Website Security Tests Protect Against Application Vulnerabilities
[ Source: GamaSec GamaScan Website Security Scan ]
May 2008-
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMBs) can protect websites against application vulnerabilities with simple, easy-to-use, and affordable service. Firewall, Intrusion prevention and Detection System (IDS/IPS) are not enough to protect your Website against today's application vulnerabilities.
Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Analyst Report
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
January 2007-
With wireless being the unguided medium that it is, organizations large and small are rightfully concerned about both the security and performance of their Wi-Fi network. Not only is the data not running over a fixed and well-known path, its apparent quirks make monitoring the wireless network that much more important.
Beyond performance monitoring, many organizations must verify that wireless security policies are being followed and, if not, find ways to enforce them. ....
Secure Desktop Solution: A Modern-Day Marriage of Business Benefit and Risk Reduction
[ Source: Novell ]
May 2008-
Traditional security is no longer good enough because complexity is increasing significantly. Traditional IT security was formerly provided by firewalls, antivirus solutions, and other security products. Such measures worked fine when security was defined around known threats and well-defined perimeter defenses. Now, a comprehensive security strategy must deal with the increased vulnerability of mobile assets and a threat environment that is smarter and more aggressive, organized, focused, and profit oriented. Download this white paper to ....
Ten Ways Hackers Breach Security
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
February 2007-
Hacking, cracking, and cyber crimes are hot topics these days and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. However, there are steps you can take to reduce your organization's threat level. The first step is to understand what risks, threats, and vulnerabilities currently exist in your environment. The second step is to learn as much as possible about the problems so you can formulate a solid response. The third step is to intelligently deploy ....
A Process-based Approach to Protecting Privileged Accounts
[ Source: Symark ]
August 2008-
This paper discusses best practices for privileged account access management and privileged password management (PPM), and shows how the Symark PowerKeeper appliance creates a “defense in depth” across the IT portfolio. PowerKeeper is a secure, hardened appliance that provides both a mechanism and a “process” to ensure best practices to secure and control access to any accounts deemed “privileged” or sensitive and thus sharply reduce the likelihood of fraud or theft of proprietary data. ....
Does Size Matter? The security challenge of the SMB
[ Source: McAfee ]
September 2008-
Just because a business is small, doesn’t mean it’s immune to security threats. Security challenges facing Small and Medium Businesses in North America are on the rise. For businesses of all sizes, viruses, hacker intrusions, spyware and spam can lead to lost or stolen data, computer downtime, decreased productivity, compliance issues, lost sales and even loss of reputation. According to a recent survey conducted by McAfee, many small and medium sized businesses felt they ....
Stopping Data Leakage: Exploiting Your Existing Security Investment
[ Source: Sophos ]
September 2008-
As attitudes to work and information continue to evolve away from those of the past, organizations are become more aware of the acute need to control the information that flows into, through and out of their networks. This paper demonstrates the need for a high-profile acceptable use policy to prevent data leakage, gives practical guidance on how to use current investments in IT security technologies at the gateway and endpoint to support this policy, and ....
Security Information Management in the Payment Card Industry
[ Source: TriGeo Network Security ]
September 2008-
Simply deploying a security solution cannot guarantee meeting every Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirement in full. This whitepaper discusses the challenges of PCI compliance and how security information and event management (SIEM) provides the data visibility, log management, end-point security and active response needed to demonstrate and meet each of the 12 PCI compliance requirements.
The Case for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) in Proactive Network Defense
[ Source: TriGeo Network Security ]
January 2008-
It’s widely accepted that Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are excellent tools for regulatory compliance, log management and analysis, trouble-shooting and forensic analysis. What’s surprising to many is that this technology can play a significant role in actively defending networks. This whitepaper explains precisely how real-time analysis, combined with in-memory correlation, and automated notification and remediation capabilities can provide unprecedented network visibility, security and control.
Trends in Information Security: A CompTIA Analysis of IT Security and the Workforce
[ Source: CompTIA ]
September 2008-
As global trends of workforce mobility and decentralization put a greater strain on IT security infrastructure, it is becoming increasingly more complex for corporate IT departments to safeguard information. More than ever before, firms are using diverse devices to exchange information faster and over longer distances, and the growing use of technologies supporting this trend - such as handheld devices or voice over IP – gives rise to new risks. As a result, corporate IT ....