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5 Must-Have Features of Cyber Threat Intelligence Solutions

Cyberattacks grab headlines. The severity and frequency of attacks hitting both small and mammoth organizations alike continue to alarm the public...but cyber security professionals are the ones who really lose sleep at night. Before waiting for an attack to occur and scrambling to put a response program into action,...

Don't Gamble on Staying Safe from Ransomware; You Can't Afford it!

If ransomware has not already had a significant impact on your organization, it is most likely because you have simply been lucky...so far. Almost half of entities in the U.S. have been hit this past year alone and have lost not only money, but also reputation, IT hours and in some cases, total business functionality....

Calculating the Return on Investment in Layered Security

IT security industry has developed new methods and technologies to help reduce the threat of a major breach while reducing the cost of day-today upkeep. The common way of protecting systems is to employ discrete tools such as software intrusion detection and firewalls. A more efficient and sophisticated approach,...

Four Top Cyber Crime Trends

This report from IBM Emergency Response Services discusses four key trends in cybersecurity based on field experience in responding to client security incidents. In the following whitepaper, you will learn about: Onion-layered security incidents on the rise The year of ransomware Malicious insiders on the...

Caught You on Your Cell Phone; Mobile Threats Have Come of Age

Cybercriminals knew that they would find you on your cell phone... ...and they were right. For years now, security experts have been predicting 'the year mobile threats come of age,' and this is indeed Two-thousand Sweet-sixteen. Applying the same predictable rules, processes and functionalities to mobile...

The Difference Between Emulation and Simulation: Are You Testing for the Real World?

An increasing number of sophisticated, high-performance security and content-aware devices are at layers 4 through 7. This calls for, among other things, even greater sophistication of network emulation from test equipment. When Layer 4-7 devices are not properly tested, they face a greater risk for failure within...

Encryption Implementation: Getting It Right the First Time

You've gone back and forth on encryption, its benefits and challenges, and you've made the decision: to keep your data truly safe, your organization needs encryption. So what now? You've got options available, but what is the best, safest way to implement encryption without disrupting your users' workflow and...

Exposing Hidden Threats

Rising Cost of Breaches and Data Privacy Concerns Are Driving Encryption. In response to the rising cost of cybercrime over the past several years, as well as concerns about protecting data privacy, organizations have increasingly adopted SSL encryption to safeguard their valuable information assets. It's expected...

Greatest Possible Cyber Protection for the Healthcare Industry

How do companies in the healthcare industry better manage risk and keep their most valuable data safe when stolen healthcare information commands such a high price on the dark web? Download the case study, "Proactively Challenge Cyber Threats in the Healthcare Industry," to learn how this healthcare organization...

Recommended Practices for DDoS Protection

Experts predict that DDoS will be an issue on the Internet for a long time to come. Soon, being prepared will not just be an option but a requirement. A DDoS attack can be a stressful engagement where parts of the network will be unresponsive and equipment may be failing all around. That is not the time to be...

Command and Control Servers: Widespread Victimization

While nations around the world are considered C2 traffic offenders, the regions generating the highest levels of traffic are Europe and the United States. An average of 20 percent of the tracked C2s were based in North America with a nearly equal amount launching from the Ukraine and Russia combined. Unusual...

Understanding Pass-the-Hash Attacks - and Mitigating the Risks

Even though the pass-the-hash (PtH) attack was originally published 1997, these types of attacks have recently come to the forefront again. Given this reality, organizations need advanced solutions that can help protect them. Download this whitepaper to help your company mitigate these risks by: Defining...

Botnet Research Report: Safeguarding the Internet

Threat intelligence is only useful if you can take action quickly to protect networks, systems and data. It is not a question of receiving intel on attacks, but rather: What data should you use to find indicators of critical security threats? Today, none of us are immune to the impact of botnets on...

Security Reference Blueprint For Banking IT

IT security and network teams at banking organizations around the world must address demands to rapidly adopt new technology, protect ip, secure a myriad of mass market and custom applications and comply with regulations. While doing the above, they must also enable secure access to personal and commercial financial...

State of Security Operations 2016 Report

Discover how SIEM and Security Operations Center (SOC) solutions can help increase your SOC in maturity and capability to effectively and diligently reduce risk in your organization over time. The industry continues to evolve towards a business mindset for security. However, this has not made a great impact on...