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Home > Networking > Network Security Network Security consists of the provisions made in an underlying computer network infrastructure, policies adopted by the network administrator to protect the network and the network-accessible resources from unauthorized access and the effectiveness (or lack) of these measures combined together. Results 1 - 25 of 163 matches Sort Results By : Published Date | Title | Company name 100% Malware-Free Email: A Guaranteed Approach By : Panda Security Published Date: Feb 26, 2008 E-mail is the primary communication tool upon which every business and corporation depends.  This communication source is also the battleground where cybercriminals use sophisticated email infiltration-techniques to propagate malware and attack corporate networks. Download Now 12 Secrets to SMB Security By : CopiaTECH Published Date: Jun 15, 2007 Larger businesses have more to lose in terms of absolute dollars, but it is the narrow profit margin under which smaller businesses work which makes it important for them to have their information backed up. Learn how to protect your small business in this guide. Download Now 2007 Gartner End Point Protection Magic Quadrant Report By : McAfee Published Date: Dec 01, 2007 This report from Gartner, Inc. discusses how traditional point product anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall markets have been eclipsed by broader suites of related security technologies, which Gartner has labeled the EPP (Endpoint Protection Platforms). Various EPP vendors are evaluated based on their ability to execute in the marketplace and completeness of vision. Download Now 4 Key Qualities of Effective Host-Based Intrusion Prevention (HIP) Systems By : Third Brigade Published Date: Jul 05, 2006 Organizations that need to protect business critical applications, and sensitive data and hosts recognize that traditional network defenses can be readily bypassed by attackers. This white paper defines four key qualities of an effective host-based IPS. Download Now 5 Approaches to Messaging Security: A Technical Overview of the Tradeoffs By : Sigaba Published Date: Oct 20, 2005 This white paper reviews the five most common current approaches to messaging security. While the five approaches discussed here are not the comprehensive list of available solutions, they are the basis for most variations of messaging security solutions available today. Download Now 7 Essential Steps to Achieve, Measure and Prove Optimal Security Risk Reduction By : Qualys Published Date: Jun 11, 2007 Whether protecting five servers or 5,000, measuring the security status of your infrastructure and your organization's ability to rapidly mitigate emerging threats needs to be continuously monitored and measured. This paper details the essential aspects of putting into place a measurable and sustainable vulnerability management program. Download Now 7 Steps to Controlling Social Networking By : MessageLabs Published Date: Aug 04, 2008 Social and business networking sites are changing the way people talk online. Sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo help friends stay in touch while LinkedIn and Plaxo mainly connect business users. They are very popular but present new challenges to IT managers. They seem to have come out of nowhere. For example, Facebook currently has 70m users, 40% of which are located in the US.  The rapid growth of such sites is part of the problem. Companies risk being caught off guard.  Learn how to protect your business from threats posed by online social networking in this 7 Step Guide for IT Managers. Download Now A Cyber War has Begun By : Technolytics Published Date: Sep 30, 2007 Recently, a series of cyber attacks on the Defense Department and Defense contractors in the United States as well as the Ministry of Defense and Parliament in the U.K. have created significant cause-for-concern by computer security experts. It is imperative you read this brief and learn how we're all vulnerable and what is being done to prevent these Cyber Attacks. Download Now A Layered Approach to Securing Remote Maintenance Consoles By : Raritan Published Date: Apr 19, 2007 Availability and security of networks at remote locations are tied together. Due to requirements to keep the network operating, you need fast access to equipment in case of an outage or problem.  This white paper discusses a layered approach to securing your system while maintaining the highest possible efficiency. Download Now Addressing the Superuser Threat: Securing Access to Server Operating Systems podcast By : CA Published Date: Jul 25, 2007 IDC's Identity and Access Management Compliance Forecast identifies superuser access as the cause of three of the top eight common sources of compliance risk. But what can your organization do to mitigate this risk? Download Now Anti-Malware Battlefield Tools: Customer Perspectives and Reference RFI By : Burton Group Published Date: Aug 21, 2006 In this Methodologies and Best Practices document, Burton Group Research Director Daniel Blum recounts customer perspectives on the anti-malware battlefield playing out at the enterprise level. The document explores lessons learned, and what keeps customers awake at night even after good defensive strategies are in place. The Reference