Application Security White Papers

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Empower your Developers
sponsored by Coverity by Synopsys
WHITE PAPER: The repercussions of releasing unsecure software in today’s markets are severe – due in large part to the proliferation of constantly-connected, mobile devices. This white paper provides an overview of these challenges, and demonstrates the steps you can take to arm your developers against the risks of modern application development.
Posted: 16 May 2011 | Published: 16 May 2011

Coverity by Synopsys

Fast, Secure Access to VDI Applications: The Role of Automated Access in Accelerating Virtual Desktop Adoption
sponsored by Imprivata
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper looks at ways that organizations can increase virtual desktop adoption and security simultaneously using automated access for VMware View™ 4.5 and Oracle’s Sun Ray.
Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

Imprivata

Tackling the Top Five Network Access Control Challenges
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this document we explore five common networking challenges that enterprises face—network protection, guest user access, network visibility and monitoring, application access control, and identity-based Quality of Service (QoS)—and discuss how UAC can be used to address each
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 | Published: 28 Mar 2011

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Gunner Peterson's Security Gateway Buyer’s Guide
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Independent industry security expert Gunnar Peterson provides the analysis and decision support that will enable you make an informed choice when evaluating Security Gateways. This guide describes security architecture capabilities, common business use cases, and deployment considerations.
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

Intel

GlobalSign Security Services for Hosting Companies - Understanding the true opportunity for Hosting Companies & ISPs to resell Online Security Services
sponsored by GlobalSign
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains GlobalSign’s Internet security technology, its uses and necessity (and therefore the sales opportunity), advises on how to fit the services into existing hosting portfolios, and details how provisioning SSL can now be automated to degrees previously considered impossible.
Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 16 Mar 2011

GlobalSign

Granular application control, intelligence and real-time visualization
sponsored by SonicWALL
WHITE PAPER: It can be a real challenge for IT administrators to efficiently deliver critical corporate solutions while also contending with employee use of wasteful and often dangerous applications. Critical applications need bandwidth prioritization while social media and gaming applications need to be bandwidth throttled or completely blocked.
Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

SonicWALL

How Security is Changing to Support Virtualization and Cloud Computing
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In the near future, it is anticipated that all aspects of information technology will be movable, dynamic, and interactive – the access, the data, the workload, and all computing. End users’ mobile devices will access and store hundreds of gigabytes of data.
Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

Trend Micro, Inc.

Magic Quadrant for Static Application Security Testing
sponsored by Veracode, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this research, we analyze the evolution of the static application security testing market, and evaluate its vendors according to their business and technology vision, as well as their ability to execute against that vision in their products and services.
Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

Veracode, Inc.

Global Security Report 2011
sponsored by Trustwave
WHITE PAPER: In 2010, SpiderLabs performed more than 220 investigations worldwide. In 85% of the investigations, a system breach was confirmed. Of those entities in which a system breach was confirmed, 90% involved the actual theft of sensitive data, representing criminals’ effectiveness in extracting data once system access is obtained.
Posted: 27 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011

Trustwave

Security Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Are you a software designer, architect, developer or tester interested in secure cloud computing solutions?  Download this breakthrough paper focusing on the security challenges and recommended approaches to design and develop more secure applications for Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. 
Posted: 18 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

Microsoft

Enterprise Management Associates Report-- The Power of AppScan: A Hands-On Review of IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In a hands-on look at IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition, the Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA™) team finds in the product an easily implemented, highly configurable utility that addresses multiple application security pain points.
Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

IBM

Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware (Spanish version)
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download this free white paper to learn how platform-as-a-service private cloud offers enterprises one of the best ways to take advantage of cloud computing.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

Take Back Control: Increase Security, Empower Employees, Protect the Business
sponsored by WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to find out how WatchGuard Application Control lets you take back control of your network by keeping more than 1,500 applications in check, including IM, P2P, Facebook, Skype, YouTube, and many more.
Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 20 Oct 2010

