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ALSO CALLED: Operating System Security, OS Security, Software Security, SQL Injection, Buffer Overflow, and Buffer Overflows DEFINITION: A buffer overflow occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer (temporary data storage area) than it was intended to hold. Since buffers are created to contain a finite amount of data, the extra information - which has to go somewhere - can overflow into adjacent buffers, corrupting or overwriting the valid data held in them. Although it may occur accidentally through programming … Definition continues below.
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Webcast -- Malware: It’s Everywhere sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: Join IBM for a one-hour presentation which introduces a new technique that combines IBM Rational AppScan & ISS technologies that scan to identify unwanted, embedded malware. Posted: 03 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Security \| Internet Security \| Internet Security Software \| Malware \| Security Management \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

Podcast: Optimize Business and IT With New Generation Application Lifecycle Management sponsored by SAP Community Network PODCAST: This podcast provides a complete overview of application lifecycle management (ALM) and discusses how SAP's integrated and open approach to ALM can accelerate innovation, ensure business continuity, reduce risk and lower TCO. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 12 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Application Monitoring \| Application Security \| Business Continuity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| SAP (Product) \| Secure Application Development \| Software Implementation \| Software Quality Assurance \| TCO

This Month in the Threat Webscape -- August 2009 sponsored by Websense, Inc. VIDEO: The Websense Security Labs Team provides a review of threats occurring during the month of August 2009. Highlighted is the massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on Twitter, Google Blogger, LiveJournal, and Facebook centered around 1 person: Cyxymu, a pro-Georgia blogger who is an active critic of Moscow's politics. Posted: 08 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 08 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Security \| Denial of Service Attacks \| Information Security \| Malware \| Phishing \| Security \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management \| Web Application Security

Podcast: Staying competitive and Showing ROI sponsored by IBM PODCAST: According to recent research conducted by IBM® ISS X-Force®, more than half of all disclosed vulnerabilities in 2008 were Web application flaws. Learn how IBM Web application security solutions can help you reduce costs, manage risk and improve service. Listen to the podcast. Posted: 21 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| ROI \| Web Applications Management \| Web Applications Software

Business Ready Security Video sponsored by Microsoft WEBCAST: Microsoft is taking a fundamentally different approach to security. Watch this video to understand how Microsoft is working to achieve the strategy of Business Ready Security based on 3 fundamental tenets. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Security \| Endpoint Security \| Network Security \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Software \| Security Systems

When Good Applications Go Bad: Adding Application Control to your Toolbox sponsored by Fortinet, Inc. / Alternative Technology Group of Arrow ECS PODCAST: Application security threats have evolved in the last two years. The delivery method has changed and is now primarily Web-based. This makes unsuspecting users the prime target for hackers. Listen to this podcast to discover why now is the time to take advantage of your customers’ demand for robust application security. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Security \| Application Server Hardware \| Application Server Software \| Application Service Providers \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| VARs

Optimize Business and IT With New Generation Application Lifecycle Management sponsored by SAP Community Network WEBCAST: This webcast provides a complete overview of application lifecycle management (ALM) and discusses how SAP's integrated and open approach to ALM can accelerate innovation, ensure business continuity, reduce risk and lower TCO. Posted: 15 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 15 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Application Monitoring \| Application Security \| Business Continuity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| SAP (Product) \| Secure Application Development \| Software Implementation \| Software Quality Assurance \| TCO

Maximizing Financial Benefits: Evolving WAN Optimization To Application Delivery sponsored by Blue Coat WEBCAST: This webcast discusses how WAN optimization technology is still relevant and produces cost savings for organizations despite an evolving IT environment. Posted: 09 Jul 2009 \| Premiered: 09 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Applications Management \| Bandwidth Management \| Malware \| Network Capacity \| Network Performance \| WAN

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APPLICATION SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): … error, buffer overflow is an increasingly common type of security attack on data integrity. In buffer overflow attacks, the extra data may contain codes designed to trigger specific actions, in effect sending new instructions to the attacked computer that could, for example, damage the user's files, change data, or disclose confidential information. Buffer overflow attacks are said to have arisen because the C programming language supplied the framework, and poor programming practices supplied the vulnerability.In July 2000, a vulnerability to buffer overflow attack was discovered in Microsoft …
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