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Information Security Risk and the Need for Quantitative Ratings

Credit rating models transformed the way we do business and have existed for almost a century. Now, these same models are inspiring a new way of managing vendor security risk by using externally collected security data to assess and quantify security performance. Download this white paper to learn: The...

Securosis: Threat Intelligence for Ecosystem Risk Management

Very few businesses operate today without sharing sensitive data with business partners, suppliers, and service providers. This presents new challenges to vendor risk management teams as they face the issue of keeping this data secure as it enters the extended enterprise. Without visibility into and control over these...

Threat-Focused Next-Generation Firewall

As threats continue to penetrate networks, organizations need to find new ways to defend against them. NSS Labs recently conducted the most rigorous next generation firewall (NGFW) testing to date. The NSS Labs NGFW reports provide the details on how Cisco models achieved: Consistent, industry-leading...

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Application Usage and Threat Report

When asked to describe the current cyber threat landscape, one of the more balanced and objective answers might be that threats are "hiding in plain sight." Today's advanced cyber threats use applications as their infiltration vector, exhibit application-like evasion tactics, and act as, or use common network...

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The 2014 Firewall Buyers Guide

Undoubtedly, your network is more complex than ever. Your employees are accessing applications, using personal or work devices, but corporate risk and security factors are often ignored. Your business is a target. Are you prepared in the best possible way? The complexity of your network and infrastructure security may...

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Are You Still Using Proxies For URL Filtering? There Is a Better Way

Firewalls enforce network access via a positive control model, where only specific traffic defined in policies is granted access to the network while all other traffic is denied. Access Control Lists (ACLs) initially performed this functionality, often in routers, but their rudimentary approach gave way to dedicated...

Cybersecurity for Dummies eBook

APTs (advanced persistent threats) have changed the world of enterprise security and how networks and organizations are attacked. These threats, and the cyber-criminals behind them, are experts at remaining hidden from traditional security while exhibiting an intelligence, resiliency, and patience that has never been...

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Cybersecurity Imperatives: Reinvent your Network Security

Cybersecurity has become a leading topic both within and beyond the corporate boardroom. To stop the escalation of cyber attacks, enterprises need a network security approach that is designed from the outset to enable the safe use of the applications and technologies required to support a thriving business. This...

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10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do

Effectively stopping advanced threats requires a new approach to security. Find out the 10 must-haves for security products today. In this e-Book, you will find insightful and practical advice on: The why and how of next-generation security; 10 critical functions your network security and your firewall...

Mobile Malware: Securing Enterprise Data

The volume of new malware that is specifically targeting mobile devices is growing at an almost exponential rate. The nature of many of the new malware attacks is also becoming increasingly sophisticated - as cybercriminals recognize the value of the information that they can steal from mobile devices. Even though the...

Your Data Under Siege: Guard The Gaps With Patch Management

Until recently, most businesses took a traditional, perimeter-based approach to information security. The thinking was: "If we build a wall high enough, nothing will get in." That was fine until cyber criminals started looking for unguarded cracks in the masonry, forging counterfeit keys for the padlocks and tricking...

Build Your IT Security Business Case

The importance of IT security to a business has never been greater. But often, investments are shelved or cutbacks are made. This can result in businesses unknowingly making compromises regarding their IT security. In this latest whitepaper from Kaspersky Lab, you'll find useful facts, examples and business case...

NSS Labs Report - Data Center Firewall

NSS Labs released their new methodology in 2014 for Data Center Firewall testing. In contrast to historic Network Firewall evaluations, vendors are subject to heavier Data Center core network traffic, including a higher minimum firewall threshold of at least 40 Gbps throughput, high volumes of server-to-server...

NSS Labs Breach Detection Report

It seems every vendor is marketing a solution to challenges posed by Advanced Persistent Threats and Targeted Attacks as Data Breaches stemming from sophisticated cyber threats routinely making the news. Sandboxing, payload analysis, emulation "fire" this and "fire" that whatever you call them, solutions to detect...

Securing Cloud Workloads

The notion that cloud technologies should not be used by large enterprises due to security concerns is rapidly fading. Security still ranks as the No. 1 impediment to full-scale cloud adoption, but cloud service providers (CSPs) are quickly responding to these concerns. This report is a first look at the types of...