Cisco and IBM tie-up for security

In a move that suggests how predominant information security is today, industry heavyweights IBM and Cisco have announced that they will "integrate their security and management products to provide businesses with automated tools that protect networks from attack".

The integrated software and hardware products will "talk" to each other and help identify systems that are not compliant with established security policies, the companies said. When noncompliant systems or threats are detected, the IBM and Cisco security technologies can automatically adapt to protect against security breaches, such as hacking, worms and viruses.