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Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication
White Paper With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing occurrence of identity theft and attacks on corporate networks, password-based user authentication is increasingly... [14 Nov 2009]
Securing Browsers to Protect Endpoints and Enterprises From Web-Based Attacks
White Paper Enterprises must be more resourceful than ever to thwart new kinds of web-based attacks. The dominant threat to endpoint security now combines characteristics of historically effective attacks with new,... [13 Nov 2009]
Encoded Automated SQL Injection Attacks
White Paper Off late NetSPI has seen a sharp increase m encoded automated SQL injection attacks against Internet-facing web applications. The primary characteristic of these attacks is a binary encoded SQL command... [13 Nov 2009]
The New Threat: Attacks That Target Healthcare (and What You Can Do About It)
White Paper Healthcare Organizations (HCOs) are facing a new threat. They're being targeted by financially motivated attackers that steal and sell valuable data - including identities - and computing resources. Armed with sophisticated tools,... [13 Nov 2009]
Credit Unions Find Protection in Data Loss Prevention Technology
White Paper Although perimeter security systems have been preventing network attacks from the outside for decades, credit unions are now focusing on innovative new security solutions which add another layer of critical protection. [13 Nov 2009]
How to Defuse an Email Bomb
White Paper The mail bomb attacks discussed above are only a few of the growing ways server may come under attack. Additionally, the tools and knowledge necessary to perform such attacks are available for any user... [13 Nov 2009]
Businesses Under Cybercrime Attack - The Risks, the Impact and the Solution
White Paper This paper gives an insight into the cybercrime economy, including the latest Crimeware attacks and business models. Money is driving the growth of targeted attacks against financial institutions,... [13 Nov 2009]
The Tenets of Endpoint Control
White Paper Enterprise IT is paying out large chunks of its security budget for signature - oriented endpoint security products knowing that those approaches cannot protect the business against lost data from malicious attacks. [13 Nov 2009]
The Power-1 Performance Architecture: Delivering Application-Layer Security at Data Center Performance Levels
White Paper Or do they focus on a high level of performance at the expense of preventing possible attacks? These attacks - disguised as legitimate traffic - require a deeper level of inspection that needs more... [13 Nov 2009]
USB Drives: Friend or Foe?: New User Trends and Exploits in USB Requires Security Controls to Protect Endpoints and the Networked Enterprise
White Paper The paper also provides several examples of attacks using USB drives that exploit endpoints. It concludes by noting how Check Point Endpoint Security can block risks to an enterprise such as information leakage and... [13 Nov 2009]
How to Minimize the Impact of Cybercrime on Your Business: With Finjan's Active Real-Time Code Inspection
White Paper They understand too well that signature- and database-reliant solutions are not designed to protect against obfuscated malicious codes served on compromised legitimate sites, Web 2.0 -based attacks, and other dynamic... [13 Nov 2009]
Barracuda Web Application Firewall Ensures PCI DSS Compliance
White Paper Barracuda Web Application Firewalls protect networks against unauthorized access, data leakage, site defacement and other malicious attacks by hackers that compromise both the privacy and integrity of vital data. [13 Nov 2009]
Fortinet and the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)
White Paper After numerous cyber attacks on several federal agency computer systems in the time period following 9/11, The White House determined that the government needed a more comprehensive strategy to defend government networks... [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing the Insider Threat: Improving Database Security to Manage Risk Within the Federal Government
White Paper Cyber attacks are no longer the work of bored teens defacing Web sites. The bad guys, including those on the inside, have valuable data in their sights. In 2006, OIG reports highlighted database security deficiencies at... [13 Nov 2009]
8 Steps to Holistic Database Security
White Paper SQL injection attacks, malfeasance by insiders and regulatory requirements are driving organizations to find new ways to secure their corporate and customer data found in commercial database systems such as Oracle,... [13 Nov 2009]