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A Security Policy is a plan of action for tackling security issues, or a set of regulations for maintaining a certain level of security. It can span anything from the practices for securing a single computer, to building/premises security, to securing the existence of an entire nation-state.

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Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies
By :MessageLabs Published Date: Jul 15, 2008
Unmanaged employee use of email and the web can subject any organization to costly risks including litigation, regulatory investigations and public embarrassment.  Download this guide and learn how to deploy clearly written Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) for email and web usage, supported by employee training and enforced by proven technology solutions.
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Stopping Data Leakage: Exploiting Your Existing Security Investment
By :Sophos Published Date: Jun 20, 2008
As attitudes to work and information continue to evolve away from those of the past, organizations are become more aware of the acute need to control the information that flows into, through and out of their networks. This paper demonstrates the need for a high-profile acceptable use policy to prevent data leakage, gives practical guidance on how to use current investments in IT security technologies at the gateway and endpoint to support this policy, and describes where new investment should realistically be made.
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NAC at the Endpoint: Control Your Network Through Device Compliance
By :Sophos Published Date: May 23, 2008
Protecting IT networks used to be a straightforward case of encircling computers and servers with a firewall and ensuring that all traffic passed through just one gateway. However, the increase in mobile workers, numbers and type of device and the amount of non-employees requiring network access, has led to a dissolving of that network perimeter.
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Eurekify Enterprise Role Manager for CA Identity Manager
By :CA Published Date: May 12, 2008
Organizations are facing an explosion in the number of users of all types - employees, customers, partners and contractors - all of which need access to applications, data and other resources. While trying to provide access to the resources each user needs as quickly as possible, the organization must also ensure users do not have access to things they do not need.
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CA
Effective Email Policies: Why Enforcing Proper Use is Critical to Security
By :Sophos Published Date: May 07, 2008
The unmonitored and unguarded use of email by employees poses a multitude of risks to organizations. The distribution of inappropriate or offensive content, malicious emails, and the risks of data leakage all threaten working environments, IT resources and an organization's reputation. A comprehensive, transparent and enforceable email acceptable use policy (AUP), combined with robust email security solutions, dramatically reduces exposure to these risks.
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Sophos
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
Automate Deactivation of Graduates' User Accounts
By :NetWrix Published Date: Apr 14, 2008
At the end of an academic year, many thousands of students may permanently leave a school or university system. Once these users graduate, discontinue their education, or perhaps simply move away, IT administrators are left with a huge number of accounts that must be marked as inactive and then dealt with according to system policies.
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NetWrix
Effective Web Policies: Ensuring Staff Productivity and Legal Compliance
By :Sophos Published Date: Apr 10, 2008
Employees increasingly expect to use the internet at work for their own personal use in return for longer hours, working from home and interrupting vacations. This has a number of security, productivity, bandwidth and legal ramifications that require organizations to create and implement a web usage policy that is backed up by effective web filtering tools.
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Sophos
The Essential Elements of Secure Remote Access...without the Management Headaches
By :NCP Engineering GmbH Published Date: Apr 07, 2008
While IPSec VPN implementation has traditionally been viewed as expensive and time-consuming for large organizations, Quocirca has found that the next generation of IPSec VPN technologies has addressed these management headaches through automation, integrated security policy management, and centralized control.
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NCP Engineering GmbH
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
Vulnerability Management for Dummies: How to Implement a Successful Vulnerability Management Program
By :Qualys Published Date: Mar 28, 2008
As a business owner, or someone responsible for network security within your organization, you need to understand how to prevent attacks and eliminate network weaknesses that leave your business exposed and at risk. Vulnerability Management for Dummies arms you with the facts and shows you how to implement a successful Vulnerability Management program.
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Qualys
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
Meeting PCI DSS Merchant Requirements with a WatchGuard Firebox
By :WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Feb 14, 2008
While some firewall companies may claim their products are “PCI Compliant,” there’s no such thing. Compliance requires more than just plugging in a security appliance and calling it good: you need a network design with physical and logical boundaries that allow you to segregate and monitor your PCI-compliant operating environment.
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WatchGuard Technologies
What's the Big Deal with Managed Security Services?
By :MX Logic Published Date: Jan 16, 2008
In this recent report, the Aberdeen Group’s research revealed that 100% of Best-in-Class companies consume some managed security services as part of their security strategy. The most widely deployed and easiest to implement managed security service is email security.

