Big security for big data [ Source: HP ]

May 2013- In order to meet the current security problems faced by organizations, a new paradigm shift needs to occur. Businesses need the ability to secure data, collect it, and aggregate into an intelligent format, so that real-time alerting and reporting can take place. The first step is to establish complete visibility so that your data and who accesses the data can be monitored. Next, you need to understand the context, so that you can focus on ...

2012 IBM X-Force Annual Trend and Risk Report [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity. They are intended to help customers, fellow researchers, and the public at large understand the changing nature of the threat landscape and what might be done ...

Five Steps to Achieve Success in your Application Security Program [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- This white paper provides a general framework your organization can use to create or build upon an application security program. It includes guidelines that can be useful at different stages of your security program's maturity. By addressing key considerations, providing clear and actionable items, and offering real-world examples, these five steps provide an adaptable strategy to help your organization get started and maintain an effective, ongoing application-security strategy.

Intelligent Role Management For Improved Security and Compliance [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- In complex organizations with sprawling role structures, managing user access and entitlements can be overwhelming. As part of an effective strategy for identity and access management governance, role management is a powerful method with which to strengthen and streamline the management process. Although role management solutions may help, many are overly complex and are not suited for business users. To find out how the integrated Role and Policy Modeler component of IBM Security Identity Manager ...

Preventing Security Risks in Real Time [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- The growth of cloud, mobility, social business and big data mean that botnets, credit card theft, cyber criminals and other external threats pose increasing risk to business continuity, financial stability and brand reputation. Read the white paper, "Preventing security risks in real time," to learn how this new reality is forcing the evolution of organizations' defenses to become more intelligent-using global analytics to scale visibility across broad data sets, both diverse and complementary, in real ...

The Evolving Landscape of Desktop Security [ Source: McAfee ]

May 2013- Over the last 20 years, as we have moved towards a knowledge-based economy, the security challenges of maintaining the fidelity of the IT infrastructure have grown dramatically. There has been a massive increase in the number of malware samples encountered by security researchers around the world, from thousands of malware samples in a year to thousands of malware samples per day. On an operational level, endpoint security (desktop/laptops) has grown more complex, and IT security ...

Managing Threats in the Digital Age [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- Security - and security breaches - are much more than a purely technical issue that exists only in the domain of the IT organization. Rather, security is an emerging C-level priority. Read this executive report to learn why organizations need a systematic, proactive approach to addressing security threats.

Solving Today's Toughest Mainframe Security Challenges [ Source: IBM ]

April 2013- Today, large enterprises are facing a host of security challenges: a growing regulatory burden, a shrinking pool of qualified mainframe workers, budget pressures and increasingly sophisticated attacks on their IT systems. However, organizations that rely on security automation tools like IBM Security zSecure to secure their mainframe systems find it easier to achieve regulatory compliance, to simplify and consolidate security management to reduce costs, to obtain real-time secure intelligence, and to detect threats and remediate ...

Failing to Open [ Source: Alienvault ]

April 2013- Our inability to share information about how we are being attacked, and who is launching those attacks, leaves us at a disadvantage. Sharing threat intelligence is the first step to changing the dynamics of this situation.