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Threat Containment for Facebook
sponsored by BlueCoat
WHITE PAPER: This technical brief discusses multiple Blue Coat solutions to address malicious content control, enforce acceptable use policies, prevent sensitive information leakage and enhance user productivity on Facebook.
Posted: 08 Oct 2010 | Published: 08 Oct 2010

BlueCoat

IT@Intel White Paper: Remediating Applications when Migrating from Microsoft Windows XP to Microsoft Windows 7
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn why Intel is migrating from Microsoft Windows XP to Microsoft Windows 7, and how the new system is expected to boost long-term performance, security, manageability, and productivity needs.
Posted: 27 Sep 2010 | Published: 10 May 2010

Intel

The Right Tool for the Right Job: An Application Security Tools Report Card
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the most common tools found in the enterprise application security environment.
Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 26 Aug 2010

IBM

Intrusion Defense Firewall: Network-Level HIPS at the Endpoint
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines a blended approach to host intrusion defense in search optimal security combined with an ideal balance between flexibility, control, and ease of management. Specific examples highlight the benefits and pitfalls of the many different filtering techniques.
Posted: 15 Jul 2010 | Published: 15 Jul 2010

Trend Micro, Inc.

The Application Usage and Risk Report
sponsored by Palo Alto Networks
WHITE PAPER: The latest edition of the Application Usage and Risk Report (Spring 2010) covers a sample size that has grown more than 15 fold to 347 and is truly global. Since the Spring 2008 Report, the number of applications Palo Alto Networks identifies has grown to nearly 1,000 with nearly 750 of them found during the six month period.
Posted: 30 Jun 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

Palo Alto Networks

Solution Brief: Accelerating SSL Applications Across the WAN
sponsored by BlueCoat
WHITE PAPER: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the industry-standard protocol for establishing a secure communications link when transmitting information over untrusted networks. However, SSL can create complications when it comes to prioritizing, optimizing, and accelerating network traffic. This paper outlines a solid strategy for optimizing SSL applications.
Posted: 23 Jun 2010 | Published: 23 Jun 2010

BlueCoat

Citrix and Intel Deliver Client Virtualization
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Citrix and Intel worked together to deliver local virtual machine desktops, aiming to make virtualization ubiquitous on client devices. The result of the collaboration is Citrix® XenClient™, a local desktop virtualization platform that provides new levels of security and user flexibility for enterprise desktops. Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: 10 Jun 2010 | Published: 09 Jun 2010

Citrix

Secure Smartphone Apps: The Next Generation
sponsored by BlackBerry
WHITE PAPER: The latest smartphone applications foster more mobility and productivity than ever before--as long as a secure mobile network is in place. This white paper addresses mobile applications and the potential security threats to the corporate networking as well as provide security measures to take.
Posted: 07 Apr 2010 | Published: 07 Apr 2010

BlackBerry

Protecting the Dynamic Datacenter
sponsored by Trend Micro
WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro server and application protection addresses the challenging operational security and compliance needs of today’s dynamic datacenter. We provide comprehensive protection, greater operational efficiency, superior platform support, and tighter integration with existing investments. Read this paper to learn more!
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 01 Aug 2009

Trend Micro

Managing a Growing Threat: An Executive’s Guide to Web Application Security
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cyber-criminals are leveraging relatively simple application exploits to gain access to sensitive information for fun and profit. It’s more important than ever to implement secure application strategies to effectively protect your business. Read this guide to learn more.
Posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Dec 2007

IBM

Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download this free white paper to learn how platform-as-a-service private cloud offers enterprises one of the best ways to take advantage of cloud computing.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

Buyer’s Guide for Enterprise Single Sign-On
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper offers a thorough checklist that should enable potential ESSO implementers to deploy the right ESSO solution which should help eliminate sign-on problems, reduce helpdesk costs, maximize user productivity, strengthen security, simplify administration and accelerate regulatory compliance.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

Oracle Corporation