White Papers - government information security

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Status Quo Creates Security Risks: The State of Incident Response

A research survey evaluated the current practices and challenges associated with incident response (IR) processes and technologies. Respondents were asked to provide details on their organizations' future strategic plans intended for improving the efficacy and efficiency of IR activities. Download this whitepaper...

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Efficient Security Response for Your Organization

Why does it take so long to identify and respond to threats? Security and IT professionals point to one primary culprit: the disconnect between security and IT tools. Traditional approaches hamper efficient incident-response coordination across organizations. Download this whitepaper for an efficient security...

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Automated Threat Response Processes and Cyber Rules of Engagement

As the remediation costs, customer impacts, and reputational damage of a data breach continue to skyrocket, the security industry must find new ways to prevent the exfiltration of proprietary data by cybercriminals and other malicious actors. Developing a more automated threat response processes and a set of cyber...

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Combat Ever-Increasing Security Challenges

Security incident identification and remediation are daunting challenges for security teams. Manual processes, multiple cross-team hand-offs, and the proliferation of security tools hinder a team's ability to quickly assess and remediate vulnerabilities and attacks. The biggest obstacles to achieving "incident...

Four Distinct Topics Under Password Management

Data breaches have affected businesses across all industries over the last few years. And with the theft of some 4.2 billion credentials in 2016 alone, hackers only need one valid password to get in and compromise your business. Despite their significant weaknesses, passwords continue to be employed in a wide...

Implementing Password Security

Solving the password security disconnect between IT and employees demands the right solution. From external threats to managing Shadow IT, protecting your company, employees, and customers is a complex job. Staying on top of all possible threats can be overwhelming. Download this whitepaper to learn: Password...

Regulations and Threats: How to Prepare for 2018

From zero-day exploits to IoT vulnerabilities to the sheer number of prospective adversaries, the threat landscape is ever-shifting. And global regulatory pressures are only mounting. Organizations need to build their response upon a foundation of heightened security awareness and strong knowledge of emerging...

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Ransomware Protection: Facts About Secure Backup

When it comes to ransomware defense, "backup, backup, backup" is the go-to strategy. But are organizations backing up the right data at the right time to enable the best ransomware recovery? Download this whitepaper about secure backup as a part of ransomware defense that discusses: The role of backup in a layered...

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Choosing the Right Disaster Recovery Solution

It's an all too familiar occurrence: something goes wrong, from the simple accidental deletion to data loss across an entire organization-and you are supposed to fix it-fast. Using the wrong backup and recovery solution can make this a difficult and even impossible task. Get the eBook, Choosing the Right...

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Building Backup As A Service

MSPs know that stabilizing and building their business requires recurring revenue and customer loyalty-it's something every MSP wants. Fulfilling that goal requires matching sticky service strategies with something your customers will highly value. Find out how you can do exactly that with backup as a service...

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Keep Cyberthieves Out with a Three-Tiered Defense

Data is money. The best way to protect it is with layered security. Don't let your clients risk the financial health of their business because you let your guard down. Download our three-tiered defense infographic to discover: Rules for putting up a well-configured firewall What technologies to use for your alert...

Behavioral Biometrics: Improve Security and the Customer Experience

Before the Internet, customers who wanted to perform a bank transaction had only one option - a visit to their local branch for a face-to-face transaction. Now, in the "mobile age," customers expect that their bank provide secure and easy access to the full suite of banking services via their mobile device. The...

Simplify Compliance & Avoid Breaches in Healthcare

Through an ongoing series of Healthcare Security Readiness workshops, key gaps in how healthcare organizations defend against cybercrime hacking have emerged. Has your organization assessed and mitigated gaps in security...or are even aware of what they are? In the following ISMG interview transcript, David...

What Keeps CISOs Up at Night: The Biggest Security Challenges in 2017

CISOs have plenty to keep them up at night. With data breaches, ransomware incidents and system compromises, security leaders are forced to find ways to beat threats without slowing their pace of business. If they fail to effectively manage those risks, their organizations can face huge consequences. While process...

The Need to Expand Beyond Windows OS; Maximizing Malware Analysis

Yes, malware commonly targets the Windows operating system. But if you limit malware analysis to Windows OS, you're leaving gaping vulnerabilities, says Christopher Kruegel of Lastline Inc. Here's how to maximize your analysis. Kruegel, CEO of Lastline, says that one common limitation of malware analysis is that...