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Data Breach and DDoS: Security in a Faster Forward World

In addition to brute force/scale based attacks, attackers often probe for, and then take advantage of, application vulnerabilities to steal data or pursue financial gain. This means that, in addition to a Web security solution's scale and performance, organizations should consider how architecture and adaptability...

Threat Intelligence and Incident Response: A Study of U.S. and EMEA Organizations

Threat Intelligence and Incident Response: A Study of U.S. and EMEA Organizations, sponsored by AccessData, surveyed 1,083 CISOs and security technicians in the United States and EMEA about how their companies handle the immediate aftermath of a cyber-attack and what would help their teams more successfully detect and...

Sponsored by General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions

Accelerate The Incident Response Cycle

Fidelis XPS Collector provides a powerful new way of conducting incident response. By providing the ability to query and correlate historical information, and then tie it to the tuning of existing rules or the creation of new ones, Fidelis XPS Collector accelerates the process of understanding the scope of incidents...

Cost of Data Breach Report - Executive Summary

Since 2005, the Ponemon Institute has examined the cost incurred by organizations after experiencing a data breach. The results were not hypothetical responses, but represent cost estimates for activities resulting from actual data loss incidents. This executive summary highlights the top findings and resources for...

Financial Institutions: How to Protect Customers from Advanced Malware in 2014

Modern financial malware like Zeus or Citadel can empty bank accounts in seconds. Through 2014, this widespread threat will continue to grow unabated. This paper discusses two of the primary mitigation vectors that can be used against powerful financial malware, including: Backend protection and specialized...

Endpoint Security Demands Defense In-Depth and Advanced Analytics

When it comes to endpoint security, large organizations find themselves in a difficult situation. Most enterprises have host-based security software (i.e., antivirus software) installed on almost every PC and server, yet their IT assets are constantly attacked - and often compromised - by sophisticated malware and...

Why the Endpoint Must be the New Security Focus

Today's computing challenges require organizations to take a holistic, end-to-end approach to security, extending the traditional focus on network security to external devices and all endpoints. For now, the primary requirements are for securing servers, desktop PCs, laptops and other mobile devices, but this will...

2013 Server Security Survey Report

In October 2013, Bit9 conducted its third-annual survey on server security. In the past year, the inability to detect or stop advanced attacks has remained a constant challenge for enterprises. This survey was designed to analyze these challenges from respondents who are responsible for their organization's security...

Securing Executives and Highly Sensitive Documents of Corporations Globally

Every week brings new stories of companies damaged by the breach of sensitive information. For IT professionals up against the significant challenge of keeping corporate networks and information secure, top level executives and board members present unique requirements. These highly mobile individuals typically have...

Sponsored by Sourcefire Network Security

5 Steps to Advanced Malware Protection

Five years ago, life was much easier for security professionals. They could collectively focus on compliance and deploy mature controls like firewalls and anti-virus to defend against largely unsophisticated attackers. Security professionals now face much more sophisticated adversaries and tactics. This new class of...

Survey: Web Threats Expose Businesses to Data Loss

Webroot commissioned a study to gauge the prevalence of web-borne attacks, their consequences and how IT pros are responding. Among the results: the vast majority of companies surveyed experienced one or more types of web-borne attacks in 2012. The survey report also includes recommendations - such as deploying a...

10 Tips to Minimize Impact of a Breach

Organizations of all sizes and across all industries need to prepare for, respond to and recover from complex and large-scale security incidents. The ten tips provided in this white paper will help you to: Minimize the duration and impact of a security incident; Prioritize changes to enhance the security of...

Patch Management 101: How to Prevent High-Risk Security Breaches

Managing and administering software updates remains one of the most challenging, tedious and resource-intensive tasks an IT Department undertakes on a daily basis. The constantly evolving software landscape makes patch management an important consideration for all IT decision makers, regardless of the organization...

PassMark Ranks Leading Endpoint Protection Products

In today's challenging security environment, using the best products that fulfill your business needs is paramount. So when evaluating solutions, be sure to look at all aspects of a product - including performance benchmark testing. PassMark Software is a leading authority in software and hardware performance...

Reinventing Antivirus: How Cloud Architecture and Behavior Recognition are Changing the Security Game

New threats have stretched the capabilities of "fat client" security architectures to the limit, making it impractical to keep endpoints updated with signatures for all the new viruses. This white paper discusses how a revolutionary approach is making traditional antivirus obsolete by replacing bloated clients and...