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May 25, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Operating System Security, OS Security, Software Security, SQL Injection, Buffer Overflow, Buffer Overflows DEFINITION: Application security is the use of software, hardware, and procedural methods to protect applications from external threats. Security measures built into applications and a sound application security routine minimize the likelihood that hackers will be able to manipulate applications and access, steal, modify, or delete sensitive data. Once an afterthought in software design, security is becoming an … Definition continues below.
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Taking back control in today’s complex threat landscape sponsored by McAfee, Inc. WHITE PAPER: As today’s threats move away from mass attacks to more targeted ones, using a complex range of techniques to penetrate through traditional security measures, organizations must take a more proactive and preventative approach. This paper explores how integrity control plays a key role in defending networks with application and change control. Posted: 24 May 2012 \| Published: 24 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management

Barracuda's NG Firewall: Take Back Control of Your Dynamic Network sponsored by Kappa Data WHITE PAPER: Uncover the factors driving the adoption of next-generation firewalls as well as the benefits of a particular all-in-one solution that helps you with content/edge/network/application security, network deployment, traffic intelligence, and policy/network management. Posted: 24 May 2012 \| Published: 24 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Firewall Appliances \| Firewall Management \| Malware \| Network Security \| Network Security Appliances \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| Spam \| VPN \| WAN

Disclosures 2012 - The Vulnerability of Publicly Traded Companies sponsored by Veracode, Inc. WEBCAST: In a recently-released State of Software Security featured supplement, Veracode examines the software security posture of public companies and the material risks they face due to the weaknesses in their software applications. This webinar uses Veracode data to examine how public companies manage the risks inherited from software. Posted: 24 May 2012 \| Premiered: 24 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Cybersecurity \| Risk Management \| Security Management \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management \| Web Application Security

The Tipping Point: Top Unified Communications Issues for 2012 sponsored by Sprint EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide from SearchUnifiedCommunications.com discusses the top five unified communications issues for 2012 and how these will affect the transformation and evolution of UC for the better. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 23 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Security \| Collaboration \| Converged Networks \| Mobile Workers \| Security \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC \| Unified Messaging \| VoIP \| Wi-Fi

MicroStrategy Enterprise Cloud: Security Framework sponsored by MicroStrategy Incorporated WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses Microstrategy's cloud BI offering and best practices for ensuring security in the cloud. Posted: 22 May 2012 \| Published: 22 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Data Security

Testing Services from SAP Improving The Reliability And Performance sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: How are SAP customers dealing with the growing complexity of their software environments? By building a testing strategy into their project planning and operations. Find out how to take advantage of testing strategy assessment services from SAP Consulting - to lower risk, reduce cost, and boost efficiency. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Software Maintenance \| Software Project Management \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Modern Protection for Virtual Servers sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc. VIDEO: Access this white paper to discover a system that solves data management challenges to enable a rapid transition to virtual server environments. Learn how your organisation can achieve benefits like protection for hundreds of virtual machines, fast hardware based copies, application consistent format and more. Posted: 16 May 2012 \| Premiered: 16 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtualization Security

IT Decision Center on Business Collaboration Solutions - Q3: Security sponsored by SearchUnifiedCommunications.com VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Question three featured in SearchUnifiedCommunications.com’s IT Decision Center on Business Collaboration asks top vendors in the space: What security controls do you offer? Find out what this vendor has to say by accessing their answer to this question now. Posted: 16 May 2012 \| Premiered: 16 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Collaboration \| Communications Systems \| Messaging Security \| Network Security \| Security \| Unified Messaging \| Unified Messaging Systems

Optimizing and Securing Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover the challenges of delivering virtualized applications and desktops and strategies to overcome them. Learn more about reducing complexity, enhancing security, remote access management and much more. Posted: 15 May 2012 \| Published: 15 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development and Integration Services \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Monitoring \| Application Security \| High Availability \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine

Top 5 Most Prevalent Web Application Vulnerabilities sponsored by Veracode, Inc. WEBCAST: Join Chris Eng, VP of Security Research and one of the 30 contributing authors of the SANS Top 25, as he discusses the Top 5 most prevalent application vulnerabilities, impact of attacks on your application and your customers, methods to identify, track and remediate these vulnerabilities and more. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Premiered: 11 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Secure Application Development \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management \| Web Application Security

Top 10 Mobile Application Risks sponsored by Veracode, Inc. WEBCAST: In this presentation, Veracode’s Vice President of Security Research, Chris Eng, will outline the Top 10 Mobile Application Risks, designed to educate developers and security professionals about the mobile application behavior – both maliciously- designed or inadvertent – putting users at risk. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Premiered: 11 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Handheld Device Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management

Mobile Security: Mapping an Ecosystem of Risk sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights the various considerations for defending mobile applications — from the mobile application architecture itself to the myriad of testing technologies needed to properly assess mobile applications risk. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Published: 11 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Security \| Security Industry \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Wireless Security

