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whitepaper The Essential Elements of Comprehensive Endpoint Security 26/03/08 Symantec
  For today’s computing environments, there is little question that endpoint security is a required component of an overall enterprise security strategy. Various trends fostering user mobility ensure that many endpoints will frequently be exposed directly to the Internet and endpoints are still being exposed to numerous threats. This paper clarifies the various aspects of the endpoint security problem and to identify the functional requirements of a comprehensive endpoint security solution.  sponsored by
whitepaper The Essential Elements of Comprehensive Endpoint Security01/10/06 Symantec
  Establishing a comprehensive endpoint security solution is complicated, and issues like accounting for unmanaged nodes only increase the scope of the challenge. What's more, selecting and stitching together an appropriate set of counter-measures means navigating a complex landscape of point products. Accordingly, the intent of this white paper is to clarify the the endpoint security problem and identify the functional requirements of a comprehensive endpoint security solution.

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whitepaper Webcast: How to Mitigate Outsourcing-Related Security Risks2006-09-20 08:18:50 Core Security
  Outsourcing is growing in popularity due to the efficiencies and cost savings that many businesses achieve through the practice. What's often overlooked, however, is the fact that any outsourcing arrangement carries with it a separate set of security risks that must be properly managed, in addition to managing the security of internal networks. Without this holistic approach, an organization's overall security posture is at risk.

Check out this TechRepublic Webcast, sponsored by Core Security and now available on demand. It features independent cybersecurity analyst Tom Kellermann, who discusses the practice of outsourcing and its ramifications for network security. Kellermann offers expert insights into these important topics and more:

  • The interconnectedness of modern business networks and how it forces companies to bear common risks to critical infrastructures.
  • How the risks inherent in outsourcing expose your company to cyber-crime.
  • Why hosting companies and data service providers have become the targets of hacker syndicates.
  • How to create a comprehensive security strategy that combats the unique set of threats associated with outsourcing.

Hosted by James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, this Webcast underscores the special security issues that must be properly managed whenever outside vendors require access to your sensitive corporate data.

