Trends for 2012: Malware Goes Mobile [ Source: ESET ]

July 2012- The ways in which people are accustomed to using technology have always influenced and determined malware development and that trend will continue. With the significant growth in the use of mobile devices, malware developers have been working to make these platforms a viable entry point for malicious code infection.

Crimeware Protection: Security Beyond and Below the OS [ Source: Intel ]

July 2012- 3rd generation Intel Core vPro processors fight sophisticated crimeware with built-in security technologies that work below and beyond the OS.

Endpoint Security with Intelligent Desktop Virtualization [ Source: Intel ]

July 2012- Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) combines the best end point security with no compromises in user experience, productivity, cost, or flexibility.

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?

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.

This whitepaper outlines a five ...

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.

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.

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.

Businesses need to protect users from viruses, spyware and unauthorized intrusion – most use antivirus software. But is it enough? And can it meet the evolving security ...

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.

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 threats and the tools ...

Gartner Client Management Tools Magic Quadrant [ Source: Absolute Software ]

April 2012- Client management tools manage configurations and support system administration tasks for client devices. They are used by desktop support organizations to automate system administration and support functions that would otherwise be done manually. Windows PCs are the primary target of management, but organizations are looking to use these products to manage Macs and mobile devices as well.

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.

The cyber criminals are winning.

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 irreparable damage to your brand. Discover what every ...

Rounding out Your SIEM Strategy with SNMP [ Source: CorreLog ]

January 2012- Every security professional knows that syslog is the main protocol for security. And most Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems frame this as the singular way of collecting log data. For today?s security professional, syslog protocol dominates, and is almost always synonymous with logging.

However, SIEM is really more about security information of all types. It is also about event detection and management from multiple data sources, not just syslog fi ...

SCM: The Blocking and Tackling of IT Security [ Source: Tripwire ]

November 2011- In IT security, obvious weaknesses like weak configurations often get overlooked. Yet for hackers, they're an open door into networks and systems. Learn how security configuration management (SCM), a critical security control, hardens configurations to prevent breaches, and immediately detects and corrects any subsequent changes that weaken them.

Security-In-Depth Using Integrated Risk-Conscious Controls [ Source: Tripwire ]

November 2011- Today's attacks on IT infrastructure are becoming more frequent, targeted and sophisticated. They range from well-funded, state-sponsored attacks to attacks from trusted employees and consultants. And the targets of the attacks are equally wide-ranging, including national governments, utilities or other power-generating infrastructure, and private business. Yet most organizations seem stuck in the traditional castle-and-moat approach to security. This approach assumes there's a clear boundary between what's inside and outside the organization and that attacks come ...

IT Executive Guide to Security Intelligence - Transitioning from SIEM to Total Security Intelligence [ Source: Q1 Labs ]

September 2011- Security intelligence, built on the same concepts that have made business intelligence an essential enterprise technology, is the critical next step for organizations that recognize the importance of information security to their business health.

In this white paper, you will learn how security intelligence addresses certain shortcomings and empowers organizations from Fortune Five companies to mid-sized enterprises to government agencies to maintain comprehensive and cost-eff ective information security.

In particular, we ...