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Build a viable plan for disaster recovery and crisis management 2007-06-01 IBM

Building business resilience into your organization depends on effective disaster recovery. Disaster recovery (DR) involves the ability to respond to and recover from disruptive events. DR is essential, not only to plan for disaster, but to confirm that your organization is in compliance with regulations. IBM can help establish an effective plan and resume business quickly

Tags: Disaster Recovery, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., ROI - TCO, Strategic Planning

Best Practices for Authenticating Mobile Workers and Securing Data Access 2007-12-07 Securecomputing

In an environment where business and government databases store ever-increasing amounts of sensitive and confidential data - and where a growing number of employees need to access that data remotely - password security alone is insufficient to ensure user authentication. Many organizations are turning to two-factor authentication, which requires two measures for users to verify their identities and access data. Typically, two-factor authentication involves "something one have," such as a token, and "Something one know," such as a PIN or password. Hardware tokens provide a unique passcode each time a user logs in to the system. Tokens are portable, easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and compatible with virtually every type of computer.

Tags: Best Practices

Automatically Save and Recover Office Files 2007-12-01 Microsoft

Sometimes a Microsoft Office program closes before the saving changes to a working file. Some possible causes include: A power outage occurs. System is made unstable by another program. Something goes wrong with the Microsoft Office program itself. Although the user can't always prevent problems such as these from happening, the user can take steps to protect their work when an Office program closes abnormally. The AutoRecover option (in these Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Visio) and AutoSave option (in Microsoft Office Outlook) can help the user avoid losing work in two ways: One's data is automatically saved and the program state is automatically saved.

Tags: Email, E-Mail Client

Optimizing Branch Office Security and Productivity in the Financial Services Sector 2007-12-01 Microsoft

This white paper examines the problems that financial services sector companies face when attempting to provide secure and efficient data access to branch offices. It also provides solutions based on the features and capabilities included with ISA Server 2006, Whale IAG 2007 and Windows Server 2003 R2. This paper specifically examines how to prevent security issues at branch offices from impacting main-office security, and how to reduce cost and operational inefficiencies inherent in distributed computing environments.

Transfer Important Data for Safekeeping 2007-12-01 Microsoft Tips

When employees leave a company or transfer to another department, there might be a need felt to transfer important documents, spreadsheets, databases, and other data from the departing employees' computers. The task of moving files and computer settings can be incredibly simple, or it can be a major production that lasts for hours. Before investing a lot of time and energy in this task, identify what needs to be moved. This paper provides a few options for transferring important data.

Tags: Word Processing

Are You Protected by a Piece of Plastic and Two Screws?: Wiegand Had Its Day! Borer All-in-One Solution, Will Ensure Your Data Is Secure 2007-10-01 Borer Data Systems

The majority of cards and biometric readers in access control systems use a Wiegand interface to transmit data read from a card to a control panel. The control panel will then validate the date received and grant/deny access. Often people in the Access Control Industry accept the Wiegand interface as a standard. Wiegand is not a standard as there is no formal definition, ratified by ISO or the IEEE, of the Wiegand Interface against which manufacturers can measure the performance of their equipment. Wiegand is more of an informal working convention, which has allowed the manufacturers of card and biometric readers using a variety of reading technologies to connect their products to control panels produced by system integrators.

Recipe for Mobile Data Security: TPM, Bitlocker, Windows Vista and Active Directory 2007-10-01 Erudio Security

If one's business is like mine, laptops regularly disappear. Until recently, centrally managed mobile storage encryption solutions for Windows environments were either too costly, required users to carry a key-resident device, or relied on keys residing on local disk. Sometimes the best solution under these circumstances was the presence of administrative controls (i.e. policies) prohibiting users from storing sensitive information on local laptop drives. With the proliferation of TPM 1.2 across most laptop platforms and the release of Microsoft Windows Vista, most roadblocks to laptop data encryption have been removed.

Tags: Windows Vista

Best Practices for Preventing Enterprise Data Loss 2007-09-01 RSA Security

Protecting the company from enterprise data loss is a strategic imperative. The risks - both monetary and image-related - are too great to ignore and simply hope your company does not become a victim. But laying out a data security strategy and then implementing it is no easy feat. RSA, the leader in information-centric security solutions, has developed the set of six best practices contained in this paper based on significant, long-term experience with thousands of companies. By following these best practices, one can not only improve the ability to secure sensitive customer data, but also to protect revenue, limit customer attrition, and meet government regulations.

Tags: Best Practices

Symantec Security Information Manager(SSIM): A Technology Overview 2007-08-21 Symantec

Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM) enables IT organizations to identify, prioritize, investigate, and respond to security threats that impact mission-critical business applications. It serves as a log consolidation system for identity management monitoring, compliance, and forensics requirements. Realtime correlation of network and host security breaches with Symantec's trusted global security threat intelligence makes SSIM the vehicle for a world class incident response system ensuring the integrity of business critical information assets.

