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Ensuring Ease of Use with SSL Certificates

Businesses of all sizes face a constantly evolving range of security threats, from sophisticated malware and targeted phishing scams to data leaks and loss of trust with customers. These threats can be especially challenging for small and midsize businesses who typically have limited staff and resources to address security concerns. >>

BYOD Risks and Rewards

Whether you're an end user or an IT administrator, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is becoming the rule rather than the exception in today's workplace. >>

Citrix NetScaler - A Foundation for Next-Generation Datacenter Security

Today's regulatory requirements and evolving network architectures can make datacenter security feel like a moving target. >>

Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10

This 143 Page guide will cover the basics of Ubuntu 12.10 (such as installation and working with the desktop) as well as guide you through some of the most popular applications. >>

Evolving Web Threats Demand New Approaches to Security for the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries

Learn how to overcome web security challenges in the Healthcare and Life Science industry to innovate fearlessly. >>

Endpoint Buyers Guide

Evaluating the many components that make up an endpoint security solution can be overwhelming. >>

FireEye 1H 2011 Advanced Threat Report

Learn about threats that have successfully evaded traditional defenses. >>

Beginner's Guide to SSL Certificates: Making the Best Choice When Considering Your Online Security Options

SSL stands for “Secure Socket Layer.” It is a technology that establishes a secure session link between the visitor's web browser and your website so that all communications transmitted through this link are encrypted and are, therefore, secure. SSL is also used for transmitting secure email, secure files, and other forms of information. >>

Data Replication and CDP for IBM AIX Environments

Learn the essentials of continuous data protection (CDP) and more. >>

Choosing a Cloud Hosting Provider with Confidence: Symantec SSL Certificates Provide a Secure Bridge to Trusted Cloud Hosting Providers

Learn about cloud computing, the new opportunities, the new security challenges and how to ensure your data is safe. >>

HackerProof: Your Guide to PC Security

This 53 page guide provides an objective, detailed, but easily understood walk through of PC security. >>

BlogNotions IT Security Newsletter: Monthly eNewsletter Featuring Blogs from Industry Experts

Receive the BlogNotions monthly email series and stay up-to-date on the latest happenings in IT security with insights and opinions from the web's most respected industry bloggers. >>

The Security Implications of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 has changed the vulnerability landscape. Learn about the threats and countermeasures with this white paper. >>

The Security Implications of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 has changed the vulnerability landscape. Learn about the threats and countermeasures with this white paper. >>

The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities

This free guide covers the key aspects of the vulnerability management lifecycle and shows you what reports today's best-in-class organizations are using to reduce risks on their network infrastructure. >>

The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities

This free guide covers the key aspects of the vulnerability management lifecycle and shows you what reports today's best-in-class organizations are using to reduce risks on their network infrastructure. >>

Converged Threats on the Security Landscape

Learn how emails, instant messages and Web pages can expose your users to malware, and discover how to win the battle against these converged threats. >>

The Forrester Wave™: Content Security Suites, Q2 2009

Websense Named a Content Security Leader In Independent Evaluations. >>

The Forrester Wave™: Content Security Suites, Q2 2009

Websense Named a Content Security Leader In Independent Evaluations. >>

The Web Security Challenge: A Competitive Guide to Selecting Secure Web Gateways

In the search for reliable, comprehensive Web security, there is a clear leader. >>

The Web Security Challenge: A Competitive Guide to Selecting Secure Web Gateways

In the search for reliable, comprehensive Web security, there is a clear leader. >>

Handling Modern Security Issues - The Trusted Insider

Learn how to monitor current enterprise threats and risks, including internal breaches. >>

Don't Look Now but the SEC is Coming and it's Your Data that it Wants

Learn how Estorian can facilitate the search and retrieval of relevant electronic information quickly and concisely. >>

The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives

What Corporate Business Leaders Need to Know about Data Protection. >>

The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives

What Corporate Business Leaders Need to Know about Data Protection. >>

Desktop Management: Getting It Right

Learn the 10 reasons to consider Software As A Service. >>

Budget Squeeze: How to Maintain Security During a Recession

Learn how the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is keeping information security costs in check by automating processes with the Archer SmartSuite Framework. >>

The Hidden Dangers of Spam: How SMBs can confront security risks and restore productivity

