Protecting Against Advanced Malware and Targeted APT Attacks [ Source: FireEye ]
February 2012- Regain the upper hand on advanced targeted attacks. Learn how in a compelling new brief featuring Gartner research. <br><br> The cyber criminals are winning. <br><br> Today, more than 95 percent of businesses unknowingly host compromised endpoints. This is a direct result of advanced targeted attacks easily circumventing traditional IT security defenses - which can lead to theft of customer data, loss of valuable intellectual property, and ...

PCI DSS Compliance Demystified [ Source: Dell ]
June 2011- All companies that process, transmit or store credit card data must comply with PCI DSS v2.0. This white paper highlights the 12 requirements of PCI DSS and explains how one solution addresses all 12 requirements.<br><br> Discover how to implement effective controls to protect cardholder information and demonstrate provable compliance with one easy step.

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 ...

Research Paper: VIPRE Takes a Bite Out of Bloatware [ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
January 2009- Protect your servers, workstations and networks with security software that won’t slow you down.

Preventive antivirus and antispyware packages are “must haves” in today’s networking environments. No company from the smallest business with 10 users up to the largest enterprise with 100,000+ employees is immune from the security threats posed by rogue code – which include viruses, Trojans, bots, zombies, spyware, spam and blended malware. The threats have become more sophisticated, pervasive and pernicious ...

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 ...

Cyber Security Risk: A Conversation with Richard Clarke about Threats to Enterprise Software [ Source: Veracode ]
May 2012- Join Richard Clarke, author and former White house advisor to the Bush and Clinton administrations as he discusses the changing cyber threat environment, the evolving cyber legislation landscape and their ramifications on your information security program. <br><br> In a conversation with Veracode CTO, Chris Wysopal, Mr. Clarke will discuss: <br><br> • How software vulnerabilities have become the leading cause of attacks against the private and public ...

Cloud, Appliance or Software: How to Decide Which Backup Solution is Best for Your Small or Mid-Size Organization [ Source: Symantec.cloud ]
May 2012- Powerful backup and flexible deployment options, including enhanced software, backup appliances, and backup solutions in the cloud, offer flexibility and choice in how you manage backup, allowing you to deploy a modern infrastructure that best suits your IT requirements, business needs, and environment. But how do you know which backup strategy is right for your business? Read this whitepaper to better understand which deployment option could best suit your needs.

Why Anti-DDoS Products and Services are Critical for Today's Business Environment: Protecting against Modern DDoS Threats [ Source: Arbor Networks ]
April 2012- This white paper examines DDoS attacks in detail. It illustrates the attack vectors being used and describes why the threat to organizations is greater than ever before. It explains why traditional firewall and IPS solutions fall short in protecting organizations against today's sophisticated DDoS attacks. The Arbor Networks solution, profiled within, is described as a complete, purpose-built solution that Frost & Sullivan believes can provide protection against the wide range of DDoS attacks targeting corporate ...

The Cloud Signaling Coalition: ISPs and Enterprises Working Together to Block the Evolving DDoS Threat [ Source: Arbor Networks ]
March 2012- As distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks escalate in size and complexity, their detection and mitigation requires the collaboration of all stakeholders - from the enterprise to the service provider. The Cloud Signaling Coalition (CSC), from Arbor Networks, enables this collaboration by facilitating the local and upstream mitigation of application-layer DDoS attacks, as well as flood-based DDoS attacks, in an automated and real-time manner. <br><br> This white paper examines how ...

FireEye Advanced Threat Report: 2H2011 [ Source: FireEye ]
February 2012- Get an Inside View of the Advanced Threat Landscape Through this Report on Advanced Targeted Attacks <br><br> This report is unique in that it is not an analysis of well-known malware or billions of spam messages. Instead, we provide insight into the threats that are successful and therefore dangerous - those which got through traditional defenses and into enterprise networks in 2H 2011. <br><br> FireEye Malware ...