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The Five Building Blocks of Attack Coverage: Assessing the Quality of your Intrusion Prevention System
sponsored by TippingPoint
 | White Paper: | Posted: 05 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 05 Oct 2009 | |
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What makes one intrusion prevention system (IPS) better than another? The best way to answer that question is to assess each vendor's solution on the five building blocks of attack coverage: Knowledge of applications, threat engine performance, breadth and depth of coverage, accuracy, and timeliness.
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Managing to Secure: Evaluating the Manageability of your IPS Solution
sponsored by TippingPoint
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 05 Oct 2009 | |
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The last thing network security managers need is more complicated management systems to learn. There are four management keys to an IPS solution: Speed of initial set-up; Ease of ongoing management; Flexible management interfaces; and IPS management scalability. This paper will take a good hard look at each of these manageability components.
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IPS vs. IDS: Similar on the Surface, Polar Opposites Underneath
sponsored by TippingPoint
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 05 Oct 2009 | |
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A common notion is that an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is nothing more than an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) deployed in-line with blocking capabilities. This paper explains why that notion is incorrect.
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Eight Questions To Ask About Your Intrusion-Security Solution
sponsored by TippingPoint
| White Paper: | Posted: 05 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 05 Oct 2009 | |
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There is some confusion in the marketplace about intrusion-security systems. Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems have similar names and tend to get lumped together into a single security category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention. But the capabilities and underlying design of these systems couldn't be more different.
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The Essentials Series: Security Information Management
sponsored by SecureWorks
| White Paper: | Posted: 09 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 09 Oct 2009 | |
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This collection of articles from Realtime Publishers presents a clear and concise overview of security information management (SIM). The articles present the business case for SIM, operational and organizational issues, and hints and tips for ensuring a successful SIM implementation.
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Setting Policy: Network Security Policies Speak to Types and Levels of Protection
sponsored by CDW Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 08 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 16 Mar 2009 | |
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A well-run business needs a written IT security policy setting forth the use and administration of IT assets. Read this paper to learn the essentials of defining and implementing a security policy for your organization.
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Options for Mobile Security
sponsored by CDW Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 08 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 04 Nov 2008 | |
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Read this brief paper to learn about the security risks of mobility and what CDW has to offer.
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Stay on Guard: Security Breach Recovery Costs Are Higher Than You Think
sponsored by CDW Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 08 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 16 Mar 2009 | |
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The cost of recovering from a security breach can be quadruple the cost of preventing one. Read this paper to learn how to proactively address security concerns in your enterprise.
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The Passing Storm: The Storm/Nuwar Botnet
sponsored by ESET
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 Sep 2009 | |
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This white paper provides a thorough explanation of one of the more potent malware classifications effecting systems and networks today – the Storm/Nuwar Botnet. While security software can mitigate the direct impact of Nuwar and other bot-related malware on individual systems, the wider effects of botnet activity need additional countermeasures.
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This Month in the Threat Webscape for July 2009
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
 | Video: | Posted: 02 Sep 2009
| | Premiered: | 01 Sep 2009 | |
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In this video, learn more about the top techniques for defending your organization from Web threats. Techniques include the monitoring, classification, and identification of all Web content in real time.
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FireEye: Taking the Botnet Threat Seriously
sponsored by FireEye
| White Paper: | Posted: 01 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 29 Oct 2007 | |
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IT organizations have been subjected to a number of security plagues, but few of them have the potential for wide-spread havoc of the botnet. Gain new appreciation for the scale of the botnet threat, and how today's emerging solutions must answer the threat with a similar level of multi-faceted defense.
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Battling Modern Botnets
sponsored by FireEye
| White Paper: | Posted: 01 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 28 Apr 2008 | |
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The FBI ranks cybercrime among its top priorities in part because botnets are proliferating at an alarming rate, crossing corporate boundaries and spreading infections behind corporate firewalls. Learn how FireEye provides advance detection and a blended approach to today’s botnet problem that "traditional" solutions do not.
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Data Breach Cost Analysis - Expert Podcast
sponsored by Palisade Systems, Inc.
 | Podcast: | Posted: 28 Aug 2009
| | Premiered: | 28 Aug 2009 | | | Speakers: |
Larry Ponemon, Ph.D., Chairman and Founder, Ponemon Institute
Henry Helgeson, CEO, Merchant Warehouse
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The average cost of data breaches is rising as companies struggle to contain data leakage, explains Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute. Also, Henry Helgeson, CEO of payment processor Merchant Warehouse, talks about PCI and encryption in the wake of the Heartland breach.
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Firewall Solutions for Small Business
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 14 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 14 Aug 2009 | |
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The ideal firewall solutions for small business integrate a hardware firewall with software controls into a comprehensive security solution that includes virtual private network (VPN) support, antivirus, antispam, antispyware, and content filtering capabilities.
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Podcast: Why Small Businesses Should Think Outside the Box When Choosing Endpoint Security Solutions - Vendor Podcast
sponsored by Sunbelt Software
| Podcast: | Posted: 07 Aug 2009
| | Premiered: | 07 Aug 2009 | | | Speaker: |
Derek Brink, Vice President and Research Fellow, IT Security, at Aberdeen Group
Kerry Kirk, VP and Network Administrator, HCSB
Alex Eckelberry, CEO, Sunbelt Software
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Join Aberdeen Group's Derek Brink, and Sunbelt Software's Alex Eckelberry, for an informative podcast that will present fact-based research that underscores the idea that "bigger isn't necessarily better" when it comes to selecting an antivirus vendor.
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