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A Guide to Surviving a Cyber Breach

The importance of data security is no secret, so you've thought ahead and taken steps to safeguard sensitive information. But then it happens; you discover a cyber breach. It's no time to panic. What steps do you follow in this time of crisis? Your first step should be to consult your incident response plan (IRP)....

The DIY Guide to PCI: Implementing PCI Compliance in the Cloud

Looking to go at it alone when securing your public cloud environment? Without a clear understanding of its nuances, even the most state-of-the-art solution won't make it past an annual compliance audit. This detailed guide is for those pursuing PCI DSS compliance on their DIY cloud security environment. Download...

Testing the Top 9 Market Leaders in Breach Detection: How They Measure Up

As the New Year unfolds, finding a breach prevention provider will be critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor...

Top 11 Automated Malware Analysis Providers Ranked by Forrester

Despite significant investments in the signature-based defenses of today's network, email and endpoint security solutions, since 2010, these solutions have been ineffective against the sheer volume of evolving malware. Security and risk professionals have turned to automated malware analysis (AMA) for help. These...

Cybercrime Projected to Exceed $2 Billion by 2019: What You Need to Know

As defense stategies become stronger year after year, it seems as though the prevalence of malware is growing proportionately, projected to exceed $2 trillion by 2019 - a four-fold increase in the cost of security breaches over 2015.Posing a threat to every industry, profession, and company, malware not only...

Aim Small, Miss Small: Producing a World-Class Threat Intelligence Capability

Building a threat intelligence team from the ground up can be riddled with political inertia. This whitepaper details how to merge operational and strategic capabilities to automate and analyze external attack data to identify current and future security threats. Discover the six core competencies that comprise a...

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The Encrypted Web: Be Wary of What Travels Inside TLS/SSL

Encrypted web communication routinely bypasses enterprise security controls. Left unscanned, these channels are perfect vehicles for hiding infection, command & control, and data exfiltration. The malicious use of encryption is growing at an alarming rate, from 104 in 2014, to 13,542 as of mid-2016, according to...

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Global Adoption of Encryption; Is it Inevitable?

Encryption keeps data confidential, but we're left unprotected from threats that may be embedded in the data. In fact, encryption actually conceals these threats and adds network performance burdens for organizations that wish to inspect encrypted traffic. The first in a series on encryption, this technical brief...

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Breach Detection Systems: Product Selection Guide

Breach detection systems (BDS) are security products that offer timely detection of threats. When evaluating these products, customers must take into account traditional factors, such as security effectiveness, deployment options, performance and administrative capabilities. Since cybercriminals prize new threats...

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Advanced Endpoint Protection: Strategic Guidance When Replacing Antivirus

Replacing traditional antivirus (AV) with advanced endpoint protection (AEP) products may not be the best decision for every organization. If you do decide to switch, determining which AEP product is the best fit can be challenging as claims of capabilities and value differ between products. This guide provides...

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When Should Your Enterprise Move to Advanced Endpoint Protection?

Advanced endpoint protection (AEP) products are still relatively immature, which makes it difficult to decide whether to replace or augment existing endpoint protection (EPP). Adding to the difficulty in assessing AEP products is the fact that measuring some of their features can be complicated. AEP products are...

Cybersecurity: The New Metrics

"How secure are we?" That's one of the most common questions asked by boards and senior managers. But security and technology leaders do not always have ready answers, says Jacob Olcott of BitSight Technologies. Are they even using the right security metrics? In an interview about cybersecurity metrics, Olcott...

Cyber Threat Hunting Season is Now Open; Detect Attackers Already Inside Your Network

Determined cyber attackers invade even the best security defenses with the same stealth as wolves creeping up on sheep; if they make themselves known before you spot them, it's too late. Attackers only need to successfully invade once to cause serious damage, but preventing them all is simply not possible. By...

Healthcare HIPAA Breach Violations of All Sizes Now Under Microscope

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) just celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016 as one of the most significant pieces of healthcare-related legislation in U.S. history. Once viewed as a "paper tiger," it has taken many years for the full impact of HIPAA's data security provisions to be...

What's Required in Your Next Generation IPS Solution?

The threat landscape certainly has changed in recent years. But can you say the same about the traditional intrusion prevention system."The biggest problem with IPSs today is that organizations are trying to fight today's threats with yesterday's solutions," says Bertone, who serves as CTO of Fidelis Cybersecurity....