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ALSO CALLED: Network Security Audits, Auditing (Computer Security), IT Security Audits, Computer Audits, Audits, and Auditing
DEFINITION: A security audit is a systematic evaluation of the security of acompany's information system by measuring how well it conforms to aset of established criteria. A thorough audit typically assesses the security of the system's physical configuration and environment, software, information handling processes, and user practices. Security audits are often used to determine regulatory compliance, in the
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Security Audits White Papers
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Analyst Whitepaper: Practical Approaches for Securing Web Applications Across the Software Delivery Lifecycle
sponsored by IBM
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When web application delivery is implemented in a collaborative, re-peatable, and process-oriented manner, companies can benefit from more efficient development models and more secure applications. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2009
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7 Essential Steps to Achieve, Measure and Prove Optimal Security Risk Reduction
sponsored by Qualys, Inc.
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Rapid changes within technology, new server and software deployments, and the evolving sophistication of attack methods used to infiltrate systems and steal data create the greatest set of challenges faced by security and IT administrators trying to keep their systems secure and within regulatory compliance. Interested in reducing security risk?
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009
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The Best PCI Audit of Your Life
sponsored by Lumension
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This white paper will detail a strategy that enables companies to easily gain PCI compliance and ensure effective security. By mapping technical controls to PCI standards and by continuously monitoring, assessing, and reporting the status of your environment, you can make your PCI audit the most efficient and actionable of your life.
Posted: 13 Aug 2009 | Published: 13 Aug 2009
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Solution Brief: Achieve and Maintain Compliance with Configuration Control Solutions
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
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Achieving and maintaining compliance tops the list of ongoing IT projects for many organizations ranging from small regional companies to giant multinationals. Read this brief document to learn what Tripwire solutions have to offer.
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 | Published: 31 Jul 2009
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Visibility and Control: Key to Accelerating Your Business
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
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Read this paper to learn how to eliminate all undesired changed within the enterprise by following the steps outlined here.
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 | Published: 30 Jul 2009
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The HIPAA Solution: Meeting the Security Standards Set Forth in Section 164
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
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Meeting the requirements of HIPAA requires most businesses to set up strong process, methods and controls to assure auditors that security and integrity of Protected Health Information is assured. This whitepaper outlines solutions that support secure processes as dictated by HIPAA.
Posted: 31 Mar 2009 | Published: 31 Mar 2009
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Addressing Compliance Initiatives with Center for Internet Security Benchmarks
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
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This whitepaper details the background you need to build an effective compliance program by understanding benchmarks, the basic building blocks of compliance initiatives. You'll learn about the benchmarks specified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which are often used as a starting point for creating a compliance initiative.
Posted: 30 Mar 2009 | Published: 30 Mar 2009
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SECURITY AUDITS DEFINITION (continued): … wake of legislation (such as HIPAA, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the California Security Breach Information Act) that specifies how organizations must deal with information. Learn more about audits at SearchCompliance.com. According to Ira Winkler, president of the Internet Security Advisors Group, security audits, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing are the three main types of security diagnostics. Each of the three takes a different approach and may be best suited for a particular purpose. Security audits measure an information system's performance against a list of criteria. … Security Audits definition sponsored by SearchCIO.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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