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WHITE PAPER: This resource offers key findings of a survey on how organizations view the threats posed by Firesheep and other session hijacking attacks. View now to learn about the key implications of such threats and how they can impact corporate data security as well as customers and end-uses of websites.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

IT BRIEFING: This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

ANALYST BRIEF: This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to recognise that they will need to move to IPv6, even if they have IPv4 addresses available. They should treat IPv6 like any other disaster recovery plan.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

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

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This expert presentation transcript explores key management factors you should consider as you navigate your virtualization initiative, including licensing, memory capabilities, and more. Hear about one company's virtualization roadmap and determine whether it aligns with your own virtualization plans.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Web applications are extremely flexible and valuable assets to any organization. But they’re also vulnerable to threats like hijacking, splitting, forging and injection. Read this white paper to find out how IBM Rational® AppScan® solutions can help your agency overcome virtual threats to achieve mission objectives.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Many IT professionals believe that self-signed SSL certificates can help lower security costs. Unfortunately, aside from the certificate itself, there are a number of other costs. This paper uncovers the true total cost of ownership for self-signed SSL certificates and why they are costlier and riskier than working with a trusted security vendor.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 09 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: If you manage a WAN and support multiple locations, you are probably familiar with Cisco Wide Area Acceleration Services (WAAS) as a solution to costly bandwidth upgrades and latency issues. Since WAAS accelerates and caches content over the WAN and achieves branch consolidation, your management has probably decided that you should use this tool.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Managing SSL Certificates has become a complex task especially for organizations with multiple locations, divisions and increasing Web-based services. In this resource, uncover a five (5) step guide to help you take control on SSL Certificates across the enterprise and key recommendations.

Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: It’s common today to use private addressing within an Autonomous System (AS), a collection of routers and subnets under a common administrative domain.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper surveys emerging threats, profiles theirhighly organized perpetrators, and reviews some of the revolutionary technologies that make these attacks so persistent and effective.

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Cloud infrastructure platforms like VMware vSphere 4.0 can benefit from load balancers that connect users to the most suitable datacenter. This white paper outlines how the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager Virtual Appliance (VA) improves traffic performance compared to a Linux install.

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 | Published: 08 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper delivers best practices for helping you with network planning and expansion. From design considerations to business needs, get the information you need to build a successful network plan.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: While many IT pros believe that self-signed SSL certificates can help lower security costs, there are a number of other costs that they are not aware of. In this paper, explore the true total cost of ownership for self-signed SSL certificates and how working with a trusted security vendor can be an alternative approach.

Posted: 11 May 2012 | Published: 11 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper uncovers tips for choosing a cloud hosting provider and explores where and when to use cloud solutions, specific issues enterprises should raise with hosting providers before selecting a vendor, and ways in which SSL from a trusted certificate authority can help enterprises conduct business in the cloud with confidence.

Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: As the number and complexity of compliance mandates continue to grow, organizations struggle to keep up, only meeting requirements in silos using a “checklist” approach. But this reactive approach only leads to more costs, inefficiencies and risk. Read now to uncover a proactive strategy that will help you get ahead of the compliance curve.

Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 04 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes an in depth look into the role of certificate authorities (CAs) in web security. Within, learn how to choose the right CA to ensure that the trust between you and your customers remains intact.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Software developers write code to power applications that drive today's businesses. Whether you are looking at ubiquitous applications such as Microsoft Word or your own in-house software, chances are that they are not very WAN-friendly. The focus of this paper is to highlight the TCP protocol's shortcomings for WAN transmission purposes.

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 | Published: 12 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: While the technology that supports VoIP has been present since the mid-1990s, the ability to quickly alternate between VoIP and circuit-switched networks has come into prominence in the last few years. Access this white paper for a full history and overview of the current mobile communications landscape.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Voice remains the most important element within the broader mobile telecoms market; however several threats exist to this mainstay  of operator revenues.  Indeed, the role that voice plays in the telecommunications ecosystem  of the future will be very different from today owing to unprecedented structural, competitive and technology drivers.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: It may be surprising to some that Cisco routers run many services that could create vulnerabilities. This paper is meant to be a vehicle for discussion regarding the security of Cisco routers. Additionally, some best practices for securing your Cisco routers are defined.

Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: One of the most common problems  end-user support staff run into is when an unauthorized application or peripheral causes a conflict or malfunction. Before Windows 7, there was little that could be done proactively, but this OS changes everything. See how you can rein in the “outliers" here.

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Published: 16 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated than ever before, searching for website weaknesses and vulnerabilities to exploit and inject malicious software and wreak havoc on your business. In this resource, explore 9 of the most dangerous and common malware infections today and how to build a website protection strategy.

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: How does WAN Op work to maximize bandwidth, overcome congestion, autocorrect for out-of-order packets, reduce application and protocol chattiness, and, most magical of all, mitigate the negative impact of latency caused by the sheer physics of distance?

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

CASE STUDY: In this case study, discover how domain registrar, Name.com was able to reduce their illegal domain purchases by 98% by implementing an integrated strategy, combining device identification and identity verification.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Putting to rest many of the claims that tape has passed its prime, this Clipper Note from The Clipper Group confirms that tape can be an important cost-saving storage technology for long-term archiving of big files in a tiered storage architecture. 

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 | Published: 11 Mar 2012

EBOOK: Despite the fact that BYOD and BYOPC can reduce costs, add IT flexibility, and keep employees happy, they are not without issues. Check out this E-Book from SearchConsumerization.com to learn the promises and pitfalls of BYOD and BYOPC and discover how to successfully embrace them in your organization.

Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces you to the different models within the 5500-series family of Cisco ASAs and gives you an idea of how each would best be used. This guide will also give a brief overview of the licensing considerations for each of the models discussed.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

EGUIDE: This IT Handbook from SearchConsumerization.com explores the growing trend of consumerization and how you can embrace it in your organization.

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 | Published: 10 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how DirectAccess (DA) is a new feature in the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems that allows users to remotely connect to their corporate network without a traditional VPN client configuration or application.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011