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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...

Maximizing the Success and Security of your BYOD Strategy

Mobility Expert Michael Finneran and Zix general counsel Jim Brashear highlight the legal risk of BYOD and what factors to consider when developing a new BYOD strategy or modifying an existing one. Read this white paper to learn about: Obligations to protect data; Selecting the right solution; Setting the...

IDC Analyst Connection: DDoS Prevention: Time for Defense in Depth

In 2013, IDC saw a sharp increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in terms of frequency, bandwidth volume, and application orientation. With attacks on the rise, organizations need to be aware of, and protect their infrastructure from, the advanced methods used by today's DDoS attackers. According...

Is Your Data Center Ready for Today's DDoS Threats?

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are some of the oldest Internet threats and continue to be the top risk to networks around the world. As protections have evolved, the technology used by hackers has adapted and has become much more sophisticated. New attack types now target applications and services,...

Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant - Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing

Accellion is excited to be positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant published for Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing (EFFS). The EFSS market is continuing to mature which will benefit organizations looking for solutions to support their increasingly mobile workforce and...

Financial Sector Information Management: Data Rich, Information Poor

Proactively managing information within financial services has never been more important and more challenging than it is today. Tumultuous global financial conditions have given rise to two powerful and sometimes conflicting objectives: 1) to address data proliferation inside their firms, and 2) to enhance control...