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An Intrusion Prevention System is any device which exercises access control to protect computers from exploitation. "Intrusion prevention" technology is considered by some to be an extension of intrusion detection (IDS) technology, but it is actually another form of access control, like an application layer firewall. The latest Next Generation Firewalls leverage their existing deep packet inspection engine by sharing this functionality with an Intrusion-prevention system.

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FISMA Prescriptive Guide
By : Tripwire Published Date: Mar 31, 2008
Discover how to achieve and maintain FISMA compliance to ensure security of systems and data.
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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
Security and Identity Access and Management Outlook
By : CA Published Date: Apr 25, 2007
To explore IT security and Identity Access and Management trends and developments, The Strategic Counsel conducted a survey of 642 large North American organizations covering: IAM Expectations, Critical Factors in IAM Solution Choice, Security Challenges and Costs, Security Investment, Impact of Lagging Security Investment, Most Important Areas for Additional Security Spending, Key Inhibitors to Additional Security Spending, Graphics.

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CA
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
Kaspersky Open Space Security Network Protection
By : Kaspersky Lab Published Date: Jul 20, 2007
Kaspersky Open Space Security offers new flexibility to network security by extending beyond the traditional workplace to protect an increasingly mobile and distributed workforce.  We provide airtight protection against all forms of malware, including viruses, hacker attacks, spyware and spam.
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Kaspersky Lab
Defining the Rules for Preemptive Host Protection
By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Dec 13, 2005
Protecting desktop and server, or host systems has rapidly become a high priority for organizations that want to ensure uptime and the availability of day-to-day business applications. Today's hybrid threats are growing faster, more complex and more destructive.
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Internet Security Systems
Defining the Rules of Preemptive Protection: The ISS Intrusion Prevention System
By : Internet Security Systems Published Date: Feb 10, 2005
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are rapidly becoming an integral part of an effective network defense solution. Unfortunately, finding the truth in today's often overhyped market of network-based IPS offerings is no easy task.
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Internet Security Systems
Dude! You Say I Need an Application Layer Firewall?!
By : Secure Computing Published Date: Feb 23, 2007
This industry white paper takes the mystery out of the key differences in the main classes of firewall architectures. It was independently written by Marcus J. Ranum, a world-renowned expert on security system design and implementation. It includes fundamental lessons about building application layer firewalls, technical examples, and concludes with predictions about the future of firewall technology.
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Secure Computing
Deep Content Control Keeps Data in the Enterprise
By : Websense Published Date: Aug 30, 2007
Information is at the heart of every organization and is often its most critical asset. Through accident or malice, it is sometimes exposed, representing a risk to compliance, business continuity, and an organization’s competitive advantage. While organizations focus on the prevention of outside attempts to access sensitive data, few acknowledge – let alone prepare for – the threat from within.
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Websense
Demystifying Web 2.0
By : Clearswift Published Date: Nov 01, 2007
Anyone who spends any time online cannot have failed to notice. People are using the Web in new ways; ways that make the 'brochureware' of the early Web experience look and feel decidedly flat. It's a new world, characterised by a wave of new jargon, brands and web based experiences. MySpace. FaceBook.  Wikipedia. Flickr. Twitter. YouTube. Mashups. Blogs. Newsfeeds. Download this white paper for a simple guide to the terms, opportunities and threats that Web 2.0 poses.
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Clearswift
Employee Fraud within Financial Services
By : Actimize Published Date: Jul 11, 2007
According to the results of Actimize's 2007 Employee Fraud survey, which was managed by Infosurv, an independent research company, financial services institutions know that they have a significant and growing problem with employee fraud and are not fully prepared to handle the threat as attacks from organized crime, dissatisfied staff and financially distressed employees become more sophisticated.
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Actimize
eConceal: a Futuristic Firewall
By : Microworld Published Date: Jun 20, 2007
A Firewall is designed to prevent unauthorized access to a computer or network that is connected to the Internet. Firewall software provides stealth capability to your computer on the network, hiding it from hackers who scour the Internet looking for vulnerable computers that they can gain access to.
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Microworld
Extending Robust UTM Protection to the Edges of a Network
By : WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Nov 11, 2007
Read how one international company was able to ensure that their remote offices had the same level of comprehensive protection as the corporate headquarter.
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WatchGuard Technologies
Embracing PCI: Making It Work For You
By : Secure Computing Published Date: Nov 09, 2007
With the recent rise in data breaches and identity thefts, implementing a sound information security program is no longer optional. Companies processing credit card information are encouraged to embrace and implement sound data protection strategies to protect the confidentiality and integrity of payment information. Some of the challenges for achieving PCI compliance are outlined in this white paper, as well as successful tips to help organizations navigate through them.
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Secure Computing
Front-Line Malicious Code Defense for the Enterprise from a Single Management Console
By : LANDesk Published Date: Oct 17, 2006
This white paper discusses how the new LANDesk® Antivirus solution, available as an add-on to LANDesk® Management Suite and LANDesk® Security Suite, provides a competitively priced, front-line malware and malicious code defense for all network endpoints, including workstations, file servers, mail systems and Internet gateways.
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LANDesk
How to Detect Hackers on Your Web Server
By : GFI Published Date: Jan 02, 2007
This white paper shows where GFI EventsManager fits in this picture and how it is an invaluable asset in the corporate toolbox.
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GFI
How MWL Fights eThreats
By : Microworld Published Date: Apr 11, 2004
MicroWorld Winsock Layer (MWL) is a radical technology that fights viruses and other threats from a new perspective. Developed by MicroWorld Technologies Inc., MWL blocks threats at the Internet gateway itself and does not allow them to enter your system. This article discusses features of MWL and explains how it does its anti virus and content security tasks, efficiently and quietly.
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Microworld
How Institutions Should Respond to Data Breaches
By : Debix Published Date: Jun 12, 2008
Fraud preventative solutions are designed to avert new accounts fraud before it occurs. The strategic advantage of fraud prevention therefore lies in the ability avoid losses to institutions and consumers.
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Debix
Intelligent Defense for Enterprise Assets: The Need for Host Intrusion Prevention
By : Third Brigade Published Date: Jul 05, 2006
Businesses today are under intense pressure to open up their networks, comply with increasingly rigorous regulatory requirements, AND ensure their IT assets are protected from attacks. This white paper explores these security challenges and explains how host-based Intrusion Prevention Systems  play a critical role in an organization's overall security strategy.
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Third Brigade
Intrusion Prevention System Solutions Enable Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
By : TopLayer Published Date: Nov 07, 2005
This white paper written by Reymann Group, compliance consultant firm, showcases thought leadership on how intrusion prevention solutions can enable proactive security responses necessary to protect today's corporate enterprise and its customers from real time threats posed by widespread cyber terrorists, hackers, and rogue insiders.
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TopLayer
Image Spam: The Latest Attack on the Enterprise Inbox
By : Secure Computing Published Date: Nov 20, 2006
Spammers have now fired a new barrage of image spam using randomized images that appear identical to the human eye, yet appear to be entirely unique to most anti-spam software. Many of the changes to the images contained within spam messages are so subtle that they require a pixel-by-pixel examination of the image in order to detect the differences.  Read how Secure Computing effectively addresses this problem.

