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Securing the Blended Data Center

Analysts including John Grady, Christian Christiansen, and Charles Kolodgy discuss how security must change to address the new dynamics of Virtualization, Cloud and Software-defined Networking (SDN) technologies. As Data Centers become more shared, automated, and elastic, typical IT deployments will become a mix of...

Analyst Report: Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management

The market for IT VRM software exists to enable the assessment, monitoring and remediation of risks arising from the use of IT vendors and IT service providers. Gartner's first Magic Quadrant on this small but growing market evaluates 10 vendors to help you in your vendor evaluation process. Download this white...

Effective Operational Risk Management for Financial Institutions

The growing complexity of activities, a changing workforce, regulatory requirements, and dependencies on third parties has dramatically impacted the operational risk profile for many organizations. This white paper offers practical guidance to achieve an effective operational risk management strategy with GRC...

Cloud Infrastructure Security: It's Time to Rethink Your Strategy

It takes a new mindset to manage cloud infrastructure. And to truly reap the benefits from the cloud means that leaders must rethink their approach to infrastructure security. The degree to which one gives up control of IT infrastructure varies based on the adoption of private, public or hybrid platforms. But to...

Vulnerability Management: Think Like an Attacker to Prioritize Risks

To most effectively manage vulnerabilities, you need to think like the attacker: how would you go about doing damage, exfiltrating valuable information and making money? What are the key assets in your network that you would target? How would you get to these assets? Drawing on decades of real-world experience,...

AlienVault USM- A Security Operations Center for the SMB

AlienVault's USM is tailor-made for the needs of the security-savvy SMB. It offers affordability, and a comprehensive and ever-increasing feature set powered by the respectable AV Labs and Open Threat Exchange." In this analyst report, Javvad Malik of 451 Research, reviews AlienVault's SMB-focused approach to SIEM and...

SANS 2014 Security Analytics and Intelligence Survey

Based on the results of this year's survey, there are several key takeaways for the security community. The use of analytics and threat intelligence to ferret out complex and stealthy threats from advanced attackers and insiders is improving security for some; automation is improving; and intelligence providers are...

Executive Summary: Security Benefits of Linux Based Infrastructure

Enterprises are increasingly adopting Linux as a secure, reliable, and high-performing platform that lowers acquisition and operating costs while providing the agility needed to anticipate and react to changing business conditions. In particular, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating environment, which is...

The Role of Linux in Datacenter Modernization

Datacenters are, and always have been, investments that evolve as the industry changes, new technologies emerge, and application needs change. However, today, datacenter managers are facing a daunting future that may not include any meaningful expansion of their datacenters in terms of floor space, yet their existing...

Enterprise Grade Linux: Improved Security, Reduced Cost

The IT world is on the precipice of enormous change. While full adoption of this change will not happen overnight, it has already begun to happen in the datacenter and for a user near you. Because of the substantial investments made by organizations in building out their datacenters, and thanks to the significant risk...

Managing Cybersecurity Risk in a HIPAA-Compliant World

Organizations are at a crossroads when deciding on the proper course of action for compliance with regulations applicable to the healthcare industry and how to manage risk to the security of sensitive health information. This is an important decision that shapes the foundation of an organization's security culture and...

The Three Phases of Securing Privileged Accounts

Attackers exploit valid credentials and/or privileged accounts 100% of the time. With those kinds of statistics, it is hard to imagine companies still turn a blind eye. The cost of doing nothing is routinely displayed in the endless stream of reports detailing yet another compromise in companies large and small around...

Implementing Essential Security Controls

Federal agencies are required by law to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which references the NIST SP 800-53 Recommendations. The long-awaited Revision 4 represents the first major review of the Recommendations in almost four years. These changes have important ramifications for...

IT Security by the Numbers: Calculating the Total Cost of Protection

Humorist Franklin P. Jones may have said it best: "When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet." These are wise words of warning for businesses counting on so-called "free" IT security software. Kaspersky Lab has created an eBook to help you calculate the true cost of protecting...

Security Technologies for Mobile and BYOD

Businesses today are faced with the almost insurmountable task of complying with a confusing array of laws and regulations relating to data privacy and security. These can come from a variety of sources: local, state, national, and, even, international law makers. This is not just a problem for big businesses. Even a...