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Continuous data protection (CDP), also called continuous backup, refers to backup of computer data by automatically saving a copy of every change made to that data, essentially capturing every version of the data that the user saves. It allows the user or administrator to restore data to any point in time.

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Information Security: It's Not an Option
By : IBM Published Date: Oct 05, 2007
Technology has helped financial institutions work harder and faster than ever before. The downside: Sensitive data is more vulnerable than ever before. Financial Insights offers ideas and solutions to improve Information Security (IS). Click to learn more on protecting your most important assets, your data.
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IBM
IT Departments on Data Security: A Research Concepts Survey
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Apr 17, 2008
A survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft. 1 out of 4 organizations surveyed had a data breach in the past year. Preventative measures are found to be consistently undermined, with only 1 in 100 employees consistently following security policy. This white paper explores the survey findings.
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Absolute Software
Is Your Outsourcing Secure?
By : Utimaco Published Date: Mar 12, 2007
Better safe than sorry! When outsourcing, keeping an eye on data security right from the planning stage can save your company from nasty surprises. Readers should learn how to protect their confidential data when they exchange information with external partners.
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Utimaco
Making Your Business DR Ready with Virtual Infrastructure
By : VMware Published Date: May 20, 2006
Business operations that are heavily dependent on information systems may be significantly impacted even by a brief application outage. Impact of a data loss is even more drastic. IDC estimates that in a disaster situation, the average loss is $3 million per incident and $81,000 per hour.

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VMware
Meet PCI Compliance using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
By : TriGeo Network Security Published Date: Aug 27, 2008
Simply deploying a security solution cannot guarantee meeting every Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirement in full. This whitepaper discusses the challenges of PCI compliance and how security information and event management (SIEM) provides the data visibility, log management, end-point security and active response needed to demonstrate and meet each of the 12 PCI compliance requirements.
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TriGeo Network Security
NAC 2.0: A New Model for a More Secure Future
By : Sophos Published Date: Jul 03, 2008
As organizations turn to network access control (NAC) technologies to protect their networks and data, the flaws of earlier versions of NAC are becoming apparent. New pressures from a constantly changing threat environment and an increasingly mobile workforce require a new NAC model that will offer more finely controlled network access, an increased agility of response, and a better focus on network, desktop, and security operations.
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Sophos
Optimizing Infrastructure Control
By : Tripwire Published Date: Jun 06, 2008
This paper outlines the nature of infrastructure integrity, change auditing, and compliance solutions. It describes how an investment in configuration assessment and change auditing solutions can stabilize IT operations, lowering the operational costs associated with the IT infrastructure; be a force multiplier; and provide a solid foundation that increases the effectiveness of the investment in information security.
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Tripwire
PCI Compliance: Are You Onboard?
By : Tripwire Published Date: Jan 26, 2007
This paper covers the basic requirements of PCI, with a focus on the administrative and technical elements of the program. It also reviews the validation requirements of the standard and potential sanctions for failure to comply.
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Tripwire
PCI DSS Compliance with Tripwire
By : Tripwire Published Date: Jun 28, 2007
Find out step-by-step what it takes to become compliant with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), and how Tripwire can help your company achieve and maintain PCI compliance.
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Tripwire
Proving Compliance with McAfee Total Protection for Data
By : McAfee Published Date: May 01, 2008
Companies feel a sense of security from encrypting data stored on corporate systems on desktops, laptops and mobile devices. They believe this act will protect their intellectual property, and sensitive customer information will remain safe and secure from unauthorized access.  But that is not enough. Simply encrypting this information doesn’t help you prove compliance with external regulations or internal controls during a financial audit or legal discovery process.
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McAfee
Proactive Network Defense - The Case for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
By : TriGeo Network Security Published Date: May 15, 2008
It’s widely accepted that Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are excellent tools for regulatory compliance, log management and analysis, trouble-shooting and forensic analysis. What’s surprising to many is that this technology can play a significant role in actively defending networks. This whitepaper explains precisely how real-time analysis, combined with in-memory correlation, and automated notification and remediation capabilities can provide unprecedented network visibility, security and control.
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TriGeo Network Security
Quick Sizing Guide for SAS Grid Running on HP BladeSystems and EVA Storage
By : HP Published Date: Sep 23, 2008
Today most customers using PC SAS have no control over where the data resides. A solution to this issue is SAS Grid Manager which allows the centralization and sharing of data. It is the intent of this PC Consolidation Quick Sizing Guide to share assumptions and experiences as the number of users is increased. Business users and IT professionals who are interested in implementing SAS Grid Manager may find this sizing guide useful as a reference relating to the type and quantity of equipment needed to deploy this solution for the specified number of end users.
