IT security vendors worth following on Twitter

03.04.2009
Enterprise IT companies are setting up Twitter accounts in droves, and security companies are among the most enthusiastic given that Twitter is ideal for quick updates on vulnerabilities such as ..

But not all Twitter feeds are created equal. Many are simply spitting out press releases or patting themselves on the back. We've pored through the enterprise security company Twitter feeds to highlight those worth watching, maybe even regardless of whether you use products from the companies.

What we did find is that most of the Twitter feeds don't have very distinctive voices, except for those that are basically Twitter headlines taken from the writer's blog. But there's still time for real style to develop. One thing we did notice is that plenty of the security companies are following each other, so of course you get a lot of the same info from any of these feeds.

The most active security Tweeters seem to come from the labs, though others such as and are also quite active.

For example, that automatically Tweets its press releases and blog postings. But the much better feed to follow is the one from . This is a seemingly nonstop stream of security tidbits and commentary from "Woot: 50 months for a phisher" to and "Nice and simple way to detect W32/Conficker infections: "