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ALSO CALLED: Spy Software, Spyware Viruses, Tracking Software, Internet Spyware, Computer Monitoring Spy Software, and Spybot
DEFINITION: Spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet (where it is sometimes called a spybot or tracking software), spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about
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Staying ahead of Security Threats and Challenges
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Everyone who uses today's technology should be aware of the need for IT security, from individuals all the way up to the largest organizations, but how much security is enough?
Posted: 11 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 01 Jul 2008
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Tangled Web: Undercover Threats, Invisible Enemies
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Check out this white paper and learn more about crucial danger points for any business that doesn't defend itself adequately against undercover threats and invisible enemies.
Posted: 05 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Effectively Securing Your Network
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This white paper shows you how to effectively protect your company's network perimeter from threats like spam, malware, bots, viruses and other attacks.
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 20 Mar 2008
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Endpoint Assessment Test
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Download this free endpoint assessment from Sophos and discover the risks that your company's endpoints are hiding.
Posted: 29 Feb 2008 | Published: 29 Feb 2008
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NAC: Managing Unauthorized Computers
| sponsored by Sophos Inc.
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This paper looks at how a complete NAC solution can protect the network from unauthorized access from unknown computers or people with malicious intent.
Posted: 18 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Putting Security in a Positive Light - A Guide to Proactively Managing Endpoint Risk
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This white paper outlines the importance of adopting a positive security model that combines the power of vulnerability management, automated remediation, whitelist application and device control to eliminate the risk of the unknown.
Posted: 29 Oct 2007 | Published: 10 Sep 2007
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Locking down Your Web Applications
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In this final Web Security School webcast, Mike Cobb, Managing Director of Cobweb Applications Ltd. and author of IIS Security, looks at how the actual content of your Web site can open holes in its defenses.
Posted: 15 Sep 2005 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Spyware: Counterintelligence
| sponsored by Symantec Corporation
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Learn how to focus on proactively protecting your enterprise from spyware, bots and increasing security risks, as well as uncovering the hidden costs associated with allowing spyware to run rampant in IT organizations.
Posted: 13 Sep 2005 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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SPYWARE DEFINITION (continued): … the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program. Data collecting programs that are installed with the user's knowledge are not, properly speaking, spyware, if the user fully understands what data is being collected and with whom it is being shared. However, spyware is often installed without the user's consent, as a drive-by download, or as the result of …
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