10 Key Considerations When Outsourcing QA and Testing Services
[ Source: AppLabs ]
March 2008-
Outsourcing is a strategic management option rather than just another way to cut costs. This paper outlines 10 key considerations that organizations should consider when outsourcing QA and testing services, based on AppLabs’ extensive experience in this field.
Authentication Solutions Through Keystroke Dynamics
[ Source: BioPassword ]
January 2008-
The objective of this paper published by BioPassword is to provide a basic understanding of the biometric science of keystroke dynamics, and how BioPassword is using keystroke dynamics technology to deliver enterprise security software solutions for multi-factor authentication to monitor and authenticate users, implement cost-effective secure access, and substantially reduce fraud risk.
Prevention, Detection, and Investigation: A Practical Approach for Activating Continuous Compliance
[ Source: BMC Software ]
January 2008-
Businesses are achieving the state of continuous compliance by integrating audit and control activities into business processes. Compliance is ultimately about assigning responsibility - all the way down to an individual person. As a result, identity management is the most logical place to start for many organizations This BMC Software paper describes a practical approach for activating continuous compliance based on best practices of prevention, detection, and investigation, enabled by effective identity management.
Controlling Web Access With BMC Web Access Manager
[ Source: BMC Software ]
January 2008-
In virtually every industry, Web resources available to external users in a secure fashion is a major challenge which companies face. External users may include a company’s own employees working from offsite locations, employees of partner or customer organizations, and individual end-user customers. It is easily deployed to solve tactical problems, while laying a foundation that can be leveraged and built upon to meet longer-term strategies. This phased approach will help one benefit from the ....
UTM (Unified Threat Management)
[ Source: Bulwark Systems ]
January 2008-
Bulwark System SecuraNET is a complete, integrated UTM (Unified Threat Management) product. The SecuraNET UTM is a security appliance which is placed at the point where the Internet connects to organization’s network - the perimeter. UTM protects private local area networks from hostile intrusion from the Internet. Consequently, many LANs are now connected to the Internet where Internet connectivity would otherwise have been too great a risk.
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 ....
Mobile Health Care
[ Source: D-Link ]
April 2008-
Mobile computing offers health care institutions and medical facilities countless opportunities for enhanced productivity, streamlined efficiency, innovative new capabilities, increased revenue streams, and significant cost savings. Many organizations are already realizing unprecedented benefits by implementing secure wireless networks to eliminate paper-based systems, automate procedures, integrate billing processes, and improve patient management.
Protecting Data from the Cyber Theft Pandemic
[ Source: FireEye ]
September 2009-
Malware-related data breaches have reached pandemic proportions as criminals discover that Internet crime is easy to commit, highly lucrative, and largely under-policed. With a few hundred dollars, a cyber criminal can begin a career of breaking into computers to steal identity and confidential data for sale to the highest bidder. The cyber crime economy is so robust that there is a vibrant market for professional malware toolkits available for $500 to $1,000 that come pre-configured ....
Automated Event Log Management for PCI DSS Compliance
[ Source: GFI Software ]
January 2008-
Hardware and software components on corporate networks generate a wealth of network activity information in the form of event log records. Utilizing and making sense of these records is however a slow and tedious process; one which often leads systems administrators to give up on using event logs as their primary source for network-wide security information. This white paper published by GFI Software highlights why organizations need to implement event log auditing as an integral ....
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 ....