Learn how to combat spam, mitigate security risks, and restore productivity to companies grappling with an influx of illicit email. >>

The Hidden Dangers of Spam: How SMBs can confront security risks and restore productivity

Learn how to combat spam, mitigate security risks, and restore productivity to companies grappling with an influx of illicit email. >>

The New Encryption Generation: Closing the Gap

Get the Complete Story on Encryption. >>

The New Encryption Generation: Closing the Gap

Get the Complete Story on Encryption. >>

Data Risk Assessment Tool

Find out the value of unprotected data on your network. >>

Addressing Red Flag Requirements

Learn how to use SIEM to implement compliance monitoring. >>

How to Design a Solar-Powered Computing Device

Learn the great strides being made in solar-powered computing devices. >>

Extracting Value from Enterprise Log Data

Leverage a log management solution to automate security monitoring and regulatory compliance, conduct forensics, and improve operational standards. >>

ContentProtect Security Appliance: Web Content Filtering and Bandwidth Management

See a Secure Web Gateway that actually gives you back control of your network. >>

Web Content Filtering and User Supervision

Find out what Secure Web Gateway Government Computer News thinks you should use to protect and control your network. >>

Web Content Filtering and User Supervision

Find out what Secure Web Gateway Government Computer News thinks you should use to protect and control your network. >>

Why Security SaaS Makes Sense Today

Learn the Top 7 Reasons to Adopt SaaS for Security. >>

Why Security SaaS Makes Sense Today

Learn the Top 7 Reasons to Adopt SaaS for Security. >>

TriGeo Security Information Management in the Payment Card Industry: Using TriGeo SIM To Meet PCI Requirements

Security Event and Information Management increases visibility, security and control over consolidated data to help meet PCI auditing requirements. >>

TriGeo Security Information Management in the Payment Card Industry: Using TriGeo SIM To Meet PCI Requirements

Security Event and Information Management increases visibility, security and control over consolidated data to help meet PCI auditing requirements. >>

Enterprise Password Management - A Guide for Best Practices

Learn how using RoboForm Enterprise is an easy, secure, and practical solution to common password management challenges. >>

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Utilizing Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection

Mitigate the risk associated with new Security Breach Notification Laws by deploying technology that uses "Smart Encryption" and provides a recovery mechanism to track and recover hardware. >>

What My CIO Needs to Know about Vulnerability Assessment

Do not wait until disaster strikes and you are forced to react! Learn the reality behind the common misconceptions about Vulnerability Assessment and its role in properly secure computing environments. >>

Best Practices for Security Remote and Mobile Devices

Discover the best practice approach to mobile and remote security designed to addresses a wide range of known and emerging security threats. >>

What My CIO Needs to Know about Vulnerability Assessment

Do not wait until disaster strikes and you are forced to react! Learn the reality behind the common misconceptions about Vulnerability Assessment and its role in properly secure computing environments. >>

10 Reasons Why Your Email is More Secure in a Hosted Environment versus an In-House

Take an in-depth look at the security risks associated with complex business email configurations and how hosted email solutions stack up. >>

The Total Economic Impact of Lumension Security's Sanctuary Application and Device Control

A Forrester Study: Reveals how John C. Lincoln Hospitals protects their patients' information while achieving a 365% ROI on their security investment. See how you can too. >>

The Total Economic Impact of Lumension Security's Sanctuary Application and Device Control

A Forrester Study: Reveals how John C. Lincoln Hospitals protects their patients' information while achieving a 365% ROI on their security investment. See how you can too. >>

Top 5 Reasons Why Application Performance and Network Security Go Together

When looking for either a way to satisfy network security requirements, or to meet application performance demands across the WAN, don't settle for less than a complete solution. >>

Top 5 Reasons Why Application Performance and Network Security Go Together

When looking for either a way to satisfy network security requirements, or to meet application performance demands across the WAN, don't settle for less than a complete solution. >>

Top 10 Ways to Protect Against Web Threats

Learn how web attacks can be prevented. >>

Top 10 Ways to Protect Against Web Threats

Learn how web attacks can be prevented. >>

Top 10 Security Trends for 2008

What you don't know can hurt your company; learn the top security threats facing computer users in 2008. >>