Data Protection Commissioner Inspection: Are You Ready? 2007-08-01 Backupanytime

Legal requirements regarding the data holding and how to manage it are not new. Neither is the Data Protection act which outlines the requirements and in effect the responsibilities. The powers of the Data protection commissioner and more to the point the likelihood of inspection have however increased. This was demonstrated by Prime time media coverage in 2006 regarding alleged breaches. Random inspections have already commenced and are likely to increase in both volume and scope.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Build a viable plan for disaster recovery and crisis management	2007-06-01	IBM
Building business resilience into your organization depends on effective disaster recovery. Disaster recovery (DR) involves the ability to respond to and recover from disruptive events. DR is essential, not only to plan for disaster, but to confirm that your organization is in compliance with regulations. IBM can help establish an effective plan and resume business quickly Tags: Disaster Recovery, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., ROI - TCO, Strategic Planning
Best Practices for Authenticating Mobile Workers and Securing Data Access	2007-12-07	Securecomputing
In an environment where business and government databases store ever-increasing amounts of sensitive and confidential data - and where a growing number of employees need to access that data remotely - password security alone is insufficient to ensure user authentication. Many organizations are turning to two-factor authentication, which requires two measures for users to verify their identities and access data. Typically, two-factor authentication involves "something one have," such as a token, and "Something one know," such as a PIN or password. Hardware tokens provide a unique passcode each time a user logs in to the system. Tokens are portable, easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and compatible with virtually every type of computer. Tags: Best Practices
Automatically Save and Recover Office Files	2007-12-01	Microsoft
Sometimes a Microsoft Office program closes before the saving changes to a working file. Some possible causes include: A power outage occurs. System is made unstable by another program. Something goes wrong with the Microsoft Office program itself. Although the user can't always prevent problems such as these from happening, the user can take steps to protect their work when an Office program closes abnormally. The AutoRecover option (in these Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Visio) and AutoSave option (in Microsoft Office Outlook) can help the user avoid losing work in two ways: One's data is automatically saved and the program state is automatically saved. Tags: Email, E-Mail Client
Optimizing Branch Office Security and Productivity in the Financial Services Sector	2007-12-01	Microsoft
This white paper examines the problems that financial services sector companies face when attempting to provide secure and efficient data access to branch offices. It also provides solutions based on the features and capabilities included with ISA Server 2006, Whale IAG 2007 and Windows Server 2003 R2. This paper specifically examines how to prevent security issues at branch offices from impacting main-office security, and how to reduce cost and operational inefficiencies inherent in distributed computing environments.
Transfer Important Data for Safekeeping	2007-12-01	Microsoft Tips
When employees leave a company or transfer to another department, there might be a need felt to transfer important documents, spreadsheets, databases, and other data from the departing employees' computers. The task of moving files and computer settings can be incredibly simple, or it can be a major production that lasts for hours. Before investing a lot of time and energy in this task, identify what needs to be moved. This paper provides a few options for transferring important data. Tags: Word Processing
Are You Protected by a Piece of Plastic and Two Screws?: Wiegand Had Its Day! Borer All-in-One Solution, Will Ensure Your Data Is Secure	2007-10-01	Borer Data Systems
The majority of cards and biometric readers in access control systems use a Wiegand interface to transmit data read from a card to a control panel. The control panel will then validate the date received and grant/deny access. Often people in the Access Control Industry accept the Wiegand interface as a standard. Wiegand is not a standard as there is no formal definition, ratified by ISO or the IEEE, of the Wiegand Interface against which manufacturers can measure the performance of their equipment. Wiegand is more of an informal working convention, which has allowed the manufacturers of card and biometric readers using a variety of reading technologies to connect their products to control panels produced by system integrators.
Recipe for Mobile Data Security: TPM, Bitlocker, Windows Vista and Active Directory	2007-10-01	Erudio Security
If one's business is like mine, laptops regularly disappear. Until recently, centrally managed mobile storage encryption solutions for Windows environments were either too costly, required users to carry a key-resident device, or relied on keys residing on local disk. Sometimes the best solution under these circumstances was the presence of administrative controls (i.e. policies) prohibiting users from storing sensitive information on local laptop drives. With the proliferation of TPM 1.2 across most laptop platforms and the release of Microsoft Windows Vista, most roadblocks to laptop data encryption have been removed. Tags: Windows Vista
Best Practices for Preventing Enterprise Data Loss	2007-09-01	RSA Security
Protecting the company from enterprise data loss is a strategic imperative. The risks - both monetary and image-related - are too great to ignore and simply hope your company does not become a victim. But laying out a data security strategy and then implementing it is no easy feat. RSA, the leader in information-centric security solutions, has developed the set of six best practices contained in this paper based on significant, long-term experience with thousands of companies. By following these best practices, one can not only improve the ability to secure sensitive customer data, but also to protect revenue, limit customer attrition, and meet government regulations. Tags: Best Practices
Symantec Security Information Manager(SSIM): A Technology Overview	2007-08-21	Symantec
Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM) enables IT organizations to identify, prioritize, investigate, and respond to security threats that impact mission-critical business applications. It serves as a log consolidation system for identity management monitoring, compliance, and forensics requirements. Realtime correlation of network and host security breaches with Symantec's trusted global security threat intelligence makes SSIM the vehicle for a world class incident response system ensuring the integrity of business critical information assets.
Data Protection Commissioner Inspection: Are You Ready?	2007-08-01	Backupanytime
Legal requirements regarding the data holding and how to manage it are not new. Neither is the Data Protection act which outlines the requirements and in effect the responsibilities. The powers of the Data protection commissioner and more to the point the likelihood of inspection have however increased. This was demonstrated by Prime time media coverage in 2006 regarding alleged breaches. Random inspections have already commenced and are likely to increase in both volume and scope.