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RSS ciscoCisco Security Troubleshooting: Part III - Intrusion Prevention Systems
White Paper This paper is the third in a three-part series of white papers on Cisco security troubleshooting, each of which examines the challenge of implementing network security on equipment from Cisco Systems... [14 Nov 2009]
Cisco IOS IP SLAs Overview
White Paper This module describes Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Cisco IOS IP SLAs is a core part of the Cisco IOS software portfolio, which allows Cisco customers to... [12 Nov 2009]
Best Practices in Using Reputation-Based Anti-Spam Services for Email Security
White Paper This white paper discusses the origins of IP reputation services; test results on Cisco IronPort's own reputation service, SenderBase; best practices in using reputation services; and the ROI of reputation services. [12 Nov 2009]
Comparing Industry Leading Anti-Spam Services
White Paper In total, eight vendors were evaluated over the course of fifteen months The only vendor mentioned by name is the evaluation leader: Cisco IronPort. The following analysis summarizes the spam catch and false positive... [12 Nov 2009]
2008 Internet Malware Trends: Storm and the Future of Social Engineering
White Paper Cisco's IronPort Systems estimates that, at its most destructive point in July 2007, about 1.4 million computers were simultaneously infected and active - but that Storm continued to infect and re-infect around 900,000... [12 Nov 2009]
Interoperability Considerations for Today's Wi-Fi Networks
White Paper Today, end users often have to choose between some popular brands such as Intel, Netgear, Cisco/Linksys and Dell when it comes to everyday purchases to satisfy their wireless needs. As Wireless LANs (WLANs) have expanded... [12 Nov 2009]
2008 Internet Security Trends: A Report on Emerging Attack Platforms for Spam, Viruses and Malware
White Paper For a time, security controls designed to manage spam, viruses, and malware were working. Loud, high-impact attacks abated. But, as a result of this success, the threats they protected against were forced to change. [12 Nov 2009]
IronPort PXE Encryption Technology: Safeguarding Business Email
White Paper The more that businesses rely on email, the more critical it becomes to protect confidential email messages from unauthorized eyes. IronPort PXE encryption technology combines robust encryption with ease of use to ensure that vital... [12 Nov 2009]
A Multi-Layered Approach to Preventing Viruses
White Paper As virus writers create increasingly sophisticated malicious code and find ever more effective methods to propagate, enterprises find themselves scrambling to keep their networks, servers, and end-user computers safe from new threats. [12 Nov 2009]
IronPort's Multi-Layer Spam Defense Architectural Overview
White Paper IronPort Anti-Spam combines best-of-breed conventional techniques with IronPort's breakthrough context-sensitive detection technology to revolutionize the fight against email threats. Today's spam attacks have become too sophisticated... [12 Nov 2009]
IronPort Core MTA Architecture
White Paper Email has become the dominant form of business communication, rivaling if not exceeding the importance of voice networks. Indeed, email has had such an extraordinary impact that, like the fax and AaTM, it's hard to imagine life before... [12 Nov 2009]
IronPort Email Authentication
White Paper The problems of spam, viruses, phishing and most email denial-of-service attacks can all be traced back to a single common cause - lack of authentication in the email protocol SMTP. This lack of authentication means that a receiving mail... [12 Nov 2009]
Context Adaptive Scanning Engine: Protecting Against the Broadest Range of Blended Threats
White Paper Spam, viruses, malware, spyware, denial of service attacks, and directory harvest attacks are all driven by the same underlying motive - profits. These profits are attained either through the sale or advertising of merchandise or theft... [12 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance and Data Security for Retailers
White Paper The retail sector is becoming increasingly competitive and globalized. To succeed in this environment, retailers of all kinds are depending on an array of IT infrastructure that increases their efficiency and reduces their costs. [12 Nov 2009]
HP goes after networking with $2.7bn 3Com buy
News With the purchase, HP hopes to boost its networking business, particularly in the Chinese market where 3Com is strong, in order to compete better with Cisco. HP has announced plans to acquire networking products maker... [12 Nov 2009]
