Article: Seclarity Security Advisory: Software Firewalls Prove Ineffective Against Threats Like Witty Worm; Data Should Be Separate From Its Protection: Hardware-Based Transparent Security Thwarts Witty Worm by Shielding Applications, Operating Systems and Data.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Malicious viruses and worms, such as the "Witty Worm" that struck more than 50,000 secured corporate desktops over the weekend, are easily thwarted by hardware-based security solutions that protect business-critical data and applications separately from the security infrastructure. According to Seclarity, Inc., an information security technology company providing enterprise solutions for transparently securing all hosts and devices at the network's edge, all the resulting damage caused by Witty Worm could have been avoided.

The Witty Worm struck tens of thousands of corporate computers this weekend, writing random data ...

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