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IT Security is a field of computer science concerned with the control of risks related to computer use. The means traditionally taken to realize this objective is to attempt to create a secure computing platform, designed so that agents (users or programs) can only perform actions that have been allowed. This involves specifying and implementing a security policy. The actions in question can be reduced to operations of access, modification and deletion.

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10 Steps to Web Security
By : Clearswift Published Date: Nov 01, 2007
This short guide summarizes ten steps to web security. Do them all, and you'll be better protected than 98% of enterprises out there. But the target never stands still. More than the steps listed here, it's important to focus on the principles behind the steps, including: policy, vigilance, simplification, automation and transparency.

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Clearswift
7 Essential Steps to Achieve, Measure and Prove Optimal Security Risk Reduction
By : Qualys Published Date: Jun 11, 2007
Whether protecting five servers or 5,000, measuring the security status of your infrastructure and your organization's ability to rapidly mitigate emerging threats needs to be continuously monitored and measured. This paper details the essential aspects of putting into place a measurable and sustainable vulnerability management program.
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Qualys
Webcast on Computrace Laptop Security
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Nov 15, 2006
Learn how your organization can implement data protection solutions that meet or exceed compliance regulations. Secure, scalable mobility is the goal of the expanding enterprise – this pre-recorded Webcast provides a blueprint you can use.
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Absolute Software
What to Ask When Evaluating Messaging Security Systems
By : Sunbelt Software Published Date: Apr 11, 2008
Email threats are growing in number, sophistication and severity making it critical to deploy a messaging security infrastructure that can protect your organization from these threats. This Osterman Research paper outlines a number of factors to consider when evaluating competing email security appliances and explains how Sunbelt Software’s Ninja Blade is solution worth short listing.

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Sunbelt Software
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
Assessing Endpoint Security Solutions: Why Detection Rates Aren't Enough
By : Sophos Published Date: Mar 04, 2008
Evaluating the performance of competing endpoint security products is a time-consuming and daunting task. Enterprise decision-makers have to rely on independent competitive comparisons, performance benchmarks, and detection certifications, all covering different solutions and criteria, providing conflicting results.
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Sophos
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
Don't Dread that Network Audit: Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 08, 2006
Security administrators need to be more proactive about preventing attacks, making vulnerability assessments a crucial tool in their portfolio.
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Qualys
Effective Security with a Continuous Approach to ISO 27001 Compliance
By : Tripwire Published Date: Jun 27, 2008
The Tripwire Enterprise solution provides organizations with powerful configuration control through its configuration assessment and change auditing capabilities. In this white paper, learn how with Tripwire Enterprise, organizations can quickly achieve IT configuration integrity by proactively assessing how their current configurations measure up to specifications as given in ISO 27001. This provides immediate visibility into the state of their systems, and through automating the process, saves time and effort over a manual efforts.
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Tripwire
Getting in Compliance With Government Data Regulations By Leveraging Online Security Technology
By : VeriSign Published Date: Jul 16, 2008
Learn how to stay in compliance with various government data regulations when you read this white paper from VeriSign, "Getting in Compliance With Government Data Regulations By Leveraging Online Security Technology."
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VeriSign
How One Company Conquered the Audit Challenge
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 08, 2006
The Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) manages a global network that serves Marines and their families. MCCS chose a managed service to conduct comprehensive vulnerability assessments and prioritize patches and fixes.
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Qualys
How Can Identity and Access Management Help Me with PCI Compliance While Improving Overall Security?
By : CA Published Date: Dec 31, 2007
PCI Compliance has become a business requirement for any company involved in the processing of credit card information. It requires strong security controls over all systems and applications that process or store cardholder information. These controls serve to manage vulnerabilities and to control access to all confidential information.
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CA
How to Win the Battle Against Spyware with Next Generation Technology
By : Process Software Published Date: Mar 11, 2008
Spyware is on the rise and has been the cause of many data breaches. Stopping it needs to be a strategic part of an organization's overall security plan. Reactive signature-based anti-virus and firewall technology is not a complete solution to prevention. Read this white paper to learn the top five behaviors associated with data theft and how advanced behavioral detection solutions is an effective technology for stopping spyware and can identify and prevent legitimate applications from being misused.

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Process Software
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
Monitoring Physical Data Center Threats
By : APC-MGE Published Date: May 01, 2006
While well-understood protocols exist for monitoring physical devices such as UPS systems, computer room air conditioners, and fire suppression systems, there is a class of distributed monitoring points that is often ignored. This paper describes this class of threats, suggests approaches to deploying monitoring devices, and provides best practices in leveraging the collected data to reduce downtime.
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APC-MGE
Messaging Security Goes Virtual
By : Proofpoint Published Date: Nov 21, 2006
It doesn’t take a degree in accounting to understand that the ability to increase server and storage capacity without having to invest a dime in additional hardware translates into huge cost savings. Savings not only in terms of hardware costs, but also in the power consumption, heat dissipation and management costs associated with deploying additional hardware.
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Proofpoint
No More FTP: Eliminate FTP and Email Attachment Issues
By : Proofpoint Published Date: May 14, 2008
Today’s business environment requires ad hoc and instantaneous sharing of information. Systems for sending large files have not kept pace with the needs of today’s enterprise, where increasingly large and sophisticated business documents, files and media need to be quickly transmitted and shared with coworkers, business partners and customers around the world.
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Proofpoint
On-Demand Vulnerability Management
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 08, 2006
Learn how to start your own self-auditing process by setting goals and answering key questions about your infrastructure. This podcast examines what to look for in a self-audition solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain and why your software solution really matters.
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Qualys
Online Demo: Vulnerability Management and Policy Compliance Overview
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 20, 2006
Take a Free tour of the Web-based Vulnerability Management and Policy compliance solution that pinpoints network vulnerabilities before hackers have a chance to exploit them.
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Qualys
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
Physical Security in Mission Critical Facilities
By : APC-MGE Published Date: Feb 07, 2005
Before investing in equipment, IT managers must carefully evaluate their specific security needs and determine the most appropriate and cost-effective physical security measures for their facility. This paper presents an overview of the principles of personnel identification and describes the basic elements and procedures used in security systems.
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APC-MGE
Proactively Reduce Risk and Improve IT Security in Physical and Virtual Environments
By : Tripwire Published Date: Mar 21, 2008
Learn more about the security risks and vulnerabilities faced by organizations, and the elements of a proactive security approach. Then find out how Tripwire helps organizations attain and maintain a good security posture using industry-leading configuration assessment and change auditing to harden systems against security breaches, automate compliance with security standards and policies, identify configuration changes, and resolve vulnerabilities.
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Tripwire
Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security
By : Proofpoint Published Date: Nov 02, 2007
Email is the lingua franca of business today. It is the conduit that allows employees to share information, companies to work with partners, and increasingly, provides a way for companies and their customers to interact. Enterprises today deal with an ever-increasing number of email-related threats. Most are familiar with the problems of virus-infected email attachments and productivity-draining spam, but now companies must also address the threats posted by outbound email.
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Proofpoint
There's a Hole in Your Network: Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 08, 2006
Learn how vulnerability management allows you to keep on top of these problems by identifying an organization's greatest security vulnerabilities and proactively recommending fixes.
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