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Raising the bar for hackers (Security) | 2008-05-09 | siemens |
| Many production plants are linked to the Internet and utilize standard software, which makes them a potential target for hackers. Siemens is making these systems more secure.
Tags: Network Security, Intrusion Detection Systems, Cyber Security |
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Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security | 2008-04-30 | Webroot Software |
| The Web is the new threat vector of choice for hackers and cybercriminals to distribute malware and perpetrate identity theft, financial fraud, and corporate espionage. This IDC paper outlines solutions for overall security effectiveness and reducing the burden on IT departments. It describes the challenges facing many SMBs today and identifies critical elements of lower-cost and easier-to-manage Web security solutions.
Tags: Network Security, Security Management, Web Filtering, Spyware |
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IT Departments on Data Security: A Research Concepts Survey | 2008-04-17 | Absolute Software |
| A survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft. One out of four organizations surveyed had a data breach in the past year. Preventative measures are found to be consistently undermined, with only 1 in 100 employees consistently following security policy. This white paper explores the survey findings.
Tags: Security Management, Data Recovery - Security, Best Practices |
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Sophos Security Threat Report Q1 2008 | 2008-04-16 | Sophos |
| Sophos' new Security Threat Report, which looks at worldwide cybercrime during the first quarter of 2008, show a dramatic increase in web-based threats compared to 2007 - the first three months of 2008 showed Sophos finding and blocking a new infected webpage every five seconds, compared with one every 14 seconds last year. Download the report to see the top ten countries hosting Web-based malware in Q1 2008 as well as all of the other latest security threat findings.
Tags: Security Standards, Security Management, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing, Spyware |
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Effective email policies: why enforcing proper use is critical to security | 2008-04-01 | Sophos |
| The unmonitored and unguarded use of email by employees poses a multitude of risks to organizations. The distribution of inappropriate or offensive content, malicious emails, and the risks of data leakage all threaten working environments, IT resources and an organization's reputation. A comprehensive, transparent and enforceable email acceptable use policy (AUP), combined with robust email security solutions, dramatically reduces exposure to these risks. This paper provides practical guidance on developing and enforcing an email AUP that meets the combined requirements of an organization's IT, HR and legal departments.
Tags: Email, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing, Best Practices, Spyware |
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Defending the email infrastructure: why email requires comprehensive protection | 2008-04-01 | Sophos |
| With organizations facing a growing number of threats and an increasingly regulated business environment, ensuring security and compliance across the email infrastructure is paramount. The complexity of this challenge requires a comprehensive solution. To block attacks and enforce acceptable use of email, organizations need to deploy integrated protection at the email gateway, on the email server and on all endpoint computers. This paper explores the threats facing email infrastructures, illustrating the need for multi-layered security.
Tags: Security Management, Email, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing, Spyware |
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Effective Web policies: ensuring staff productivity and legal compliance | 2008-04-01 | Sophos |
| Employees increasingly expect to use the Internet at work for their own personal use in return for longer hours, working from home and interrupting vacations. This has a number of security, productivity, bandwidth and legal ramifications that require organizations to create and implement a Web usage policy that is backed up by effective Web filtering tools. This paper discusses how to create a policy that balances an organization's need for protection against an individual's expectations.
Tags: Web Filtering, Resources Mgmt., Best Practices, Spyware |
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State of Internet Security Report: Protecting Business Email | 2008-03-27 | Webroot Software |
| Business dependence on email is greater than ever before and the volume of threats has spiked dramatically. For this State of Internet Security report, Webroot surveyed 1,500 email security product decision makers in companies across seven countries. The report finds that close to 80% of U.S. businesses surveyed experienced a spam attack last year while half also experienced spyware, virus and phishing attacks. The report discusses these attacks in-depth while also offering helpful information on legal compliance, internal sabotage and the type of protection you need to keep your business safe from attack.
Tags: Security Management, Email, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing, Spyware |
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Endpoint Security: Reduce Risk and Lower Cost and Complexity | 2008-03-27 | Symantec |
| Symantec's Endpoint Security solution offers proven, world-class protection without added resource burden, so organizations can efficiently manage security for all its endpoints and gain confidence that corporate assets and business operations are protected - all while controlling costs. The presenter of this webcast shows how Symantec Endpoint Protection helps organizations from today's and tomorrows threats; what new technologies are included in Symantec Endpoint Protection; how Symantec Network Access Control is seamlessly integrated into Symantec Endpoint Protection; and how to reduce cost and complexity with Symantec's comprehensive solution.
Tags: Cost Control - Risk Mgmt. |
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Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam | 2008-03-01 12:24:44 | Symantec |
| Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. This white paper focuses on the problems caused by image spam, as well as other spammer techniques for delivering content through existing spam-blocking defenses. The paper also discusses Symantec’s approach to solving the problem of image spam, botnets and other threats. |
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