Fight back against stealthy attacks with security beyond the OS [ Source: McAfee ]

May 2013- Today's anti-malware solutions running as applications above the operating system are no match for the stealth techniques used by today's malware developers. Hardware-assisted security products like McAfee Deep Defender take advantage of a "deeper" security footprint.

Researchers discover an average of 2,000 rootkits each day, according to McAfee® Labs™. Rootkits are an increasingly common form of malware built explicitly to hide malicious code. Once installed, a rootkit conceals itself and looks innocent ...

Practioners Guide to SOC [ Source: Alienvault ]

April 2013- This guide is intended to provide a technical audience the core information necessary to evaluate the security controls essential to establishing a Security Operation Center (SOC).

Skybox Security Survey:Next-Generation Firewall Management [ Source: Skybox Security ]

April 2013- Organizations struggle to realize benefits of next-generation firewalls

Learn what IT professionals had to say about adopting and migrating to next-generation firewalls at their organizations, including adoption drivers, priorities, and the challenges they encounter.

The Skybox Security Next-Generation Firewall Survey 2012, conducted in conjunction with Osterman Research, polled more than 200 respondents worldwide in varying information security and C-level roles involved in the IT decision making process.

Among the findings:
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Skybox Security Vulnerability Management Survey [ Source: Skybox Security ]

April 2013- Survey reveals pitfalls of traditional vulnerability scanners

Learn what IT professionals had to say about vulnerability management programs at their organizations, including how often and what zones they scan, and the challenges they encounter.

The Skybox Security Vulnerability Management Survey 2012, conducted in conjunction with Osterman Research, polled more than 100 IT decision makers including security managers, and network and systems engineers involved in vulnerability management processes.

Among the findings:
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Cloud Servers: New Risk Considerations [ Source: CloudPassage ]

September 2012- The tremendous scalability, flexibility, and speed of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) make it one of the fastest-growing sectors of the cloud computing markets. IaaS providers combine virtualization technologies with massive infrastructure to deliver bandwidth, storage, and CPU power on-demand and with granular control over scale and costs. The potential benefits of hosting applications and workloads on cloud servers are enormous, making cloud servers the de facto norm for a rapidly growing set of use cases.

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Simplify planning for a Windows 7 migration [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]

August 2012- To capitalize on the benefits of Windows 7, you must make sure your computing environment is ready for the upgrade. The Dell Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is designed to identify application compatibility, hardware compatibility and migration readiness, and to provide the recommendations needed to help make your transition to Windows 7 as smooth as possible.

Read the Dell Windows 7 Readiness Assessment for a detailed analysis of your organization’s preparedness to upgrade and includes a comprehensive ...

Simplify your Migrations to Windows Server 2008 R2: Tips and Tricks [ Source: Dell/Windows 7 ]

September 2011- When and how should you migrate to Windows Server 2008? Experts agree that a phased approach to migration is the way to go. This technical brief dives deep into migration recommendations and explains how to plan thoroughly, adopt a phased approach and who to ask for help.

Trust But Verify: Managing Risk In Outsourced Applications [ Source: IBM ]

May 2011- Reasons for outsourcing application development are many and varied. Outsourcing can be a cost effective and efficient solution to demand for new and specialized applications in today?s Internet-based marketplace.

The team responsible for evaluating outsourced applications must make security one of its principal criteria prior to acceptance of each release.

Designing a strategy for comprehensive web protection [ Source: IBM ]

May 2011- This paper discusses the security challenges associated with web applications, the importance of a comprehensive web application security strategy, and how IBM Rational solutions use IBMs virtually unmatched insight and experience to help companies create security-rich web applications.

Windows 7 Security and Compliance [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]

December 2010- Organizations today are under increased pressure to secure their computers, protect their users' and customers' data, and comply with new regulations. Download this paper to learn how Dell computers running Microsoft Windows 7 can help you make your operations more secure and meet compliance requirements.

Bit9 Parity Suite vs. Windows 7 AppLocker [ Source: Bit9 ]

August 2010- There are a lot of reasons to upgrade to Windows 7: new convenience features, improved stability and – no surprise amidst the explosion in media coverage of zero-day attacks targeted at the endpoints, enhanced security.

As part of Window 7, Microsoft has introduce a new feature called AppLocker that is intended to protect endpoints from malware. Preventing the execution of unauthorized software on endpoints must be a priority for any security conscious organization. Doing so is ...

Extending Your Web Security Solution to Address Data Loss [ Source: Websense ]

March 2010- Web 2.0 technologies have forever changed the nature of the Web and, along with it, the nature of Web security. Web content is now highly dynamic, precipitating the need for security solutions that are capable of real-time assessment, categorization, and threat control. But that’s not all. Web 2.0 has also turned things around, quite literally, by enabling the use of the Web as a channel for outbound communications. Because of its ability to enhance collaboration and ...

Websense Security Labs State of Internet Security 2H09 [ Source: Websense ]

March 2010- Do you know just how adept Web adversaries have become in using the Internet to spread malware in their attacks? Understand where the true threats lie with this report which summarizes the significant findings of Websense researchers using the ThreatSeeker™ Network during the six-month period ending December 2009.

Websense® Security Labs™ uses the patent-pending Websense ThreatSeeker™ Network to discover, classify and monitor global Internet threats and trends. Using more than 50 million real-time data collecting ...