Antivirus
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Risk Management: Bridging Policies and Procedures - Fundamental Security Concepts
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
October 2008-One thing that security professionals know is that security is about processes, not about the technology. The key to security is to match the technology to the process, but you have to know the process first. Policies and procedures are the requirements, and risk management is the bridge between the two. Collectively, they are the road maps that lead to effective and efficient security designs. This white paper covers the basics of risk management in ....
Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2008-Managing threats to the endpoint infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult for most organizations regardless of their size. Viruses, worms, spyware and other forms of malware are becoming more virulent, their authors are becoming more adept at getting around existing defenses, and the profits generated by malware are funding new and more dangerous threats.
At the same time, many anti-virus, anti-spyware and other anti-malware defenses are not keeping up with the growing threats ....
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 ....
Fast-Start Failover Best Practices: Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-Fast-Start Failover is an Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2 feature that mechanically and reliably fails over to an elected, synchronized standby database in the event of loss of the manufacture database, without requiring manual intervention to execute the failover. In addition, following a fast-start failover, the original production database is automatically reconfigured as a new standby database upon reconnection to the configuration. This white paper explains Fast-Start Failover and describes Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) ....
Vulnerability Management for Dummies
[ Source: Qualys ]
May 2008-As a business owner, or someone responsible for network security within your organization, you need to understand how to prevent attacks and eliminate network weaknesses that leave your business exposed and at risk.
"Vulnerability Management for Dummies" arms you with the facts and shows you how to implement a successful Vulnerability Management program. Whether your network consists of just a handful of computers or thousands of servers distributed around the world, this book ....
ThinkVantage Security Strategy and Client Security Solution 6.0
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2008-This paper published by IBM describes ThinkVantage security strategy and the roll that Client Security Solution 6.0 plays in that strategy. The ThinkVantage security strategy is to provide a complementary set of security features as value add to ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops. The purpose of this set of security features is to enable customers to implement a layered defense security model on PCs.
The Effectiveness of Security Policies
[ Source: IronPort Systems ]
November 2008-This set of findings from a security study on data leakage revealed that many companies do not have security policies and that security policies that are in place are often ineffective. This analysis provides additional justification for the initial survey findings, which reported that employees around the world are putting corporate and personal data at risk.
The survey included more than 2000 employees and information technology professionals in 10 countries that Cisco selected because ....
Data Backup and Compliance: Three Reasons to Get It Right
[ Source: Remote Backup Systems ]
January 2008-Fortune 500 companies have been vilified for reckless data stewardship and fabrication of financial reports. Corporate America, already under varying degrees of competitive and performance pressure, is now faced with compliance legislation and disclosure requirements that seek to right some of wrongs done to consumers, investors, and employees alike. Access and process controls, internal and third party audits, reporting requirements and penalties for non-compliance are just a few of the areas that will be addressed ....
NAC 2.0: A New Model For a More Secure Future
[ Source: Sophos ]
September 2008-As organizations turn to network access control (NAC) technologies to protect their networks and data, the flaws of earlier versions of NAC are becoming apparent. New pressures from a constantly changing threat environment and an increasingly mobile workforce require a new NAC model that will offer more finely controlled network access, an increased agility of response, and a better focus on network, desktop, and security operations. This paper looks at where NAC 1.0 went wrong ....
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.
New McAffee New CEO Dave DeWalt's Grand Plan
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
McAfee's got worries from huge new competitors -- Cisco and Microsoft -- to stock options backdating. Here's how new CEO DeWalt plans to get past those, including a vision for the industry to go from best-of-breed to best-of-suite.
Sophos Security Threat Report: Mid-Year Update
[ Source: Sophos ]
July 2008-
Hackers attack businesses, blogs and Web 2.0 sites... The latest Security Threat Report from Sophos gives you a comprehensive insight into the very latest methods being used by cybercriminals to try to out-fox traditional security systems. Download a copy and benefit from the expert analysis and opinion that will help you stay ahead of today’s increasingly covert threats.
Network Access Control, Part II
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
June 2007-
Compliance initiatives are driving deployments of network access control, but which system is best? Many vendors, both new and established, are offering NAC solutions. Finding a product that meets an organization's needs may be daunting given the number of options, but a fit is out there. This report analyzes enterprise use of NAC, based on the authors' expertise and market knowledge, as well as NWC polls of members of the IT community.
This ....
State of Internet Security: Protecting the Perimeter
[ Source: Webroot ]
October 2008-
Protecting the Perimeter is quickly becoming a critical point of protection for today’s business. Many fundamental business activities - marketing, advertising, customer support, research - are Web dependent. Making the Web the number one delivery method for malware which poses a significant security challenge to businesses of all sizes.
