The Attacker Within: How Hackers Are Targeting Enterprise Networks From the Inside Out [ Source: Zscaler ]
August 2008- As enterprise defenses evolve, so too do the attack vectors leveraged by those seeking to bypass such controls. We are entering an era where attackers are no longer working to punch a hole in the fortress surrounding enterprise IT assets from the outside. They don’t need to; they’re already inside. Thanks to the meteoric rise in the importance of Web-based traffic and a laundry list of vulnerabilities in Web-aware applications on ....

Unraveling Web Malware [ Source: FireEye ]
September 2009- There has been a rapid rise in the use of web blended threats to exploit client browsers and operating systems. These can lead to infection by bots which can be controlled remotely. Eleven percent of the world’s computers are enmeshed in at least one botnet and 72% of corporate networks with more than 100 computers have an infection.

Obfuscated code and encrypted exploits are increasing in prevalence. The point of these exploits is to ....

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 ....

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 ....

Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
May 2009-

Web-borne malware is now more common than malware that enters an organization through email. The number of Web sites discovered per day, that carry malware increased 400% in 2008. This drastic increase in infected sites can cause serious issues for your business. Organizations need to proactively protect their networks both by instituting acceptable usage policies for employee web usage as well as implementing a solution to combat these malware intrusions.

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Employee Web Use and Misuse: Companies, Their Employees and the Internet [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
November 2009- The Internet has created new opportunities for mischief and new challenges for managers. In the end, it comes down to choice. Where do you draw the line? How do you balance individual access with the overall protection and good of the business? What is the correct balance between monitoring and blocking? This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring ....

Enabling a Safer Internet: The Positive Approach to Web Security [ Source: Sophos ]
November 2009- With one new infected webpage discovered every 4.5 seconds, it is essential you have the three pillars of protection - revealed in this whitepaper - to defend your organization against the sophisticated web threats of today.

Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
May 2009-

Web-borne malware is now more common than malware that enters an organization through email. The number of Web sites discovered per day, that carry malware increased 400% in 2008. This drastic increase in infected sites can cause serious issues for your business. Organizations need to proactively protect their networks both by instituting acceptable usage policies for employee web usage as well as implementing a solution to combat these malware intrusions.

This report explains:
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Practical Advantages of Fireware® XTM for Hands-On IT Administrators [ Source: WatchGuard ]
July 2009- Take a look at the new XTM (extensible threat management) network security from WatchGuard. See the tangible benefits this new generation of security solutions offer. No hype – just concrete examples of XTM features and the advantages they deliver for you to evaluate against your current security.

Unraveling Web Malware [ Source: FireEye ]
September 2009- There has been a rapid rise in the use of web blended threats to exploit client browsers and operating systems. These can lead to infection by bots which can be controlled remotely. Eleven percent of the world’s computers are enmeshed in at least one botnet and 72% of corporate networks with more than 100 computers have an infection.

Obfuscated code and encrypted exploits are increasing in prevalence. The point of these exploits is to ....