draws serious concern. Security researcher Nate McFeters of ZDNet's Zero-Day Security Blog also commented on the article, mentioning several past vulnerabilities: ownership of content issues, Google Docs theft, a cross-domain hole, Google XSS, and a Google Picasa protocol handler issue leading to the theft of user images.

Google Web Security monitors Web traffic, protects networks

FRAMINGHAM, 9 MAY 2008 - Further utilizing its Postini acquisition last year, Google announced Friday that the company will offer a web security product. Google Web Security promises to allow companies to monitor users' internet usage and prevent malware from entering the corporate network without having users log on to a VPN.

Beyond Google Hacking: Web Application Security in the Age of Google

Google Hacking is an acknowledged threat to web applications and sensitive data including credit card numbers, social security numbers and other types of private information. However, hackers now exploit powerful search engines in new ways beyond Google Hacking. Organizations seeking to bolster their enterprise security and comply with standards and regulations including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) need to understand how to protect against these attack types.

Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Google announced this week that their Google Earth application can now be used from the browser, instead of having to download and install the desktop application. "Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. 'The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs let you embed the full power of Google Earth and its 3D rendering capabilities into your web pages.' Google LatLong blog announced that each Google Maps mashup can take advantage of the new 3D view by adding a single line of code. 'Our goal is to open up the entire core of Google Earth to developers in the hopes that you'll build the next great geo-based 3D application, and change how we view the world.'"

Websense Announces New Web Security Gateway for Real-Time Protection from Web 2.0 Threats

Websense, Inc., the market share and technology leader in Web security, today announced the managed release of new software that provides real-time security protection from today’s dynamic Web 2.0 threats – allowing businesses to use the Web and new Web 2.0 technologies to advance their business with the assurance that their employees and their essential information are safe from the growing number of threats found on the Web.

Websense Announces New Web Security Gateway for Real-Time Protection from Web 2.0 Threats

TORONTO, June 10, 2008 — Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), the market share and technology leader in Web security, today announced the managed release of new software that provides real-time security protection from today's dynamic Web 2.0 threats – allowing businesses to use the Web and new Web 2.0 technologies to advance their business with the assurance that their employees and their essential information are safe from the growing number of threats found on the Web.

Google Gives Away Web App Security Tool

CWmike writes "Google has released for free one of its internal tools used for testing the security of Web-based applications. Ratproxy, released under an Apache 2.0 software license, looks for a variety of coding problems in Web applications. A 2006 survey by the Web Application Security Consortium found that 85.57 percent of 31,373 sites were vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks, 26.38 percent were vulnerable to SQL injection and 15.70 percent had other faults that could lead to data loss."

Google Upgrades Toolkit To Boost Web Computing

Google has released Google Web Toolkit 1.5, which now supports Java 5. Bruce Johnson, Google's engineering manager, said the toolkit will let developers focus on Web applications rather than desktop platforms by resolving browser incompatibilities. Google also opened Google App Engine to let more developers host applications on its servers.

To beat Microsoft, use the web. To beat Google, use the mobile web (?)

I think ReadWriteWeb is onto something: Josh Catone is suggesting that the mobile Web may be the key to beating Google for the next generation of the Web. Just as Google is upending Microsoft's desktop dominance by making the desktop operating system irrelevant, so, too, could Google's desktop-based advertising be made irrelevant by moving the Web experience to mobile devices:

To beat Microsoft, use the web. To beat Google, use the mobile web (?)

I think ReadWriteWeb is onto something: Josh Catone is suggesting that the mobile Web may be the key to beating Google for the next generation of the Web. Just as Google is upending Microsoft's desktop dominance by making the desktop operating system irrelevant, so, too, could Google's desktop-based advertising be made irrelevant by moving the Web experience to mobile devices:

Google Friend Connect: Google's Attempt to Positio...