In this State of the Internet Security Webroot delivers the results of its survey of Web security decision makers in the US, ....
Networking and Security In The IT Sweet Spot
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
SonicWall VP touts rapid growth of networking and security sectors as driving strong activity at Interop. He touts the company's channel sales approach as key to penetrating the enterprise market.
Anonymous Proxy: A Growing Trend in Internet Abuse, and How to Defeat it
[ Source: Bloxx, Inc. ]
October 2008-
Anonymous proxies are an unseen threat - a student's or employee's backdoor to malicious or productivity-sapping sites on the Internet. If your URL filtering solution relies on the old-school URL database/keyword approach, your ship is leaking and you may not see the holes.
With hundreds of new proxy sites created each day, traditional URL filtering just can't keep up, even when supplemented by standard keyword analysis. What follows is a primer on ....
McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt Interop 2008 Keynote
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt talks about the threats facing today's organizations, from the number of new devices, the number of threats, the sophistication of modern cybercrimes, the growth in malware, the nature of privacy and digital rights, data loss, threats in social networks, regulation and many more issues, including internal threats. DeWalt discusses the approaches to these problems, including automation, multi-layered security and so on.
State of Internet Security: Protecting the Perimeter
[ Source: Webroot ]
October 2008-
Protecting the Perimeter is quickly becoming a critical point of protection for today’s business. Many fundamental business activities - marketing, advertising, customer support, research - are Web dependent. Making the Web the number one delivery method for malware which poses a significant security challenge to businesses of all sizes.
In this State of the Internet Security Webroot delivers the results of its survey of Web security decision makers in the US, ....
Anonymous Proxy: A Growing Trend in Internet Abuse, and How to Defeat it
[ Source: Bloxx, Inc. ]
October 2008-
Anonymous proxies are an unseen threat - a student's or employee's backdoor to malicious or productivity-sapping sites on the Internet. If your URL filtering solution relies on the old-school URL database/keyword approach, your ship is leaking and you may not see the holes.
With hundreds of new proxy sites created each day, traditional URL filtering just can't keep up, even when supplemented by standard keyword analysis. What follows is a primer on ....
Sophos Security Threat Report: Mid-Year Update
[ Source: Sophos ]
July 2008-
Hackers attack businesses, blogs and Web 2.0 sites... The latest Security Threat Report from Sophos gives you a comprehensive insight into the very latest methods being used by cybercriminals to try to out-fox traditional security systems. Download a copy and benefit from the expert analysis and opinion that will help you stay ahead of today’s increasingly covert threats.
Network Access Control, Part II
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
June 2007-
Compliance initiatives are driving deployments of network access control, but which system is best? Many vendors, both new and established, are offering NAC solutions. Finding a product that meets an organization's needs may be daunting given the number of options, but a fit is out there. This report analyzes enterprise use of NAC, based on the authors' expertise and market knowledge, as well as NWC polls of members of the IT community.
This ....
Host Intrusion Prevention Tech Report
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
October 2006-
Examine the emergence and impact of Host Intrusion Prevention Systems in this exclusive report. This exhaustive analysis takes an in-depth look at HIPS and its claim as the future of endpoint protection and the heir-apparent of antivirus technology.
The report examines the role of Host Intrusion Prevention Systems in the enterprise, based on analyst Don MacVittie's product expertise and market knowledge. In addition, the results of an extensive survey provides perspective from the ....
McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt Interop 2008 Keynote
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt talks about the threats facing today's organizations, from the number of new devices, the number of threats, the sophistication of modern cybercrimes, the growth in malware, the nature of privacy and digital rights, data loss, threats in social networks, regulation and many more issues, including internal threats. DeWalt discusses the approaches to these problems, including automation, multi-layered security and so on.
New McAffee New CEO Dave DeWalt's Grand Plan
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
McAfee's got worries from huge new competitors -- Cisco and Microsoft -- to stock options backdating. Here's how new CEO DeWalt plans to get past those, including a vision for the industry to go from best-of-breed to best-of-suite.
Live OneCare Up Close
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
Microsoft's senior director of Windows Live OneCare chats up the consumer security and storage service features.
Symantec CEO Thompson Details Threat Report
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
Symantec CEO talks about the latest threats and how the company is providing the approriate products and technologies to fight these threats.
Networking and Security In The IT Sweet Spot
[ Source: TechWeb TV ]
June 2008-
SonicWall VP touts rapid growth of networking and security sectors as driving strong activity at Interop. He touts the company's channel sales approach as key to penetrating the enterprise market.