Top 10 Mobile Application Risks
[ Source: Veracode ]
May 2012-
With the DroidDream malware discovery in March, and then Pandora's vulnerabilities identified in April, the inevitable happened: 2011 become the "year of mobile malware". All the pieces of the malware ecosystem puzzle that researchers have been warning about are falling into place. Modern mobile applications run on devices that have the functionality of a desktop or laptop running a general-purpose operating system. While many of the risks are similar to those of traditional spyware, ...
Five Steps to Managing Third-Party Application Security Risk
[ Source: Veracode ]
May 2012-
How secure is your 3rd party code? What are the major security vulnerabilities present in SDLC today? <br><br>
Can you trust that the code delivered to you was tested for security risks?
3rd-Parties are the Achilles' Heel in the Software Supply Chain. 40% of all software submitted at the request of large Enterprises is from third parties, but very little security testing is ever performed on this software. <br>&...
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.
When Good Backups Go Bad: Data Recovery Failures and What to Do About Them
[ Source: Symantec.cloud ]
May 2012-
Successfully backing up critical systems and data is key to disaster recovery and business continuity. Yet, Symantec's 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey revealed that only half of respondents have appropriate backup and data recovery plans in place. Why? Read When Good Backups Go Bad: Data Recovery Failures and What to Do About Them to understand backup challenges, impacts, and solutions. Don't let your business fall victim to downtime because of a computer or system failure.
2012 Endpoint Security: Best Practices Survey
[ Source: Symantec.cloud ]
May 2012-
The Symantec 2012 Endpoint Security Best Practices Survey reveals that organizations employing best practices are enjoying dramatically better outcomes when it comes to endpoint protection, and many of these best practices can - and should - be leveraged by SMBs.
Meeting the Challenges of Endpoint Security
[ Source: Symantec.cloud ]
May 2012-
Growing business face real difficulties in protecting users, especially remote workers, while keeping management costs down. <br><br>
Mobile working and the benefits that it brings are on the rise. But without addressing the security issues of remote working, the benefits could be outweighed by the risks. <br><br>
Businesses need to protect users from viruses, spyware and unauthorized intrusion – most use antivirus software. But is it ...
Endpoint Security and the iPad
[ Source: Solutionary ]
April 2012-
The iPad is essentially a laptop, with many of the same security concerns as any other computing device. This white paper examines endpoint security and the iPad from both its internal security protections, as well as some of the overall security concerns.
Splunk, Big Data and the Future of Security
[ Source: Splunk ]
April 2012-
Today's information security teams increasingly rely on security systems with big data capabilities. In order to seek out and detect today's complex advanced persistent threats you need to monitor network, host and application behavior across your organization's IT data. <br><br>
Read this white paper to understand the evolving security landscape and how advanced persistent threats and sophisticated malware have fundamentally changed the way security teams must think about these new ...
Splunk for Security
[ Source: Splunk ]
April 2012-
Today's security landscape includes a broader set of possible attacks and more innovative and targeted attacks coming from persistent adversaries. This solutions guide explores Splunk's unique security intelligence approach that monitors for known threats as reported by rule base systems?and also watches for unknown threats using extensive analytics on system and user behavior.
See how security teams are bringing their investigations to the next level with these key features: <br><br&...
Gaining Security Intelligence: Splunk App for Enterprise Security
[ Source: Splunk ]
April 2012-
Learn how security professionals are extending the use of Splunk with the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. This document describes how you can take full advantage of Splunk's analytics and visualization capabilities and unique ability to process big data. <br><br>
With the ability to search and process known and unknown threats, you can use Splunk as your "primary security data interface." Splunk and the App for Enterprise Security ...