RFI alone is valuable for those switching anti-malware products, or seeking new ones. Download Now Antispam Whitepaper: How to Keep Spam Off Your Network By : GFI Published Date: Jan 02, 2007 A buyers' guide to anti-spam software, this white paper highlights the key features to look for in anti-spam software and why. Download Now Application Security: No Room for False Positives By : Cenzic Published Date: Jul 01, 2006 Enterprises are responding to new threat on communication protocols by hardening Web applications, and they are increasingly turning to Web application security assessment tools to improve the security of their applications. This report examines why high accuracy is critical to the effectiveness of the tools, and it discusses how Cenzic Hailstorm addresses this problem. Download Now Are We Doomed? Security Predictions For 2008 By : ESET Published Date: Dec 17, 2007 With the ever evolving threat landscape, what will 2008 hold for IT Managers?  This podcast provides a high level overview of a few trends to watch for this year. Download Now Attachment Spam: The Latest Trend By : GFI Published Date: Aug 10, 2007 This white paper explains what makes spam such an unbearable problem and how spamming tactics are evolving daily to beat anti-spam software. In the space of two months, spammers have switched from image spam to using PDF, Excel and ZIP file attachments. By using these attachments to send images instead of embedding them in the body of the email message, spammers have taken the cat-and-mouse game with anti-spam software developers to a new level. Download Now Automated Event Log Management for PCI DSS Compliance By : GFI Published Date: Jul 05, 2007 This white paper highlights why organizations need to implement event log auditing as an integral part of their security policy to meet industry standards such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Download Now Automated Penetration Testing: Completing the Vulnerability Management Framework By : Aomega Published Date: Nov 06, 2006 Recent regulatory additions require that companies take proactive measures like penetration testing to enforce data privacy and integrity.  By deploying a distributed model companies can execute testing from different security levels which is important in challenging posture based on level of access. Download Now Automating Vulnerability Management for PCI DSS Compliance By : GFI Published Date: Jul 06, 2007 This white paper identifies the problems encountered in addressing network security risks through vulnerability management. It describes how automated vulnerability management contributes to compliance with industry standards such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and assists you in proactively identifying security weaknesses before these are exploited. Download Now Banks and Data Leak Prevention By : Quocirca Published Date: Jan 29, 2008 The financial services industry deals with a commodity that is primarily electronic — money. Consequently it spends more per employee on IT than any other industry.  Despite this, there is a worrying tendency for information that should be confidential to end up in the public domain. Why is this and what can be done? Download Now Benefits of Securing Servers: Enhanced Security, Compliance and Operational Excellence By : Blue Lane Published Date: Aug 07, 2007 Needing to implement a patch management solution to comply with SAS 70, Davidson found the solutions on the market lacking. They either required significant resources to test all patches, or were expensive automated solutions. Then, Davidson learned about Blue Lane Technologies, a concept that Davidson loved. Download Now Best Practices for Deploying LAN Security and NAC By : Nevis Networks Published Date: Apr 23, 2007 Companies are yearning for a solution to guard their network from security risks such as external or untrusted users, and unmanaged endpoints on their internal LAN. NAC technology works well, but a strategic solution is required to fully address the problem of the dissolving network perimeter. Download Now Best Practices When Enabling Smart Card Authentication in a KVM System By : Raritan Published Date: Sep 13, 2007 While many organizations have employed smart card identification to enhance their physical security infrastructure, data centers in particular can benefit greatly from the two-factor authentication that a smart card inherently provides to the logical realm. Download Now Best Practices: LAN Security and 802.1X By : Nevis Networks Published Date: Jun 22, 2007 While 802.1X has a growing presence, it's still immature and may not provide all the policy enforcement features commonly required in most organizations. This white paper focuses on the 802.1X standard for authentication and access control and how it compares to the Nevis approach for LAN security. Download Now Building an Enterprise Security Operations Center By : CA Published Date: Aug 01, 2006 Managing the security environment today poses a series of challenges for IT personnel and their organizations due to the daily onslaught of security data from varying security and network systems. This paper explores the requirements and best practices for setting up a Security Operations Center (SOC) within an organization. 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