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Vulnerability Assessments
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ALSO CALLED:
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DEFINITION: An ethical hacker is a computer and network expert who attacks a security system on behalf of its owners, seeking vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could exploit. To test a security system, ethical hackers use the same methods as their less principled counterparts, but report problems instead of taking advantage of them. Ethical hacking is also known as penetration testing, intrusion testing
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Vulnerability Assessments Reports
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Cisco Continuous Data Protection for Files
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Most analysts, including Enterprise Strategy Group, agree that performing only a periodic backup leaves data at risk, and they find that this is a major concern among the IT professionals they survey. The answer to this concern is Cisco Small Business Network Storage Systems (NSS) and Cisco Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files software.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009
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Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks has been replaced with botnets. This paper examines the history of attacks of malware and the defenses needed to counter these attacks.
Posted: 13 Mar 2009 | Published: 13 Mar 2009
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Lumension Vulnerability Scanner Offer
sponsored by Lumension
ASSESSMENT TOOL:
This network-based scanning utility provides comprehensive visibility into the IT environment through in-depth scans and the automated discovery of all assets, both managed and unmanaged. Scan up to 25 nodes.
Posted: 11 Mar 2009 | Published: 11 Mar 2009
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Challenges and Opportunities of the Payment Card Industry: A White Paper by the IT Compliance Institute
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Enterprise businesses require the control framework involved in the PCI DSS to help improve internal operational, security and audit performance. This white paper details how alignment of business and PCI goals is important to ensure continuity and meet all internal security standards.
Posted: 08 Jan 2009 | Published: 08 Jan 2009
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The Self-Defending Network
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Your network is one of your most important business assets, and you need to protect this valuable resource from hackers, viruses, spyware, and other threats. Your business needs security that's built into every part of your network to proactively spot suspicious activity, identify threats, and adapt to new challenges quickly.
Posted: 14 Jun 2005 | Published: 14 Jun 2005
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VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS DEFINITION (continued):
and red teaming. An ethical hacker is sometimes called a white hat, a term that comes from old Western movies, where the "good guy" wore a white hat and the "bad guy" wore a black hat. One of the first examples of ethical hackers at work was in the 1970s, when the United States government used groups of experts called red teams to hack its own computer systems. According to Ed Skoudis, Vice President of Security Strategy for Predictive Systems' Global Integrity consulting practice, ethical hacking has continued to grow in an otherwise lackluster IT industry, and is becoming increasingly common
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