Top 10 Security Trends for 2008

What you don't know can hurt your company; learn the top security threats facing computer users in 2008. >>

Achieving ROI from Your PCI Investment

Organizations invest considerable financial and technical resources obtaining PCI DSS Compliance. Why not leverage that investment for your future security needs? >>

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Full Disk without the Risk. >>

Advances in Endpoint Data Security: New Technology to Meet Security, Operations and Compliance Needs

Advances in Endpoint Data Security. Security has evolved beyond merely encrypting "bits on disks". The paradigm must shift from Full Disk Encryption. >>

10 Tips for Selecting the Best Digital Signature Solution

Digital Signatures - 10 things to know before choosing a digital signature solution. This document is vital for an organization evaluating digital signature solutions. >>

2008 Internet Security Trends

This report is designed to help highlight the key security trends of today and suggest ways to defend against the sophisticated new generation of Internet threats certain to arise in the future. >>

Cisco's IronPort Spam and Virus Blocker

The IronPort Spam & Virus Blocker scans email traffic coming into your organization and prevents spam and viruses from ever reaching your inbox. >>

An Architectural Framework for Enterprise Email Security

Learn why adopting a patchwork approach to messaging security can drain ROI—and put your enterprise at risk. >>

Combating Spam: Best Practices

Spam has increased more than 200% since 2005. Learn new prevention techniques for protecting your organization—in 2008 and beyond. >>

Comfortable Remote-Access without Compromises: SSL-VPN in comparison with traditional VPN technologies

Discover why there are SSL VPNs, and why they are able to compete with other solutions in terms of security. >>

Good Architecture and Security

The Good(TM) wireless handheld computing system provides end-to-end security across three critical links. >>

CREDANT® Mobile Guardian® External Media Shield

Discover how to access and update external media from any computer without compromising your data. >>

A Secure Access Landscape: Technology Backgrounder on SSL VPNs

Explains the benefits of SSL VPNs and examines the criteria to be considered when evaluating an SSL VPN solution. >>

Because Conventional UTM is Not Enough - Universal Threat Management

Learn to achieve complete security coverage to address today's increasingly complex network threats. >>

Gartner SSL VPN Magic Quadrant for 3Q06

See why Gartner, the leading analyst firm covering SSL VPNs, has named Aventail in the Leaders Quadrant in the SSL VPN, North America Magic Quadrant Report for 3Q06. >>

Achieving NAC Now and in the Future: The Role of SSL VPNs

Today, huge challenges exist to implementing as-yet immature NAC solutions: complex integration requirements, inadequate inspection capabilities, and weak policy management. >>

2007 Annual Study: U.S. Enterprise Encryption Trends

Identify trends in encryption use, planning strategies, and deployment methodologies in enterprise IT. This study covers deployment rationales and methods, preferred applications and approaches, and more. >>

Enterprise Full Disk Encryption Buyer's Guide

Lock down all data on a computer using full disk encryption, rendering it unreadable on lost or stolen systems. This buyer's guide includes vital evaluation criteria for purchase decision makers. >>

Hosted Security for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Learn how SMBs can get enterprise-level benefits by using a hosted security service solution. >>

HA Solutions for Windows, SQL, and Exchange Servers

How to protect your company's critical applications by minimizing risk to disasters with high availability solutions. >>

Authentication Solutions Through Keystroke Dynamics

Provides an in-depth study of keystroke dynamics and how it's used today to fully secure enterprises and prevent fraud. >>

Disaster Prevention: Preparing for the Worst

This backup and recovery guide offers best practice articles to help your system and organization survive. >>

Web 2.0 Security Risks: Are You Protected?

Outlines Web 2.0 security threats and the limited effectiveness of legacy Web security solutions against those threats. >>

Web 2.0 Security Risks: Are You Protected?

Outlines Web 2.0 security threats and the limited effectiveness of legacy Web security solutions against those threats. >>

Dude! You Say I Need an Application Layer Firewall?!

