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• Confronting the widening infosec skills gap

  The unemployment rate for information security professionals is essentially zero.

• Is Symantec selling off Veritas business?

  Vendor distances itself from reports that it is being pressured into exploring the sale of its storage storage unit Veritas, for as much as $8 billion.

• Businesses on high alert as Symantec reports “tactical shift” in cyber attacks

  "Attackers don’t need to break down the door to a company’s network when the keys are readily available."

• Partner power key as Symantec signs off on NZ enterprise sales team

  Global security vendor Symantec has officially withdrawn its direct enterprise sales team from New Zealand, ultimately placing the company’s solutions in the hands of its partners network.

• EXCLUSIVE: Redundancies rumoured as Symantec slams door shut on NZ

  Following its widely reported split, global security vendor is expected to close down its New Zealand operations by the end of this coming quarter…

• REACTION: Why Symantec’s NZ exit is no surprise

  If anything, the New Zealand market should have seen it coming, right?

• Fitness Trackers are Changing Online Privacy -- and It's Time to Pay Attention

  Throughout the history of technology, few sectors have expanded and evolved as rapidly as today's burgeoning wearable tech market. Piles of unique and unusual, flashy and fancy -- often goofy and gimmicky -- new wearables are announced every week. There are smartwatches, smartglasses, intelligent socks and "onesies" for infants, rings for public transit payments and even "wearable tattoos."

• Three Ways Internet Crime Has Changed

  Malware and botnets and phishing, oh my! Symantec's latest report on the Internet threat landscape highlights trends in cybercrime.

• Inside Symantec's Security Operations Center

  The inside of the Symantec Security Operations Center looks like a scene out of the movie "War Games," and in many ways, the connection is fitting. The SOC, as it is known by Symantec employees, is in the business of detecting and analyzing network threats. And as malicious activity online gets increasingly more sophisticated, the war against cybercrime is definitely on.