On Monday, May 12th, Google released a preview of a new service that will allow web sites that are not intrinsically social to add social networking features to their sites. The service called Google Friend Connect will give any web site owner a snippet of code to add to their site so that social networking features will run immediately without the hassles of programming. The code works by allowing a visitor to sign in to the Google Friend Connect web site using a log-in and password from an email or social network account to which he or she is already registered and has stored contacts (sites include Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, hi5, orkut, Plaxo, and more). Once signed in, the visitor gives the site permission to retrieve his/her profile and friends list from that account so that he or she can see, invite, and interact with friends on the

Google unveils a bevy of web developer treats at Google I/O

Google is in the process of wooing an untold amount of web developers this week at its first Google I/O Conference in San Francisco. Developers are engaging in coding sessions, sitting in on technical panels, and hearing luminaries in their field explain how using Google APIs and web development tools will make their lives easier.

BT: BT Joins Inventor Of The World Wide Web To Promote Study Of Web Science'

BT today became a founding sponsor of the Web Science Research Initiative, an international body established to promote the science and development of the World Wide Web. Established by British Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, with co-directors Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall and Danny Weitzner, the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) exists to promote the study of Web Science', a new academic discipline focusing on the analysis, engineering and social impact of the World Wide Web.

Google Gives Away Web App Security Scanner

Attention web programmers & security aficionados: Google is giving away a home-grown internal tool that they use for testing the security of Web-based applications. The tool is called “Ratproxy” and you can get more details in this ComputerWorld article. Enjoy!

Google Search Ranking Secrets Revealed

Wouldn't it be great to understand exactly how Google decides to rank websites? And wouldn't it be even better if the information on Google search rankings came from a true ''insider'' at Google? Well if the Google blog is to be believed, the company has begun an effort to do just that. Udi Manber, a Vice President of Engineering at Google is part of the team called 'Search Quality'. Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. That is, when you type a search query into the search box at Google and hit enter, the Search Quality team is responsible to decide within a fraction of a second which among the billions of pages on the web to display, and in what order.

Large Web Host Urges Customers to Use Gmail

1sockchuck writes "LA hosting company DreamHost, which hosts more than 700,000 web sites, is encouraging its customers to use Google's Gmail for their e-mail, rather than the DreamHost mail servers. DreamHost is continuing to support all its existing e-mail offerings, but said in a blog post that email is "just not something people are looking for from us, and it's something the big free email providers like Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google can do better." DreamHost addresses a question about Google that has vexed many web hosting companies: is Google a useful partner, or a competitor that intends to make "traditional" web hosting companies obsolete? In this case, partnering with Google offers DreamHost a way to offload many of its trouble tickets, reducing the support overhead.

Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice.org

CWmike writes "Preston Gralla has a decent idea that could move the office needle: If Google really wanted to deliver a knockout punch to Microsoft, it would integrate OpenOffice with Google Docs, and sell support for the combined suite to small businesses, medium-sized business, and large corporations. Given the reach of Google, the quality of OpenOffice, and the lure of free, it's a sure winner. Imagine if a version of it were available as a Web service from Google, combined with massive amounts of Google storage. Integrated with Google Docs, it would also allow online collaboration. For those who wanted more features, the full OpenOffice suite would be available as a client — supported by Google. wouldn't be at all surprised to see this happen.

Google's cloud courts web developers

Google held its first ever developers conference - Google I/O - in San Francisco earlier this month. The message was clear and simple: the Web is the new platform for application development. Google wants to make its own slice of web infrastructure (the Google cloud) more accessible to developers and encourage them to build and run applications in it.

Google Sets Its Sights on Web App Domination

Two announcements from Google's I/O conference -- a Web-based version of Google Earth and an expansion of its Gears project -- have the search provider on a mission to edge out client-based software in favor of Web based applications. As Web apps come closer in functionality to software that's run on the computer itself, the battle between online heavies like Google and software titans like Microsoft intensifies.

Google Sets Its Sights on Web App Domination

Two announcements from Google's I/O conference -- a Web-based version of Google Earth and an expansion of its Gears project -- have the search provider on a mission to edge out client-based software in favor of Web based applications. As Web apps come closer in functionality to software that's run on the computer itself, the battle between online heavies like Google and software titans like Microsoft intensifies.

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