Written by security expert Marcus J. Ranum, this paper includes fundamental lessons about building firewalls, technical examples, and future predictions. >>

Challenge of Securing Hard to Patch Servers in Healthcare Environments

Learn how a patch protection gateway protects organizations without compromising the availability of critical medical infrastructure. >>

Eliminating Your SSL Blind Spot: Managing and Securing HTTPS Traffic

Learn how HTTPS filtering extends Internet usage policies to HTTPS traffic and closes a major network security hole. >>

Effective Corporate E-Mail Compliance

Informative overview of current regulations and how implementing a policy-based messaging security solution helps an organization's compliance efforts. >>

Fighting the Hidden Dangers of Internet Access

Presents growing threats and solutions to prevent downtime, productivity loss and other costly problems. >>

ACS: Securing Sensitive Data in Business Process Outsourcing

Discover why this global Fortune® 500 company chose the PGP. Encryption Platform to protect corporate and customer information. Covers compliance, risk mitigation, solution requirements, and the successful results. >>

2006 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach

Lost or stolen company information can be costly, but exactly how costly? This new Ponemon Institute study quantifies and summarizes actual data breach costs—often into eight figures. >>

Enterprise Full Disk Encryption Buyer's Guide

This security technology locks down all laptop and desktop data if a system is lost or stolen. Download now for five key evaluation points and a risks-vs.-benefits assessment. >>

From Viruses to Spyware: In the Malware Trenches with Small and Medium-size Businesses

Details the results of an exclusive survey where you will learn hard data on: The real costs of malware measured in downtime, the most common types of malware incidents, the latest trends in malware defense software, and that malware is an inescapable part of today's business environment. >>

Comparing Approaches for Desktop Software Lockdown

Preventing the installation and execution of unauthorized software should be a high priority for any IT-conscious organization. Gartner predicts 50% of desktops will be locked down by 2010. Allowing users to install or execute unauthorized software can expose an organization to a variety of stability, security and legal risks, not to mention the burden of support costs. This white paper compares and contrasts a variety of techniques for detecting and preventing unauthorized software. >>

5 Essential Steps to Safer Email: How to Protect Small and Medium Business from Virus and Spam Threats

Email is your business's lifeline—and its worst security nightmare. Learn the 5 critical steps you can take to stop spam and viruses, ensure compliance, and protect your corporate identity. >>

Data Breach Notification Laws: The Need for Spyware Detection Capability

Much has been written about the pressing need for today's businesses to comply with the corporate governance provisions that are outlined in laws like HIPAA, SOX, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Unfortunately, data breach notification laws have received far less attention, even though noncompliance with such laws can create dire financial consequences for your business. >>

Best of Breed vs. Suite Anti-spyware: What's Best for You?

This paper offers a compelling first-person account by noted security expert Ira Winkler of a penetration test he devised to demonstrate how hackers could theoretically compromise the highly sensitive Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that secure nuclear reactors. >>

Graylists: A Powerful Way to Simplify Desktop Security

Tired of self-destructive desktop users downloading software? This whitepaper explains how to ensure only approved software is allowed to run and unwanted software is banned on all desktops. >>

15 Popular Windows Applications with Critical Vulnerabilities

Even the most common desktop applications have vulnerabilities. Bit9 has compiled a list of desktop applications with known vulnerabilities to help IT departments gain control over their desktops. Each application in this list has the following characteristics. >>

Enterprise Security for Financial Services

As commerce moves online to realize cost-savings and efficiency gains, financial services become a target for attack. This paper discusses challenges your company is faced with due to federal regulations and how to protect customer data from theft. >>

Best Practices for Host-Based Intrusion (HIPS)

Find out about the demand for host intrusion prevention systems, what evaluation criteria to use when choosing a HIPS strategy and best practices for deployment in this special Yankee Group report. >>

A No Risk Solution for Patching Oracle® Servers

Get instant patch protection while eliminating reactive server patching and preserving application availability - all without touching the servers. Download “A No Risk Solution for Patching Oracle Servers” today. >>

BEST PRACTICES for Enterprise Network Security

Discusses Aligning security policies to correspond with the priorities of business assets... >>

5 Design Principles for Advanced Malware Protection

The 5 Principles discusses in more depth the technological shortfalls of current protections when trying to stop advanced malware and proposes a framework to better mitigate the threat of advanced malware, zero-day and targeted APT attacks. >>

Best Practices for Access Certification

Is your company using best practices to certify user access is in accordance with policy? >>

Application Security in the Cloud

Learn about a proven solution that provides the security, intelligence, and performance that today's dynamic infrastructure demands. >>

Ensuring PCI Compliance with Identity and Access Management

Learn from an industry expert how to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and protect consumers' data. >>

Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning

Looking for access provisioning, governance and compliance solutions? This is the document you need to read. >>

Are Your Employees Security Assets or Liabilities?

