Businesses have relied on endpoint defenses like anti-virus software for protection against malware. But while endpoint defenses are necessary, the headlines show they are not sufficient. Rather than relying on endpoint security alone, Gartner recommends businesses balance their investment across all four phases of...
Critical infrastructure industries vary in the sophistication of their digital defenses. But malware including Stuxnet and Flame, denial-of-service attacks on the financial industry, and other threats have made it clear that all sectors are targets.
This eBook looks at key dependencies among critical...
Security breaches in large enterprises make the headlines, but 55% of small and mid-size businesses have also experienced a data breach. This e-book examines the security challenges unique to mid-size companies and the steps you should take to protect your business.
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In the fight against cyber bad guys, having smart, skilled good guys is critical. But even as businesses increase their reliance on security analysts, they face a serious workforce shortage as they attempt to find and hire the talent needed. The solution: grow your own.
This business white paper coaches IT leaders on...
Your ability to spot and stop cyber attacks depends on having the right security people, processes, and technology in place. HP Security Intelligence and Operations Consulting has assessed the security programs of dozens of enterprises. The results are concerning-24 percent of companies do not meet minimum...
The security benefits of log and machine data analysis are widely accepted by CISOs and CIOs, and yet too many organizations have difficulty executing on this opportunity due to bottlenecks imposed by archaic systems and processes that manage this data. Without the right tools to give easy visibility into the data,...
Prompted by Heartbleed and other vulnerabilities, the White House is giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to conduct regular and proactive scans of federal civilian agency networks.
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...
Until recently, most businesses took a traditional, perimeter-based approach to information security. The thinking was: "If we build a wall high enough, nothing will get in." That was fine until cyber criminals started looking for unguarded cracks in the masonry, forging counterfeit keys for the padlocks and tricking...
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...
Moving to Amazon Web Services (AWS) can offload significant IT resource and cost burdens. However, you can't offload the ultimate responsibility for the security, privacy, and compliance of your data.
This whitepaper delves into an approach to migrate sensitive data into AWS environments while ensuring...
Unix systems face special identity and access management (IAM) challenges.
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Learn about those issues;
Find out how to overcome them with the right practices and tools;
Enhance security, achieve compliance and improve operational efficiency.
Much of the focus of identity and access management (IAM) is concerned with easy and unobstructed access to a large population of end users with minimal disruption to IT operations. But the forgotten arm of IAM remains privileged account management (PAM).
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Discover why PAM can be a prime...
A handful of cybersecurity bills could come up for votes next week in Senate committees. But will the entire Senate get to vote on the measures? No major cybersecurity bill has passed the Senate since 2002.
Continuous monitoring is helping Freddie Mac reduce the number of security controls it uses to safeguard its information systems, says CISO Patricia Titus, who summarizes lessons that can apply to government and private-sector entities.
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