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George Kurtz may be his own worst enemy. In just four years Kurtz, CEO of Foundstone, and Stuart McClure, its president, created one of the best-known U.S. computer-security companies by exposing the vulnerabilities of software firms. Foundstone, a privately owned $20-million-a-year company in Mission Viejo, Calif., is in trouble. It has been accused of widespread software piracy by a leading industry trade group, the Software& Information Industry Association, which informed Kurtz by letter in May that it intended to pursue copyright-infringement charges against Foundstone. It acted after a confidential source alleged that McClure and Gary Bahadur, Foundstone's chief information officer, routinely spread unlicensed software to the company's 125-member workforce; that Kurtz was aware of that practice; and that in early April the CEO ordered his staff to delete unlicensed software from their computers. Kurtz denies the company engaged in piracy. The use of unlicensed software is a global problem--estimates of lost revenues range up to $13 billion a year--but it's rare among companies whose business is safeguarding intellectual property.

The article reports on the launching of Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite by Oracle Corp. in California. It is a component of the Oracle Identity Management software that helps simplify and improve software security by providing single sign-on, access control and password management for applications including Oracle's Web and non Web-based software. It is stated that with the suite, organizations can provide secure access to their enterprise resources without burdens. Hasan Rizvi, the vice president of Oracle's Security and Identity Management Products, states that the availability of the suite enables customers to improve security in their organizations and to meet compliance mandates while reducing costs.

The article discusses the court case wherein the Sonoma State University was accused of alleged discrimination of students with disabilities by failing to provide equal access to its computer system. The Office of Civil Rights has investigated the university wherein its accessible computers are unavailable when non-accessible computers are available. The court reviewed the issue and the school signed a resolution agreement to install an adaptive accessibility software on computer workstations.

The article reports on the FinovateSpring security technology trade show held in San Francisco, California on May 14 and 15, 2013. The article mentions demonstrations presented by EyeVerify company for its biometic authentication system, AuthenticID for its bank fraud prevention software, and OneID for its multi-factor authentication software. It also notes Trusted Knight debuted its malware blocking software.

The article offers information on HID Global Corp., the trusted source for security solutions for customers in Irvine, California. It mentions that the company is the supplier for OEM Inc., the system integrators and application developers, which includes physical and logical access control, card personalization, and cashless payment. It also mentions that the company has international offices with over 1,700 employees which support more than 100 countries.

The article highlights the RSA Conference 2006 to be held in San Jose, California. The event will feature several high-caliber keynote speakers including Microsoft's Bill Gates, Cisco's John Chambers, and Symantec's John Thompson. The show will serve as the venue for product announcements ranging from policy enforcement to event management. There will be a number of product announcements regarding network access control (NAC). The NAC buzz will be fueled by McAfee, Symantec, and 3Com's TippingPoint, all of which will be rolling out new NAC offerings.