Understanding the risks of mobile apps sponsored by Veracode, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Many of the risks of moble devices are similar to those of traditional spyware, Trojan software, and insecurely designed apps. However, mobile devices are not just small computers. They are designed around personal and communication functionality which makes the top mobile applications risks different from the top traditional computing risks. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Published: 11 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Handheld Device Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management

Five Steps to Managed Third-Party Application Security Risk sponsored by Veracode, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper outlines a five step process that enterprises can apply to their third-party application portfolio to gain visibility into their security state and make informed purchase, integration, deployment and maintenance decisions. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Published: 11 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Secure Application Development \| Security Management \| Security Software \| Vulnerability Management \| Web Application Security

Mobile Application Security delivered in the cloud sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WEBCAST: Application security vulnerabilities have become the target of choice for cybercriminals, so it's vital to ensure that weaknesses are discovered and remediated right away. This webcast explores a cloud-based application testing solution that enables organizations to test the security of software quickly, accurately and cost efficiently. Posted: 10 May 2012 \| Premiered: 10 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Security Management \| Software as a Service \| Software Testing \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

Securing the Cloud sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn how your organization can protect its sensitive data when hosting it in the cloud. This resource presents an infrastructure solution that can provide scalability, manageability and security. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Security \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Virtualization Security

Testing and Quality Management - Best Practices sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn the best practices for testing and configuration that Aberdeen's best-in-class designated organizations used to reduce operating costs by 26% and improve process efficiencies by 41% so you can adopt them to create a streamlined, stable IT environment for your business. Posted: 07 May 2012 \| Published: 07 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Integration Testing \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Testing \| Testing

Top 10 Considerations for a Secure Mobile Enterprise. sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This essential white paper explores ten rules every organization must follow to ensure the security of mobile devices in the enterprise. Posted: 03 May 2012 \| Published: 03 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Encryption Standards \| Malware \| Mobile Device Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Industry \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats

Emerging PaaS security tactics sponsored by HP Enterprise Security EGUIDE: Like all other cloud deployments, PaaS introduces some security concerns because of underlying security features that are beyond the customer’s control. This e-guide explores these challenges and lists security areas that can affect the risk profile of deployed applications, as well as offers key advice for mitigating risk. Posted: 02 May 2012 \| Published: 02 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Platform as a service \| Risk Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

E-Guide: Prioritizing Application Security Concerns sponsored by Coverity EGUIDE: Application security has significantly grown and developed in sophistication over the past few years, but so have the threats that seek to wreak havoc on your software. Read this expert e-guide to learn best practices on how to ensure your applications are protected with the highest level of security possible. Posted: 02 May 2012 \| Published: 02 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Threats \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Standards

The Many Faces of Software Testing sponsored by McCabe Software, Inc. EGUIDE: Read this expertly compiled e-guide to learn how your security testing mangers can educate about, plan for, and validate the communication that is required across the enterprise to make sure that your software is secure and protected. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 01 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Security \| Software \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

The Roles of Testing Pros in Software Security sponsored by McCabe Software, Inc. EGUIDE: Read this expertly compiled e-guide to get an in-depth look at the security role of a testing pro and understand their job in the software development process as well as on agile teams. Posted: 30 Apr 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Security \| Security Management \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

Forrester - End-to-End Application Acceleration Technologies Overcome SaaS Challenges sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Software as a Service (SaaS) applications offer great promise and are growing in popularity. But cloud-based infrastructure and services complicate network architecture considerations. Download this survey-driven analysis by Forrester to learn how to overcome cloud-related performance issues by extending optimization to SaaS applications. Posted: 30 Apr 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Network Performance \| Software as a Service

IT Managers Speak Out about Cloud Security sponsored by Intel VIDEOCAST: While organizations are eager to adopt cloud computing, the security challenges that this environment introduces has some implementation plans on hold. This video discusses the results of a survey of 200 IT professionals that focused on top cloud challenges and security issues. Review key findings that can provide insights on security in the cloud. Posted: 26 Apr 2012 \| Premiered: 26 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Security \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Data Security \| IT Management \| Security Management

Integrating Security into Development, No Pain Required sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: There are substantial security benefits to developers and security personnel working together, yet they are often viewed as being like oil and water. In this paper, discover how to integrate software development and security effectively and pain-free by using the right tools and techniques. Posted: 24 Apr 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Security \| Secure Application Development \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Source Code Control \| Vulnerability Management

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APPLICATION SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): … increasingly important concern during development as applications become more frequently accessible over networks and are, as a result, vulnerable to a wide variety of threats. Actions taken to ensure application security are sometimes called countermeasures. The most basic software countermeasure is an application firewall that limits the execution of files or the handling of data by specific installed programs. The most common hardware countermeasure is a router that can prevent the IP address of an individual computer from being directly visible on the Internet. Other countermeasures include …
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