Data Privacy White Papers
Data Privacy white papers and security resources for implementing best practice security strategies.
Architecting the Security of the Next-Generation Data Center
Source: McAfee
This document is aimed at those looking at data center builds, upgrades, or consolidation. It provides an introduction to some of the new security challenges of such environments and provides recommendations for implementing security in next-generation data centers.
Why Free Patch Management Tools Could Cost You More
Source: Lumension
Today's current economic situation underscores the importance of scrutinizing all business expenses, particularly within IT. Although point patching products may look more attractive on the surface, closer inspection often reveals hidden costs and missing capabilities. The result: fragmented patch management and weaker security posture while also being a more costly and cumbersome option for organizations to maintain.
The CISOs Guide to Measuring IT Security
Source: Lumension
Many organizations continue to blindly blaze into new technology territory without fully understanding the inherent IT risks. As a CISO, you must be able to facilitate business productivity without the risk. If you can accurately measure your security posture and communicate in terms of business risk as opposed to bits and bytes, you can effectively gain buy-in from key executives on important security initiatives. Learn the key steps to enhancing your security visibility so that you have a voice at the executive table and not just a seat.
Unruly USB Devices Expose Networks to Malware
Source: Lumension
It's pretty easy for organizations to get so wrapped up about what goes out on USB drives that they forget to protect against what comes in their environments via USB. And with attacks inflicting increasingly greater damage following uncontrolled connection, it's time that organizations got serious about this threat. The key to USB security is balancing productivity with protection.
Think Your AntiVirus Software is Working? Think Again
Source: Lumension
It's time to shift from the status quo to a new, more effective endpoint security approach, called intelligent whitelisting, which affords greater protection, productivity, and efficiency.
Source: HP
Ensuring application security across an enterprise requires a holistic approach to software development and procurement. Security risks must be addressed at the application code level, and techniques and best practices should focus on detecting and eliminating software security vulnerabilities. IT departments that practice comprehensive application security protect their organization from threats and unauthorized access that could lead to data theft.
Yet application security is becoming harder and harder to achieve as threats grow more pervasive and protecting software fails to gain the attention it deserves in the enterprise. In this eGuide, CSO and its sister publications Network World, Computerworld, and InfoWorld present a collection of articles that examine the current threats to application security and what companies can do to protect themselves.
DLP for Tablets: An Intelligent Decision
Source: Symantec
This white paper by Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst, at Enterprise Strategy Group covers challenges organizations face with employees accessing sensitive data and provides information on the first comprehensive data loss prevention solution for tablets.
Advanced Persistant Threats: from FUD to FACTS
Source: Websense, Inc.
Another day, another breach. And it's not just the big guys losing data anymore. Cybercriminals are now using advanced attacks to steal data from companies of every size. How? They exploit the gaps in your traditional defenses to infect your systems with malware and exfiltrate your valuable data.
Enter the Security KnowledgeVault
The resources in this Security KnowledgeVault provide expert advice on everything from creating a multilayered security strategy and deploying a more proactive fight against cybercrime, to realizing when it's time to stop going it alone and seek outside, expert help.
Protecting Your Data on Mobile Devices
Protecting data on mobile devices creates a whole new batch of security headaches. Join experts in this Videocast lead by John Girard, VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, to hear how you can deploy a comprehensive enterprise encryption strategy.
