Best Practice Log Management: Correlation is Key
[ Source: CorreLog ]
October 2011-
Today, collecting email data is a necessity for compliance standards, forensic analysis and managing end-user performance and availability. But making sense of the data is a challenge within itself. Collecting the data is only part of the equation and research and many shops are turning towards correlation which helps bring meaning to the massive amount of data collected. This white paper explains how to establish a systematic approach to identifying relationships (correlating!) between log data ...
A Guide to Email Regulatory Compliance
[ Source: Perimeter ]
August 2009-
Laws have been passed to more adequately secure private and sensitive information, many of them specifically requiring better email security. Secure your information exchange by acting on the essential tips provided in this whitepaper.
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 ...
IronPort 2008 Internet Malware Trends Report
[ Source: IronPort Systems ]
November 2008-
In 2007, Storm burst onto the scene and rapidly spread. A new form of malware that propagated using a combination of email and websites, it proved extraordinarily sophisticated. Storm and newer malware botnets that build on Storm’s strengths continue to affect and threaten Internet communication. To help explain the spread of Storm and current and future threats posed by similar malware, this report offers an examination of Storm and its history.
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 ...
Secure Desktop Solution: A Modern-Day Marriage of Business Benefit and Risk Reduction
[ Source: Novell ]
May 2008-
Traditional security is no longer good enough because complexity is increasing significantly. Traditional IT security was formerly provided by firewalls, antivirus solutions, and other security products. Such measures worked fine when security was defined around known threats and well-defined perimeter defenses. Now, a comprehensive security strategy must deal with the increased vulnerability of mobile assets and a threat environment that is smarter and more aggressive, organized, focused, and profit oriented. Download this white paper to ...
Application Whitelisting – Preventing the Advanced Persistent Threat
[ Source: Bit9 ]
April 2010-
Zero-Day, Aurora, APT – a lot of different names describe today’s targeted attacks that boast unlimited tenacity and resources. The explosion in media coverage underscores a reality that security professionals have known for some time: the traditional reactive approach of blacklisting known viruses is simply no match for today’s modern malware and advanced threats.
How can you combat these evolving, well-funded threats that continue to outsmart existing defenses? According to Gartner, Application ...
The Web Hacking Incidents Database 2008: Annual Report
[ Source: Breach Security ]
March 2009-
The much anticipated Breach Security Lab’s Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID) 2008 Annual Report is ready for download. The WHID project is dedicated to maintaining a record of web application-related security incidents. The WHID’s purpose is to serve as a tool for raising awareness of web application security problems and provide information for statistical analysis of web application security incidents. This year the report findings prove that no company or market sector is immune ...
Defending Against Insider Threats to Reduce your IT Risk
[ Source: CA ]
July 2011-
Organizations must confront the reality that insider attacks are a significant threat and increasing in complexity. Given that so much of an organization's assets and information are online and accessible, organizations must take a proactive approach to defending against the insider attack. <br><br>
This proactive attack should involve a range of solutions that address identity and access management and information protection. Nothing can completely prevent all insider attacks, but those ...