What every company needs to know to build a culture of security and avoid security breaches. >>

Ensuring Immediate and Appropriate User Access in the Healthcare Industry

Learn how Children's Hospital Boston used security management practices to help hospital staff do their jobs more effectively. >>

Automating User Management and Single Sign-on for Salesforce.com

Learn how to overcome the challenges of integrating Salesforce.com logins for single sign-on and automating provisioning. >>

For Data Security Professionals - Smart Devices, Smart Security

Once mostly prohibited by IT, smartphones and tablets--such as Android-based phones and Apple iPads--are now being used by hundreds of millions of employees worldwide to access, transmit and store corporate information in today's 24x7 business environment. >>

Best Practices for PC Lockdown and Control Policies

Learn how to use the Best Practices for PC Lockdown and Control Policies for your Organization. >>

EMA Research: The Business Case for Striking an Optimal Balance of Endpoint Control

Tips for determining ROI related to locking down PCs. >>

For Data Security Professionals - Adventures in Secure Mobile Email

Native iOS and Android email clients don't support much in the way of encryption outside of a SSL connection which only protects the data from the mobile to the server, not before or after. >>

Brunswick Bowls a Perfect Game with Google Message Security

Brunswick reduced their annual spend by over 60% by deploying Google Message Security. Download this case study to learn more. >>

How Lax Privacy Protection Trashes Business Reputations

A business guide probing the links between reputation management and information security. >>

Business Justification for Privilege Management

Learn the benefits Enterprise IT Managers gain by deploying privilege management solutions for their organizations. >>

Eliminating Administrator Rights Prevents Malware and Ensures Federal Desktop Core Compliance

By eliminating administrator rights (USGCB/FDCC mandate), you can prevent many forms of malware from completing their mission--all without ever needing to update an anti-virus signature. >>

Finding an Effective Antivirus Solution

Having unprotected endpoints vulnerable to viruses, worms and other forms of malware just isn't an option. >>

Camping World Increases Compliance and Reduces Cost with Google Message Discovery

Learn how Camping World increases compliance and reduces cost with Google Message Discovery. >>

Advanced Malware Exposed

This eBook, Advanced Malware Exposed, is a must read for anyone who wants to understand and protect against advanced, persistent threats who are using this new generation of highly sophisticated advanced malware. >>

DNSSEC: The Antidote to DNS Cache Poisoning and Other DNS Attacks

Learn how Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) can add security to DNS while maintaining the backward compatibility needed to scale with the Internet as a whole. >>

3 Key Benefits of Desktop Lockdown with Privilege Management

Learn about the advantages when end users are operating without local administrative rights. >>

Comprehensive Review of Security and Vulnerability Protections for Google Apps

Find out how Google protects and secures your company's critical business information. >>

DNSSEC: The Antidote to DNS Cache Poisoning and Other DNS Attacks

Learn how to secure your operations and web presence with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). >>

Google vs The World: The Battle of the Message Security Vendors

With such a powerful name behind it, Google Message Security stands out in a sea of products that do exactly the same thing - or so they say. So when it comes right down to it, how does the Google selection stack up against the rest of messaging security's big guns? >>

5 Ways Your VMware and Hyper-V Backups May Fail You

HA technology is fantastic and is great for protecting VMs in certain situations but it does nothing for data loss, data corruption and disaster recovery. >>

CISO Guide to Next Generation Threats

Learn how to combat advanced malware, zero-day and targeted APT attacks. >>

Accelerating Business with Automation and Workflow Efficiencies

How SunTrust Banks saved $2 million annually in operating costs, improved service levels and achieved capital ROI within six months. >>

Global Financial Services Company Protects Their Email Infrastructure with Google Message Security

Learn more about how Standard Charter Bank protects over 70,000 users in 70 countries with Google Message Security solution. >>

Demystifying the Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard

Learn the 12 requirements for compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard. >>

An Overview of Okta's Multifactor Authentication Capability

Learn how Okta brings multifactor authentication to the cloud for both higher levels of security and ease of use for users and administrators. >>