Forrester Research - Disaster Recovery Exercises Fall Short of the Finish Line [ Source: VMware ]

October 2012- Though many enterprises have advanced disaster recovery technologies put in place, they still fall short when it comes to actual preparedness due to a lack of formal processes and a strict regimen for exercising DR plans.

This report details 10 tips for updating and improving your current DR exercise program to help you meet expected recovery objectives when faced with an unexpected event.

ACAD/Medre. A - The Story of a Computer Worm and Industrial Espionage [ Source: ESET ]

October 2012- Cyber-attacks are now about making money. ACAD/Medre.A is a terrifying worm that stole AutoCAD files. This whitepaper shows how industrial espionage is a new threat.

IBM SmartCloud for Social Business Security [ Source: IBM ]

September 2012- Security is a competitive differentiator for SmartCloud for Social Business. SmartCloud for Social Business's business-ready security is based on a deep understanding of security and privacy best practices developed at IBM over decades of managing data and systems on behalf of IBM and its clients. IBM's security controls provide privacy and controlled authorization to sensitive information while enabling business operations. SC4SB protects our customers' information through governance, tools, technology, techniques, and personnel, each of ...

eBook: Trusted Data Assurance in the Cloud [ Source: Evault ]

August 2012- How will you prepare your company for cloud adoption? Cloud services are especially attractive to midmarket companies hit with the high cost of meeting compliance requirements.

Author and information security expert Felix Santos discusses:

• Information security and data protection in the cloud

• Recent cloud standards and audit initiatives

• Evaluation criteria for selecting a cloud provider that offers trusted data assurance

Aproveitamento da experiência Always on Support para transformação da TI [ Source: HP ]

August 2012- As organizaç ões de TI são agora exigidas a prestar suporte a tudo, desde sistemas legados e armazenamento, até configuraç ões virtualizadas e computação baseada na nuvem em ambientes complexos e heterogêneos. O papel cada vez mais crítico dos serviços de suporte por provedores externos é discutido e destacado na abordagem desses ambientes de TI daqui em diante.

Visual Privacy in Healthcare [ Source: 3M ]

July 2012- In this age of electronic health records, we look to high-tech computer technology to help us implement privacy and security control for confidential data. However, many privacy incidents and breaches occur because human error and low-tech, rather than high-tech, shortcomings. The exposure of confidential patient information on a computer or smartphone display is a good example and highlights an important and often overlooked privacy and security risk - the issue of visual privacy.

Adaptive Behavior-Based Malware Protection [ Source: Symantec ]

October 2012- A new generation of customized, tightly targeted, and byte-level obfuscated malicious code (malware) disguises its appearance to evade reactive security measures of all kinds, specifically signature-based antivirus solutions. But while each new instance in a malware "family" may appear different, its behavior can't be disguised.

This paper covers the benefits of Symantec SONAR technology and how it takes advantage of this weakness to create a new, final line of defense against even sophisticated, ...

When Millions Need Access: Identity Management in an Increasingly Connected World [ Source: IBM ]

June 2012- Today's interconnected organizations are making their systems and applications available to an ever-growing community of online users -- customers, partners, suppliers, etc. This availability comes with the need to securely manage users' permissions and access to sensitive data.

This white paper describes how IBM Tivoli Identity Manager and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager can help organizations automate and control access rights for millions of online users, while maintaining security and tracking user activity.

Proactive Response to Today's Advanced Persistent Threats [ Source: IBM ]

June 2012- There is no fail-safe in today's digital world. Incidents will occur, both unintentional and malicious. To mitigate damage and organizational impact, the agile organization will respond quickly. To mitigate risks before damage occurs, an organization can maintain a continuous high state of security, ensure that all computing endpoints are in compliance, automate actions to shorten response time and enact measures to control infections with quarantine until remediation is complete.

Don't Wait Until It's Too Late Backup to the Cloud to Protect Your Business from Disaster [ Source: Symantec ]

May 2012- When it comes to disasters, the question isn't if, but when they will occur. Ranging from minor power outages to catastrophic floods, disasters more often result from malicious tampering, computer failure, hardware theft, computer viruses, or hacking. Even more common is the catastrophe of simply deleting a critical file accidentally.

Whatever the cause, if your company's information isn't protected when a serious glitch occurs, the digital assets that drive your business can be ...

Enterprise Strategies to Improve Application Testing [ Source: IBM ]

May 2012- Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and quality of your critical business applications has never been more important. Why? Because companies across industries depend on mission-critical enterprise applications to drive their business initiatives.

In turn, those applications rely on relational databases to store and manage the underlying enterprise data. The ability to enhance, maintain, customize and upgrade those sophisticated applications is critical for achieving long-term business goals. Companies are striving to speed the deployment of ...

Establishing a Data-Centric Approach to Encryption [ Source: Voltage Security ]

April 2012- Many data breaches occur at companies that already have a data security policy in place. What is the problem? Typically, intrusion detection and other technologies designed to keep intruders out of your system are built to protect against previously known hacking strategies. This approach exposes your IT systems to great risk as new methods of intrusion are constantly being devised. Learn how to protect corporate data with a data-centric encryption strategy.

Forrester Report: Killing Data for Security and Risk Professionals [ Source: Voltage Security ]

April 2012- As cybercriminals have become more skillful and sophisticated, they have eroded the effectiveness of our traditional perimeter-based security controls. The constantly mutating threat landscape requires new defensive measures, one of which is the pervasive use of data encryption technologies. In the future, you will encrypt data - both in motion and at rest - by default. By encrypting, and thereby devaluing, your sensitive data, you can make cybercriminals bypass your networks and look for less ...