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Secure Computing
Intrusion Defense: Is Your Castle Protected?
By : Perimeter Published Date: May 03, 2007
Read this interesting comparison about designing an intrusion defense strategy that identifies the value of business processes, and implements appropriate strategies to protect these systems using a layered defense approach is not only a good security practice, but also a regulation in many cases.
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Perimeter
Intelligent Layered Security: True Zero Day Protection from Known and Unknown Threats
By : WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Aug 17, 2005
The biggest differentiator in network security solutions is the ability to proactively protect the network from the latest threats. This white paper lays out the strategy for having the right kind of defenses in place as new attacks emerge.
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WatchGuard Technologies
Justifying Data Security: An Investment in Competitive Advantage
By : Websense Published Date: Aug 28, 2007
Locks on doors do not protect sensitive data. Security measures intended to keep the outside world outside do little to protect your data from internal leaks. In fact, eighty-one percent of data loss comes from unintentional, internal leaks, according to a study by the Ponemon Institute. Yet, few businesses take action, even after a leak has occurred.
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Websense
Javelin Research Pinpoints How Institutions Should Respond to Data Breaches
By : Javelin Strategy & Research Published Date: Jun 23, 2008
Javelin Strategy & Research has released a study covering data breach victims, which highlights the acute awareness among consumers about data security and the significant implications security breaches represent to businesses once consumer trust is compromised. Read this report, which also reveals Javelin's recommendations to institutions to address consumer security concerns and expectations in the event of a data breach.
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Javelin Strategy & Research