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MX Logic
Minimizing the Burden of PCI Compliance: A New Approach to Credit Card Encryption
By :Paymetric Published Date: Dec 05, 2007
This paper describes a new approach to managing encrypted data that significantly strengthens an organization's security posture, while minimizing the cost and effort of PCI compliance. Read this white paper and find out more about how to comply with PCI compliance requirements.
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Paymetric
Likewise Security Benefits
By :Likewise Software Published Date: Dec 04, 2007
This document describes how Likewise improves the security of Linux and UNIX computers by allowing computers to authenticate and authorize users through Microsoft Active Directory.
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Likewise Software
2007 Gartner End Point Protection Magic Quadrant Report
By :McAfee Published Date: Dec 01, 2007
This report from Gartner, Inc. discusses how traditional point product anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall markets have been eclipsed by broader suites of related security technologies, which Gartner has labeled the EPP (Endpoint Protection Platforms). Various EPP vendors are evaluated based on their ability to execute in the marketplace and completeness of vision.
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McAfee
Enterprise-Level Security Policies: A Comprehensive Strategy for Unprecedented Security
By :Guardian Digital Published Date: Sep 28, 2007
Security is fundamentally a business challenge - one that requires a technology solution. This white paper will help you select the best security solution by developing a comprehensive, company-specific strategy to protect business-critical information.
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Guardian Digital
Reducing the Burden of Administration for Email Content Control, Compliance & Policy Enforcement
By :Nemx Software Corporation Published Date: Sep 18, 2007
Email compliance, security and content policy enforcement is a growing priority for all organizations.  Email content control solutions provide real-time scanning of email traffic and provide the foundation for proactive enforcement of regulatory and corporate policies.  However, the administrative burden associated with policy management imposed by most such products is significant.
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Nemx Software Corporation
Trust, But Verify: How to Manage Risk in Outsourced Applications
By :Ounce Labs Published Date: Sep 11, 2007
This paper will discuss the need for addressing security concerns in outsourced applications, outline a framework for addressing those concerns, explore the role of source code review to assess and certify outsourced applications, and provide a sample contract addendum for including secure code requirements in RFP's and outsourcing contracts.
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Ounce Labs
LAN Security: Identity-Based Solution Guide
By :Nevis Networks Published Date: Sep 04, 2007
The ability to monitor, track and report usage based on actual user identity and applications provides for quicker reaction time, easier reporting for compliance, as well as more visibility into the network. Learn about a complete line of solutions for effective identity-based policy enforcement.

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Nevis Networks
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
Producing Your Network Security Policy
By :WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Aug 17, 2007
Get sound advice from the network security experts at WatchGuard on how to easily build and maintain a network security policy.

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WatchGuard Technologies
Guide to Effectively Remediate Network Vulnerability and Policy Compliance
By :Qualys Published Date: Aug 09, 2007
Consistent, ongoing execution of vulnerability management and policy compliance is difficult, if not impossible to do on a manual basis. There are simply too many "moving parts" to juggle and act on in a timely and cost-effective manner. This guide provides a step-by-step guide for automating the vulnerability and compliance workflow process.
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Qualys
Automated Event Log Management for PCI DSS Compliance
By :GFI Published Date: Jul 05, 2007
This white paper highlights why organizations need to implement event log auditing as an integral part of their security policy to meet industry standards such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
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GFI
 
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