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Breach Preparation: Plan for the Inevitability of Compromise

You can't open a newspaper or visit an online news site these days without some mention of a cyber attack or data breach. These activities are becoming more prevalent, and as a result, the reporting of these activities is also on the rise. Bit9 + Carbon Black reached out to a series of experts to collect their...

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The Evolution of Cybercrime and Incident Forensics

Security incidents have been on the rise for the past few years, and most experts in cyber security believe the trend will only continue to intensify. Here, though, our subject is not the high-profile, headline-grabbing attacks we all know about but the everyday struggle of organizations everywhere, in every industry,...

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Cyber Security Intelligence Index

Significant threats and massive breaches make front-page news on a regular basis, leaving businesses and consumers wondering whether their data could ever be considered safe again. Major vulnerabilities have been found lurking in well-known applications, many of which had been dormant for more than 10 years. Once...

The Cybercrime Economics of Malicious Macros

Attack techniques come and go as technology and user behaviors change and defenses adapt to new threats - and sometimes take their eye off old ones - and the return of malicious macros offers an opportunity to examine and understand the drivers behind these adaptations, an exercise that is equal parts business case...

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Simplifying Cloud Integration and Identity Silos

When it comes to identity and access management, any complexity and inconsistency in users' personal data can affect more than the IT staff's ability to administer the environment or users' abilities to do their jobs. These things affect the security of the entire organization. That's because as organizations grow,...

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See Clearly in the Cloud - Securely Connect People, Applications and Devices to Cloud Environments

Organizations of all sizes and types find a lot to like about cloud computing, including greater operational efficiencies and lower costs than with traditional IT deployments. However, many still have lingering concerns about reduced visibility into cloud infrastructure, less control over security policies, new...

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Email Risk: By The Numbers

Today, spam and anti-virus aren't enough to protect your organization-criminals have access to them as well. Attacks are now targeted, expertly crafted and well funded. Download this infographic to understand the security risks of inbound and outbound email and solutions for these problems.

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Five Strategies For Email Data Loss Prevention For Retailers

Email is the primary source of communication for most retail organizations and their employees. Everyone has email, everyone uses email and it not only serves as a method of communication but can act as a de facto knowledge management system as well. Keeping both personal and organizational information secure should...

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Picking A Sensible Mobile Password Policy

Defining an enterprise mobile device passcode policy can be surprisingly difficult. Security managers must attempt to reconcile two opposing goals. They must create a passcode policy that is strong enough to protect the device if it is lost or stolen, while not annoying users with needless length or complexity. ...

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The Right Way To Do Exchange In The Cloud

For the past decade, front office and back office systems such as CRM, payroll, and document management have gradually moved to the cloud. That change has been relatively seamless. But now enterprises are contemplating and executing the migration of once immovable major systems that have been ensconced inside the...

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The Business Value Of Managed Security Services

For many organizations, outsourcing network security services appears to be a logical choice. You avoid hardware, licensing, and maintenance costs; you benefit from around-the-clock security monitoring and management from dedicated security experts; and you free up your in-house IT staff to pursue activities core to...

Applying Threat Intelligence to the Star Wars' Battle of Yavin

Cyber Jedis know that Star Wars provides a wealth of incidents worthy of study. In fact, the entire story of Episode IV: A New Hope centers around the response to and consequences of a data breach, culminating in the destruction of the Death Star. If the Empire had been able to make sense of the intelligence they...

Threat Intelligence Platforms

Today's threat environment is complex and dynamic. Organizations today face Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and organized, criminally motivated attacks launched by adversaries with the tools, training, and resources to breach most conventional network defense systems. These incursions are not conducted as...

Email and Threat Intelligence: From Inbox To Action

Your email inbox is a dangerous place. Threat actors use "phishing" tactics to lure people into opening infected attachments that lead to the installation of malware and viruses on individual computers or an entire network. Phishing tactics are becoming increasingly sophisticated and common, and organizations need to...

Managing Information Security And Compliance in SharePoint and Office 365

Effective information security and compliance not only requires a well-defined governance strategy, but also the ability to intelligently manage risk. Organizations need to put controls in place to identify issues and potential violations, restrict actions that can be taken with sensitive data, and log activity. ...