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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...

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...

The Power Of Advanced Analytics In Healthcare

Like every major industry, the U.S. healthcare system is just beginning to understand the implications of big data. The potential benefits are enormous, with senior management consulting firm McKinsey & Company recently estimating that big data solutions could save American healthcare companies as much as $300 billion...

How to Reduce Healthcare Fraud by Leveraging Big Data

The rise of big data is more than a technical challenge. It's a business imperative. Companies in every industry are actively harnessing the volume, variety, and velocity of multistructured data across a broad range of channels for sustained competitive advantage. In the U.S. healthcare industry, companies have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....