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5 Requirements for Secure Enterprise Mobility

With the mobility trend in full swing, most organizations today are already vulnerable to potential security risks. The security basics of yesterday (policy, encryption, and authentication) no longer cover fundamental security needs. Businesses must act quickly to get the most from mobility while effectively...

Understanding Pass-the-Hash Attacks - and Mitigating the Risks

Even though the pass-the-hash (PtH) attack was originally published by Paul Ashton in 1997 and several white papers and tech briefs have been written on the topic, these attacks have recently come to the forefront again. Read this white paper to: Find out how these attacks work; Learn about the mitigation...

Ponemon Institute Survey Report: Top Enterprise Threats to Data Security

With the rise of the data-centric enterprise, there is a necessary and parallel development of the security architecture meant to protect it. But in the time it's taken for data security to catch up with the changing datascape, organizations have found their compliance and data protection programs...

Q2 2014 State of Infections Report

This "State of Infections" report discusses the state of the enterprise under attack and trends in threats seen in the second quarter of 2014. Key findings in this report include: The rise of ransomware; The relationship between the size of an enterprise and its infection rate....

Integrated Threat Defense - Visibility to Discover and Protect Against Socially Engineered Exploits

This infographic hightlights a specific example of attackers targeting a feature within Microsoft Word - Visual Basic Scripting for Applications. While basic, the Office Macro attack vector is obviously still working quite effectively. When the victim opens the Word document, an On-Open macro fires, which results in...

Case Study: Making Threat Protection More Intelligent and More Accurate

Weill Cornell Medical College, which is part of Cornell University, ranks among the top clinical and medical research centers in the country. With some 7,000 faculty, staff and students, as well as approximately 2.5 million patients under its care, the medical college also ranks as a big target for...

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...