  
whitepaper The Five Keys to Ensuring Customer Data Privacy2006-09-08 01:00:28 Symantec
  Data privacy is fast emerging as the biggest challenge for compliance and security officers. According to a FTC report published in January 2006, the Commission received 255,565 identity theft complaints in 2005. More than 20 states have enacted legislation along the lines of California SB 1386, that impose strict penalties for breaches involving personal information. Much of this data resides in relational databases. Traditional security methods are inadequate for protecting sensitive information stored in databases, especially from attacks that are launched from within the perimeter. This webcast will present key best practices for protecting the database infrastructure from external attacks as well as insider abuse.   
whitepaper Microsoft Webcast: Achieving Regulatory Compliance Through Operational Excellence2006-09-08 01:00:28 Microsoft
  Most regulatory legislation defines performance standards for content management, workflow, reporting, and security. These requirements create compliance challenges for IT managers from organizations of all sizes. Even small or mid-sized businesses are affected as they maintain business relationships with larger organizations that must be compliant. Increasingly, IT managers are taking advantage of this compliance pressure to enhance operational excellence using new frameworks and tools. This webcast explains how one can use existing and familiar technology investments to create a universal framework that enables the organization to satisfy most compliance requirements.   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Developing, Deploying, and Hosting Rich Office InfoPath 2007 Client and Browser Forms (Level 200)2006-09-08 01:00:28 Microsoft
  One can design a single Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form for both the rich client and for the browser. This webcast presents this design-once process, provides best practices for debugging and deployment, and explains how to improve forms performance and scalability. The webcast explains about hosting the InfoPath 2007 rich client in other applications, tightly integrating InfoPath 2007 forms into Web pages, and using the hosted form control to build powerful but easy-to-use solutions.   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Branch Office Administration and Maintenance in Windows Server 2003 R2 (Level 200)2006-09-08 01:00:28 Microsoft
  This webcast focuses on the day-to-day administrative and maintenance operations that one is likely to encounter after deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 in the branch offices. The webcast explores the tools and technologies in Windows Server 2003 R2 to help with configuration, delegation, and monitoring tasks, and explain how to determine the state of replication in the network. It also describes some best practices that can help to keep branch users happy.   
whitepaper Eliminating your SSL Blind Spot2006-09-26 01:00:16 Secure Computing
  Web encryption is indispensable for today's businesses, but organisations with an open port 443 (HTTPS tunnel) on their firewall are left with a major security hole wide open in their network. Traditional firewalls and gateway anti-virus solutions are unable to scan encrypted traffic, and therefore can provide no control over what content is sent in and out of organisations' networks via HTTPS. This presents tremendous risks to organisations that may not realize they cannot rely on their HTTP filters to protect HTTPS encrypted traffic. This white paper discusses how HTTPS filtering (SSL scanning) provides organisations with the means to counter these threats by fully extending their existing Internet usage policies to HTTPS traffic, and thereby proactively closing that last known major network security hole.   
whitepaper Minimizing Risk and Ensuring Continuity of Operations With Help From Symantec Consulting Services' Business Continuity Management Practice2006-09-05 01:00:12 Symantec
  Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer delivers drugs that help people live longer, happier, and healthier lives. To ensure that medications continue to flow uninterrupted in the event of a crisis, Pfizer Singapore turned to the Symantec Consulting Services' Business Continuity Management practice for its expertise. Pfizer's challenge was to align its Business Continuity Plan with current worldwide best practices and to make sure the plan would pass an internal corporate audit. Symantec delivered by assessing, testing, and strengthening Pfizer Singapore's plan, helping the division to achieve its recovery time objective in one-half the time and pass the audit with the highest rating available.   
whitepaper Operational Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance2006-09-01 01:00:13 MetricStream
  While many management teams, board of directors, audit committees see Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as an administrative and compliance exercise, this paper encourages companies to think outside-the-box and use the regulation as an excuse to improve business processes. Forward thinking companies are indeed leveraging the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance requirements to define a higher standard in financial reporting, ensuring that their companies deliver on 5 key "Value drivers" discuss in the paper.   
whitepaper IT Systems Validation for SOx and Regulatory Compliance: Importance of Information Systems Audit and Validation2006-09-01 01:00:13 MetricStream
  Information technology has become a core enabler of business processes within the organizations today. As a result, companies are required to audit and validate their relevant IT systems to ensure that their business processes and underlying records comply with regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or 21 CFR Part 11(FDA). This paper defines an "Easy-to-implement" framework for auditing and validating IT systems for regulatory compliance. It also identifies a best practice which calls for IT organizations and software vendors to proactively audit their software development and implementation processes on an ongoing basis to identify and correct any systemic issues to lower the cost of compliance.   
whitepaper Webcast: Combating the Elevated Threat of Spyware in Today's SMBs2006-08-30 13:05:36 Webroot Software
  One of the main reasons spyware writers are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is because their networks are generally easier to penetrate than those of large enterprises. In fact, in the first quarter of 2006 alone, more than 50 percent of small businesses experienced spyware attacks, according to a recent Internet study by Webroot Software. Damages included, among other things:

  • Drained IT resources
  • Slowed system performance
  • Reduced employee productivity
  • Compromised confidential information
  • Lost sales

Listen to this on-demand Webcast to hear James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, and anti-spyware experts from Webroot Software, discuss the current state of spyware and how it threatens today's SMBs. You'll learn:

  • Why cyber-criminals are targeting SMBs like never before
  • Why it's easy for spyware to find small businesses
  • The cost of spyware to SMBs

You'll also learn about Webroot's best-of-breed anti-spyware solution, Spy Sweeper Enterprise 3.0, and how it can help protect your network against even the most insidious forms of spyware, including rootkits, keyloggers, and Trojans.