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Achieving NERC Cyber Security Standards Compliance with Lumension® Solutions
White Paper Automate vulnerability management to minimize the attack surface The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit corporation chartered to ensure that the bulk electric system... [02 Oct 2009]
Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
White Paper EPP vendors are competing on the strength of non-signature-based defenses, proactive management capabilities to reduce the attack surface, and data protection. The traditional blacklist antivirus... [05 Aug 2009]
Barclays cards make contact with RFID tech
News Click here for photos of Barclays high-tech branch, showcasing cutting-edge tech such as Microsoft Surface, portable terminals and touchscreen interaction. Murdoch said that there were no assurances in the system that... [03 Mar 2009]
IT Analysis - CSOs Need to Watch the Meter
White Paper Computing power, connectivity and capability are important factors that collectively increase the business value of a device, however these factors also increase the attack surface of a device.... [01 Mar 2009]
Netbooks a nail in Microsoft's coffin?
Comment From a security point of view, the large attack surface of a traditional desktop or laptop system has continued to present an expensive and complex set of problems for enterprises. It's not just the... [29 Jan 2009]
Microsoft IT Benefits From a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008
White Paper A Server Core installation helps reduce the attack surface and allows for easier installation and configuration management. Server Core is a minimal installation option for the Windows Server 2008... [03 Jul 2008]
MSDN Webcast: Windows Server Core in the Embedded Space (Level 100)
White Paper This change simplifies ongoing maintenance by reducing the need for software updates and by minimizing the attack surface area. Windows Server 2008 for Embedded Systems enables building small-footprint,... [30 May 2008]
Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges
News And Hyper-V has the full attack surface of any operating system, which is not a good thing. He said: "We reduce the scope of threats because we reduce the attack surface... [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News Jeff Aliber, Kaspersky's US senior director of product marketing, said: "[With Windows], there is a large attack surface with a number of entry points. Anyone trying to shrink that... [14 Apr 2008]
TechNet Webcast: The New Server Core Installation Option in Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
White Paper Server Core also can reduce the servicing and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. This webcast explores Server Core, a new minimal installation option included in... [24 Dec 2007]
MSDN Webcast: Overview of Developing for User Account Control (Level 200)
White Paper It explains how developing with UAC reduces the security exposure and the attack surface of both the operating system and user-developed applications. This webcast explores Windows User Account Control... [05 Oct 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Application Compatibility Considerations With Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter starts the webcast by explaining User Account Control (UAC), which helps reduce the exposure and attack surface of the operating system by requiring that all users run in standard user mode. [28 Aug 2007]
Live From Redmond: How Hackers Reverse Engineer and Exploit an ASP.NET AJAX Application
White Paper This webcast discusses the threat of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), what it is and how this dangerous application security defect increases the attack surface of AJAX applications making the XSS threat even... [05 Jul 2007]
MSDN Webcast: Using Code Access Security and Partial Trust With ASP.NET (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter illustrates how this dramatically reduces the attack surface and enables to use the principle of least privilege and defense-in-depth design. The attendee of this webcast will discover one... [27 Apr 2007]
MSDN Webcast: Best Practices for User Account Control in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast explores Windows User Account Control (UAC), a new security feature in the Windows Vista operating system and explains how User Account Control reduces the security exposure and the attack... [08 Dec 2006]
