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The 5 Principles of Software-Defined Security

Software-defined security (SDSec) is an architectural approach that allows security and compliance requirements to keep pace with the dynamics of software-defined data centers, private clouds, public IaaS, hybrid, and multi-cloud combinations. Based on five principles, SDSec provides security orchestration and...

From Big Data to Better Analytics

TIBCO LogLogic can be integrated into Splunk environments to handle data collection from log sources to immediately optimize the flow of data being sent to Splunk and reduce the amount of data that Splunk indexes. There are two primary benefits. First, there are direct cost-savings based on the differences in...

Breach Prevention Tactics: How to Eliminate Stored Passwords

What would happen if hackers got a hold of your database of credentials, but discovered that it didn't contain any passwords that were hashed or encrypted? Strong authentication credentials help prevent security breaches by eliminating the password hash file, thus making the "breachable" unbreachable. This white...

Security Incident Report: Data Breach at Target Corporation

In November and December of 2013, Cybercriminals successfully collected, staged and ultimately exfiltrated "Track 1 and 2" data related to millions of debit and credit cards. While many details remain unclear, quite a few have emerged. There has been a lot of speculation about what security products Target Corporation...

Next Generation Network Security Architecture for Healthcare

Healthcare providers are migrating from large, independent stand alone organizations to complex new ecosystems with provider organizations, affiliated physician groups, labs and business associates involved in both the provisioning of care, and the collection of vast amounts of information from patients. Health...

Advanced Persistent Threat Awareness Study Results

Advanced persistent threat (APT) is a term that has been used frequently in the course of security threat discussions; however, confusion exists as to what an APT is and how to manage the risk associated with it. Although the study reveals that a large number of respondents feel that APTs are a significant threat and...

The Risks and Rewards of Mobile Banking Apps

Mobile banking technology may be one of the best retention tools available to banks - a differentiator. Mobile banking customers are 53 percent less likely to leave; and if customers use both mobile banking and bill pay the retention rate increases to 82 percent. The challenge banks face is increasing the security of...

The Evolution of Corporate Cyberthreats

Cybercriminals are creating and deploying new threats every day that are more destructive than ever before. While you may have more people devoted to IT security, established businesses like yours are vulnerable to a wider array of attacks. To keep your organization safe, it's imperative to stay at least a few steps...

Guide to User-Friendly Email Encryption

For many organizations, unsecured email represents the most prolific source of threats to the enterprise. And as the gateway for phishing and targeted attacks, these attacks can also be some of the most dangerous. Email encryption can reduce or remove much of the risk associated with email - but the barrier for...

Information Security Buyer's Guide: Rapid Detection and Resolution Model

This buyer's guide will aid organizations in specifying information security solutions for rapid detection and resolution. The need for these solutions has never been greater as organizations struggle to fight a deluge of sophisticated cyber threats and breaches. Many go undetected until it's too late to do much more...

The Importance of Managing Privileged Accounts

Organizations can substantially benefit by having a process in place for the use and management of administrative privileges. Read this white paper for tips on: Developing and enforcing policies for privileged accounts; Minimizing the use of shared administrative accounts; Verifying the privileges...

Controlling and Managing Superuser Access

Effectively managing privileged accounts has become critical as security and compliance emerge as the driving forces behind most IT initiatives. Unfortunately, native tools and manual practices for privileged account management are inadequate for today's complex heterogeneous enterprise. Explore this white paper...

Real-world Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Unix-based Systems

Unix systems face special identity and access management (IAM) challenges. Read this informative white paper to: Learn about those issues; Find out how to overcome them with the right practices and tools; Enhance security, achieve compliance and improve operational efficiency....

Leveraging Metadata for a Proactive Defense

All too often network security professionals are forced into an escalating workflow-an arms race remediating alerts (indicators of attacks) as they come in, instead of proactively hunting for the adversary-who is likely already in your network. Resource and time constraints, as well as a lack of visibility and the...

Comprehensive Advanced Threat Defense

The hot topic in the information security industry these days is "Advanced Threat Defense" (ATD). There are many definitions, and plenty of marketing hype and spin on the topic, but it is the science - and the art - of defending yourself against sophisticated, persistent adversaries who can get past (or have already...