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A How-to Guide to OAuth & API Security

OAuth is an emerging Web standard for authorizing limited access to applications and data. It is designed so that users can grant restricted access to resources they own - such as pictures residing on a site like Flickr or SmugMug - to a third-party client like a photo printing site. In the past, it was common to ask...

A Guide to REST and API Security

An architectural style is an abstraction - not a concrete thing. Take, for example,a Gothic cathedral. The cathedral is different from the Gothic architectural style. The Gothic style defines the attributes or characteristics you would see in a cathedral built in that style. Comparatively, the National Institute of...

5 Pillars of API Security

Across industry sectors, the boundaries of the traditional enterprise are blurring, as organizations open up their on-premise data and application functionality to partner organizations, the Web, mobile apps, smart devices and the cloud. APIs (application programming interfaces) form the foundation of this new open...

Application Self-Protection - It's Time For a New Kind of Defense

Today over 80% of successful security breaches target the application layer. Finding and fixing vulnerabilities in your production applications is hard. How do you protect them in the meantime? Network security like Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a popular choice, but it lacks contextual knowledge from within the...

Safeguard Mobile, Cloud and Social Access

When a user logs in to your web applications, are you sure she is who she claims to be? And are you sure the social media site and the phone she is using for access are secure? Or have they been compromised to steal information? As enterprises begin to open their IT systems to a larger number of consumers, employees...

Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Endpoint Management

While security attacks on big businesses dominate the headlines, midsized organizations are a highly attractive target for cyber criminals. Unlike large enterprises that have large IT departments with dedicated teams focused solely on security, midsized organizations must protect a growing amount of valuable...

Manage Data Security and Application Threats With a Multi-Tiered Approach

Protecting valuable assets requires a layered security approach. Consider that when historic sites and museums implement security plans to protect priceless treasures, their plans go far beyond simply locking their doors at the end of the day. Rather, they employ a layered security approach that includes 24x7 security...

The New Phishing Threat: Phishing Attacks

The threat of email borne attacks is greater than ever with malware volumes increasing drastically. One of the most common, and difficult to detect, email threats comes in the form of phishing and spear-phishing emails. Historically, phishing attacks targeted end-users with attackers going after credentials to...

Dealing with Data Breaches and Data Loss Prevention

As data grows and organizations become more vast, the risk of sensitive data being breached increases at an alarming pace. With data breaches making the headlines more than ever, organizations are forced to consider the safety of their data, the policies they have in place to protect it, and the strategies and tools...

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Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?

In the last few years, companies both in the United States and abroad have witnessed the steady growth of cyberattacks and corporate espionage. The financial losses and, worse, often irreparable reputational harm such incidents wreak have served to place a target squarely on the backs of board members to ensure they...

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Operational Risk Management: A Guide to Harness Risk

Every organizational unit has some level of risk it must address. Yet, most internal teams lack the ability to identify priorities and accountability to stay ahead of new threats to the business thus leaving the process of managing risk to be more reactive. While many risks exist within each function, there is often...

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Risk Intelligence: Harnessing Risk, Exploiting Opportunity

Today's business environment is fraught with risk. Economic, technology and market conditions affect organizations on a daily basis. The constantly changing "risk landscape" is a discussion point in headlines, industry forums, media outlets and board rooms - the disappearing perimeter to defend, the hackers, thieves...

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Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?

In the last few years, companies both in the United States and abroad have witnessed the steady growth of cyberattacks and corporate espionage. The financial losses and, worse, often irreparable reputational harm such incidents wreak have served to place a target squarely on the backs of board members to ensure they...

5 and a Half Things That Make a Firewall Next Gen

Network protection can be a difficult balancing act for security vendors and IT administrators alike. How do you achieve very high levels of performance while still ensuring the strongest possible security without impacting end users? After all, as the depth with which network traffic is inspected increases, so too do...

Scaling Network Security

Firewalls and network security were long considered a perimeter defense, keeping the bad guys out and containing confidential data inside. But as threats have become more sophisticated, the perimeter has become porous, and recent high-profile security breaches such as at Home Depot and Target show demonstrate that...