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HP
Regulations & Standards: Where Encryption Applies
By : Utimaco Published Date: Nov 19, 2007
Most of today’s standards and compliance regulations are concerned largely with the protection of private data at rest, during transactions, and while it traverses network connections. Some of these regulations make specific recommendations or require particular technologies for compliance. For all of them, however, encryption can be employed to satisfy the protection requirements.
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Utimaco
Strengthening Network Security with On Demand Vulnerability Management & Policy Compliance
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 28, 2007
Despite defensive efforts with firewalls, intrusion detection, antivirus and the like, criminals, careless employees and contractors have exposed more than 158 million digital records of consumers' personally identifiable information since 2005. This security guide describes the requirements and on demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution called QualysGuard for effective vulnerability management and policy compliance.
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Qualys
Securing Data on Laptops: Why Encryption Isn't Enough
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Mar 06, 2008
Missing laptops continue to be the number one cause of data breaches. The most common methods for securing hardware, such as policy enforcement and encryption, are not effective against careless employee users or insiders with encryption passwords. Laptop and mobile security must go beyond traditional measures by locking down laptops regardless of end-user reliability.
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Absolute Software
Securing Data at Rest: An Enterprise Strategy for Data Encryption
By : HP Published Date: Oct 26, 2007
The data residing on your storage systems and media, data-at-rest, presents serious security concerns. Regulations and various mandates around the world are putting the burden on companies and government entities to protect the private information they store. Increasingly, companies are being required to publicly disclose breaches that put individuals private data at risk, be it a customer, employee, shareholder, partner, or other stakeholder.
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HP
Safeguard Data Loss
By : Utimaco Published Date: Mar 12, 2007
If company laptops, PDAs, or other mobile devices can't be found, it doesn't always mean that they've been stolen. Companies often lose track of these IT assets because there's no clear record of them. Encryption and inventory management can help to safeguard against the loss of confidential data.
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Utimaco
The PCI Data Security Standard
By : Tripwire Published Date: Feb 01, 2007
Learn about the validation requirements of the payment card industry's data security standard (PCI DSS), including administrative and technical elements of the program, and the potential sanctions for failure to comply.
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Tripwire
The Most Serious Threat to Data Security Is Not What You Think
By : SECNAP Network Security Corporation Published Date: Aug 19, 2008
The greatest threat to data security is one that results in inappropriate  IT decisions that can leave a program vulnerable to malicious intrusion or attack. This threat doesn’t come from hackers, misconfigured firewalls, missing patches, or negligent employees.  It’s not found in the application layer of the OSI Basic Model.  Instead, there are three undocumented layers of the OSI Model that exert enormous influence on security decisions and the integrity of security programs.
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SECNAP Network Security Corporation
Understanding Today's Privacy Regulations Solutions
By : McAfee Published Date: May 01, 2008
As the amount of personal information gathered and electronically stored increases, so does the concern about protecting it. Data Security, Data Protection and Data Breach Laws and Regulations...what does it all mean? Download this paper to learn about different privacy regulations around the world, and how personal information can be stored and shared without compromising privacy.
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McAfee
Winning the PCI Compliance Battle: A Guide for Merchants and Member Service Providers
By : Qualys Published Date: Oct 31, 2006
This white paper reviews the basics of PCI, including who must comply, compliance requirements, validation requirements and penalties. It also examines key things to look for when selecting a PCI network testing service and introduces QualysGuard PCI.
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Qualys
Allina Hospitals & Clinics Manages Laptops
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Feb 04, 2008
As a leading healthcare provider with a state-of-the-art electronic health record system, Allina Hospitals & Clinics required a method to protect their rapidly growing laptop population from computer theft and potential data breach. Find out how the hospital system deployed a tracking solution to monitor 2,700 laptops on and off their network.
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Absolute Software
Architecting the Virtual Data Center for Availability, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery
By : VMware Published Date: Sep 25, 2008
Virtualization offers the promise of simplifying your IT infrastructure from the desktop to the data center. But can your virtual environment maintain the level of availability you need to keep your business running or to recover from a disaster?
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VMware
Compliance. Protection. Recovery. A Layered Approach to Laptop Security for Corporations
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Feb 20, 2008
This paper discusses the problems IT departments face with laptop theft, mobile data protection, IT asset tracking, and regulatory compliance such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and California Senate Bill 1386.
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Absolute Software
Compliance, Protection, Recovery: A Layered Approach to Laptop Security for Healthcare Organizations
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Mar 06, 2008
Electronic health records pose new IT risks for healthcare organizations. This paper discusses IT asset tracking solutions to meet the challenges of laptop theft, mobile data protection and HIPAA compliance. The ability to track computers off the local area network (LAN), physically recover stolen laptops and remotely delete data provides layers of data protection beyond encryption.