Encrypted web communication routinely bypasses enterprise security controls. Left unscanned, these channels are perfect vehicles for hiding infection, command & control, and data exfiltration.
The malicious use of encryption is growing at an alarming rate, from 104 in 2014, to 13,542 as of mid-2016, according to...
Encryption keeps data confidential, but we're left unprotected from threats that may be embedded in the data. In fact, encryption actually conceals these threats and adds network performance burdens for organizations that wish to inspect encrypted traffic.
The first in a series on encryption, this technical brief...
Breach detection systems (BDS) are security products that offer timely detection of threats. When evaluating these products, customers must take into account traditional factors, such as security effectiveness, deployment options, performance and administrative capabilities.
Since cybercriminals prize new threats...
Advanced endpoint protection (AEP) products are still relatively immature, which makes it difficult to decide whether to replace or augment existing endpoint protection (EPP). Adding to the difficulty in assessing AEP products is the fact that measuring some of their features can be complicated.
AEP products are...
Despite significant investments in the signature-based defenses of today's network, email and endpoint security solutions, since 2010, these solutions have been ineffective against the sheer volume of evolving malware. Security and risk professionals have turned to automated malware analysis (AMA) for help. These...
Securing your data centers, edge, and cloud environments is an ongoing challenge as threat landscapes continue to evolve. Traditional firewalls are no longer sufficient. What's needed is a firewall that can adapt to emerging threats in near real time, in an automated and dynamic way.
This white paper discusses the...
As enterprise IT teams look into moving their critical workloads from on-premises traditional data centers into virtualized, software-defined data centers (SDDC), or even public clouds, they often face a number of important questions:
How can we ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of our mission...
For organizations considering using public cloud-based services, asking tough security questions of the vendor is an essential first step, says Eric Chiu, president of HyTrust.
Ransomware is going to get personal. Password managers will be huge targets. And we will see the rise of a whole new exploit kit. These are among the 2017 security predictions from Malwarebytes Laboratories.
And because these attacks are going to continue to result in big headlines, cybersecurity is going to grow as...
The world is transforming, blending the physical and digital into an age of convergence. Is your agency prepared for the resulting security challenges? Drawing upon the deep resources of both Forcepoint Security Labs�� and Raytheon, the 2017 Forcepoint Security Predictions report investigates this new shift that blurs...
Law enforcement officials in the U.S., Europe and Asia say they've dismantled a resilient network used by cybercriminals to infect tens of millions of computers with malicious software.
As more organizations take advantage of cloud computing, it's essential that they set precise security expectations with their vendor partners, Carson Sweet of CloudPassage says in this video interview.
VMware Workspace ONE brings together the power of VMware AirWatch® and VMware Identity Manager to accelerate and secure Office 365 deployments. In this
white paper we'll explore how you can address above challenges with Workspace ONE, and enable the secure use of Office 365 across corporate-owned devices,
personal...
Cloud-based services can be both a "blessing and curse" when it comes to dealing with security, says John Houston, CISO and associate counsel for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, who explains why in this video interview.
As organizations prepare to transition to Microsoft Office 365, what should be their top security concerns - and how should they address them? The top concern from organizations amidst this transition is 'How do we stay compliant?'
Download this whitepaper to learn:
What organizations need to protect;
Malicious...
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