Beyond the Wall: Security in a Post-Perimeter World [ Source: Webroot ]

October 2010- Walls have served multiple purposes throughout history. The Great Wall of China defended against invaders, while the Berlin Wall kept citizens from freely traveling beyond the control of their rulers.

Network security relies on similar premises. For years network security professionals touted “perimeter security” as the primary solution to keep the bad guys out and the good guys in. However, just as guns and air attacks overcame protective walls,changes in malware attacks ...

Targeted Trojans: The Silent Danger of a Clever Malware [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]

September 2010- This white paper will discuss the history and progression of the modern Trojan attack. It will explore the methodology used by hackers in selecting a target and developing a compelling attack and will cite several examples of some successful targeted Trojans. Finally, this paper will look at the Symantec Hosted Services MessageLabs™ Complete Email Guard solution and how Symantec Hosted Services can help protect an organization against targeted Trojans in the future.

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 ...

ForwardView: Four Areas of security vital to business health [ Source: IBM ]

May 2010- Identifying areas of vulnerability can be increasingly challenging for small to mid-size businesses, but there are four areas – privacy, compliance, risk management and overall security capabilities – where information security is vital to business and profitability.

6 Best Practices for Government Agencies to Secure Cyberspace [ Source: Core Security Technologies ]

April 2010- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CICS) report recommends broad adoption of penetration testing across the federal space, and greater use of vulnerability and exploit testing to improve the nation’s cybersecurity standing within several different contexts.

This white paper outlines the key CICS recommendations and identifies a commercial software solution and services that address each of these key issues.

SAFE AND SOUND: Ensuring complete protection for your company's email communication - California [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]

April 2010- Organizations of all sizes transmit confidential business information by email. If that data falls into the wrong hands, the reputation of a company’s brand and vital relationships with partners, stakeholders and customers can be severely damaged.

In addition, industry and government regulations exert constant pressure on businesses to protect the confidentiality of information they send via email. To reduce risk, companies must limit the amount of sensitive data that they transmit by ...

McAfee And Brocade: Partnership For Enterprise Security [ Source: Brocade ]

March 2010- Organizations need a secure infrastructure they can rely on, one that mitigates risk exposure, provides regulatory compliance, and protects information assets from a multitude of threats. A solution that combines Brocade's high-performance infrastructure with McAfee's Web gateway results in a best-of-breed security infrastructure that can be tailored to fit the unique requirements of any enterprise.

Database Security For Virtualization And Cloud Computing Environments [ Source: Sentrigo ]

February 2010- Running your database in a virtual environment, or even in the cloud, presents some unique challenges for database security. The benefits of virtualization are clear, including: the ability to share resources through server consolidation, quickly scale up (and down) capacity based on changing needs, and to flexibly update servers without impacting production. Less hardware can even mean a greener data center. But, this flexibility results in a much less static environment that must be carefully ...

From the Field: A Hacker's Story [ Source: ISC2 ]

February 2010- In tough economic times, it is more important than ever to be mindful of common sense security practices. The security posture of your organization can be increased with simple to remember safety tips, inexpensive security technology solutions, and by making your employees aware of rising security threats and ways to mitigate these threats. Risk is inherent to business operations and you can not totally eliminate all types of risks; however, there are some fundamental practices ...

Securing Critical Data And IT Infrastructure In Healthcare [ Source: TippingPoint ]

December 2005- Healthcare organizations are in the midst of a complete turnaround in regard to information security and privacy. Times have changed. Through the onslaught of regulations and privacy liability, healthcare organizations are changing course. Learn how Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) can address the challenges of today’s healthcare organizations.

Eight Questions To Ask About Your Intrusion-Security Solution [ Source: TippingPoint ]

January 2009- There is some confusion in the marketplace about intrusion-security systems. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) have similar names. Download this white paper provided by TippingPoint to learn the difference between the two solutions and the eight questions to ask about Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).

Best Practices For Endpoint Data Loss Prevention [ Source: Symantec ]

January 2010- The average laptop can carry up to a half-terabyte of storage, while keychain-sized USB storage devices can hold entire customer databases. Its users promiscuously connect to any network within wireless range of their laptops, e-mailing and exchanging most sensitive information via a mix of private and public services. One of the most promising techniques to help reduce this risk is DLP.

Securing the Cloud: Designing Security for a New Age [ Source: eFlorida ]

December 2009-  Increasingly, businesses of all sizes are choosing to migrate their data, applications and services to the cloud. The advantages are clear--increased availability, lightweight, easily accessible applications, lower maintenance and administrative costs--but so too are the risks. As data migrates to the cloud, it becomes a tantalizing target for malicious actors all over the world. IT administrators and CEOs may love the fact that their applications are now accessible from anywhere but may not realize that ...