Risk Assessments: The Key To Continuous Compliance [ Source: TraceSecurity, Inc ]

February 2010- Most financial institutions lack internal resources or the technical expertise necessary to identify all of the risks to information security, making a correct evaluation of risk extremely difficult, if not impossible. Therefore, without knowing where threats exist, or their potential severity, within their information systems, a financial institution is ill prepared to combat a threat, mitigate the costs of a breach, or even face a federal or state examiner’s prying eyes. This white paper ...

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.

Your Playbook for Creating a Winning Data Transmission Service [ Source: Sterling Commerce ]

January 2009- When trying to grow into a Transmission Service—as opposed to simply being an IT function—the IT team gains new respect and influence as they bring increased value to the business. Normally, the primary goal of any data transmission department (or file transfer, or network operations, etc.) is to move large batch files between different systems. Since transactions and other data in the files represent significant revenue, the role of the team in ensuring ...

Vulnerability Management Buyer's Checklist [ Source: Qualys ]

November 2009- Get this 12-point Checklist of key considerations every IT security professional needs to be aware of before choosing a vulnerability management solution.

Optimizing Infrastructure Control [ Source: Tripwire ]

October 2009- An investment in configuration assessment and change auditing solutions can stabilize IT operations, lowering the operational costs associated with the IT infrastructure; and provide a solid foundation that increases the effectiveness of the investment in information security. Discover why IDC Research says TripWire can claim complete configuration control as its own domain.

Adapting Endpoint Security to 'Mobilized' Consumerization [ Source: DeviceLock ]

December 2008- Consumer electronics and applications are proliferating in corporate IT environments, significantly increasing the threat of lost and stolen data. Personal devices such as smartphones and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) are now commonly brought to work and used for business purposes. This consumerization of corporate IT is predicted to accelerate in coming years as Digital Natives -- those raised playing computer games -- penetrate corporate ranks. This generation not only has a great fascination with ultra-modern ...

Laying the IT Security Foundation - Corralling Conficker and Other Threats in an Evolved Environment: [ Source: Lumension ]

August 2009- The traditional security approach addresses each individual attack as it crops up through a detect and blocking schema. However in today’s ever-changing IT environment, sophisticated threats such as Conficker worm continue to evolve and keep security professionals in an unending game of cat and mouse. Read this paper to learn how to:

*Regain control of your environment and address the root cause of attacks
*Automate the detection and remediation of OS ...

Best Practices For Preventing A Data Breach. Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) In State And Local Government [ Source: RSA, The Security Division of EMC ]

April 2009- There is a renewed awareness of the value and vulnerability of the personal and financial information of citizens that is collected by state and local government agencies as a result of the increasing number of security breaches leading to data loss. As state and local governments are entrusted with more volumes of sensitive information, the role of those responsible for information security becomes increasingly difficult.

SharePoint Solution Brief [ Source: RSA, The Security Division of EMC ]

April 2009- As your organization puts SharePoint to use, the platform becomes a more strategic and more valuable asset, one that should be managed and secured. Even shortly after deployment, SharePoint sites can propagate swiftly. As more and more workers leverage the sites–-adding information from customer data to intellectual property–-sensitive information (company confidential and regulated information) can become at risk. This report focuses on managing risk within your Microsoft SharePoint environment.

Four Best Practices For Securing Web Access [ Source: RSA, The Security Division of EMC ]

May 2009- The Web has created a wealth of new opportunities enabling organizations to reduce costs, increase efficiency and provide “anytime anywhere” access to corporate resources for employees, customers, and partners. As organizations shift from an internal to external focus, the traditional view of identity and access management (IAM) is changing, as well. IAM has long been at the forefront of securing access to Web resources by controlling and managing access rights to sensitive information for authorized ...

The Threat of Modern Day Malware [ Source: Perimeter ]

June 2009- How many ways can malware comprise your data? This white paper focuses on methods criminals are using to install malware and effective solutions to thwart attacks.

It's Time to Fix The Firewall [ Source: Palo Alto Networks ]

June 2009- For the last 15 years, port-blocking firewalls have been the cornerstone of enterprise network security. But much like a stone, they’ve stood still in the face of rapidly evolving applications and threats. It’s no secret that modern applications and threats easily circumvent the traditional network firewall – so much so that enterprises have deployed an entire crop of “firewall helpers” to help try to manage applications and threats, which has only increased cost and complexity ...

Finding The Right Offshore Vendor [ Source: Notetech Software India ]

April 2009- This whitepaper addresses common pain points in the existing offshore outsourcing processes and elaborates on how Notetech Software India could implement a customizable but productive methodology to provide its clients a hassle-free outsource experience.