Network Security

This paper is a synopsis of the presentations given at the Preventsys "CISO Breakfast Series," a succession of seminars given across North America in January and February 2005. The speakers for each breakfast consisted of security professionals and executives who provided their views on how to more effectively align information security with business initiatives.

This paper outlines the types of threats that leverage the Internet as a means of delivery and the risks that they pose to your organization. Learn the key drivers of a corporate security policy and how you can protect against HTTP-based threats using Web filtering as part of a multi-layered content security strategy.

Unknown attacks are quickly becoming the next great information security challenge for today's organizations. Get up to speed on what these threats really are and learn what security measures are available to keep your network safe from these attacks.

This white paper reviews the five most common current approaches to messaging security. While the five approaches discussed here are not the comprehensive list of available solutions, they are the basis for most variations of messaging security solutions available today.

Healthcare organizations are being targeted by financially motivated attackers that steal and sell valuable data, including identities and computing resources. This white paper defines the new threat, and outlines three important steps that providers can take to protect their critical systems.

Organizations that need to protect business critical applications, and sensitive data and hosts recognize that traditional network defenses can be readily bypassed by attackers. This white paper defines four key qualities of an effective host-based IPS.

Enterprises without a sound intrusion prevention strategy across the three threat dimensions - undesired access, malicious content, and rate-based attacks - open the door to unacceptable risks and costs, especially from hybrid attacks.

This white paper is intended for Information Security and Information Technology professionals interested in understanding Zero-day Attacks, the various protection schemes available today and how Top Layer Network's Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solutions provide the best mechanisms for protection from these types of attacks.

Authentication technologies such as tokens and smart cards help meet the challenges of protecting sensitive data and securing application access. This white paper presents four cases in which an identity-based solution provides a compelling, low-cost alternative or complement to strong authentication technologies.

This Cisco white paper examines some of the potential vulnerabilities that can threaten Cisco routers. Knowing these threats is instrumental in securing your Cisco routers.

This video will demonstrate some of the features of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Express by taking you through a simple scenario. ITIM Express offers you the ability to set up approval workflows for account requests and ecertification. In this demonstration we will build an account request workflow that requires that all VPN accounts be approved by the requester’s supervisor.

New spamming techniques are upon us -  419 spam, botnets, CAPTCHA cracking – what’s next from the 'bad guys'? Spam remains the biggest email-born threat to businesses. Learn how to protect your business.  FREE Whitepaper (PDF/40KB)

It’s a changing climate for network security and demands for improved documentation of regulatory compliance continue to increase. The time has come for a comprehensive, cost-effective, scalable security event and log management solution. Read this white paper for more information about the IBM solution that answers this challenge.

Quantum Cryptography is an emerging technology that may offer new forms of security protection. Relying on the laws of quantum mechanics, transmission is carried by a single particle that can only be measured one time, making encryption and decryption difficult to compromise. Businesses are evaluating architectural solutions using Quantum Cryptography to understand its potential benefits. Future implementations of the technology may soon make it more available for enterprise business.

Looking for a network security solution? Whether you've already adopted NAC for your enterprise or are researching options, download this helpful survey presented by IDC about NAC benefits and vendor overviews.

The aim of this document is to assist organizations protecting their assets – tangible and intangible – through a Security Management Program. This program provides a holistic, hands-on, and consistent approach for securing the organization against serious security breaches, such as data leakage, while providing the organization with the required flexibility to adapt itself to the business needs and to remain competitive in the market.

Larger businesses have more to lose in terms of absolute dollars, but it is the narrow profit margin under which smaller businesses work which makes it important for them to have their information backed up. Learn how to protect your small business in this guide.

The financial services industry deals with a commodity that is primarily electronic — money. Consequently it spends more per employee on IT than any other industry.  Despite this, there is a worrying tendency for information that should be confidential to end up in the public domain. Why is this and what can be done?

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can benefit from the expansive use of information technology (IT) just as much as their larger counterparts. Indeed, in many cases they have to, because to trade they need to interact with business partners of all sizes and IT failure affects not just internal users but those of third parties.

2008 brings with it new challenges and issues that network and systems administrators should be aware of, particularly vulnerabilities brought on by users. This white paper examines the top concerns which network security professionals should be prepared to face in 2008, and how they can be mitigated.

Quantros’ business—an ASP for the health care industry—requires a secure network and maximal uptime—all with a small IT department and a small budget. Quantros was challenged to implement and enforce sound security policies and to keep up with the continuous stream of vendor patches.

Virtualization has become all the rage for companies interested in optimizing their servers and storage systems. This shift in data center architecture allows IT organizations to reduce operational costs and increase flexibility and responsiveness to changing business demands.

With so much of today's commerce being conducted electronically, providing staff with internet access has become a business necessity. The improper use of e-mail and instant messengers can lead to extremely expensive lawsuits, and the proliferation of mobile devices has made it considerably easier for errant employees to steal sensitive information. This white paper will detail the risks to which organizations that do not monitor their employees are exposed and explain the right way for organizations to go about monitoring.

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.

Recently, a series of cyber attacks on the Defense Department and Defense contractors in the United States as well as the Ministry of Defense and Parliament in the U.K. have created significant cause-for-concern by computer security experts. It is imperative you read this brief and learn how we're all vulnerable and what is being done to prevent these Cyber Attacks.