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Comparative Analysis on Endpoint Security Solutions
sponsored by Trend Micro
WHITE PAPER: As the threat landscape continues to evolve, it is essential to have the latest security software to reduce the risk of potential attacks. View this paper for a comparative analysis of top Endpoint security technologies. Explore the key features and performance measures of each solution.
Posted: 15 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

Trend Micro

Why Hackers have turned to Malicious JavaScript Attacks
sponsored by Sophos
WHITE PAPER: Learn about the threat of malicious JavaScript attacks, and how they work. Understand how cybercriminals make money with these types of attacks and why IT managers should be vigilant.
Posted: 13 Apr 2011 | Published: 13 Apr 2011

Sophos

Top 5 Threat Protection Best Practices
sponsored by Sophos
WHITE PAPER: The following top five best practices offer advice to help you protect your endpoints and your network against an ever-growing body of threats.
Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

Sophos

Intelligent real-time protection and application control
sponsored by SonicWALL
WHITE PAPER: It is no longer sufficient to rely on outdated firewall technology that only looks at the port, protocol, source IP and destination IP to determine if a session from the outside should be allowed inside the network.
Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 17 Mar 2011

SonicWALL

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

Why Customers Love VIPRE Business
sponsored by GFI Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines that selecting and anti-virus solution for your organization is an important decision. VIPRE Business offers an easy-to-use management console that gets you up and running fast.
Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 11 Mar 2011

GFI Software

Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware
sponsored by GFI Software
WHITE PAPER: Managing threats to the endpoint infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult for most organizations. At the same time, many anti-malware defenses are not keeping up with the growing threats posed by malware. This white paper addresses the variety of issues facing organizations today in the context of their system manaagement challenges.
Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 11 Mar 2011

GFI Software

SuperMassive E10000 Series Next-Generation Firewall
sponsored by SonicWALL
WHITE PAPER: The SonicWALL® SuperMassive™ E10000 Series is SonicWALL’s Next-Generation Firewall platform designed for large networks to deliver scalability, reliability and deep security at multi-gigabit speeds.
Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

SonicWALL

Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line
sponsored by VeriSign EMEA
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will help you understand the threat from malware and how it can impact your online business. You’ll learn about criminals’ motivations for distributing malware through the web and how they infect web servers to make distribution possible.
Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

VeriSign EMEA

Take Back the Endpoint
sponsored by Kaspersky
WHITE PAPER: During the course of three days in late 2009, cybercriminals acquired the banking credentials,username and password, for Hillary Machinery, Inc., located in Plano, Texas, and conducted more than 45 separate transactions to over 40 different payees. The result was a loss of $801,495.
Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

Kaspersky

Sophos Security Threat Report 2011
sponsored by Sophos
WHITE PAPER: Let our new 2011 Security Threat Report be your weapon in the battle against malware. It describes the significant threats of 2010, what to watch for in 2011, and more importantly, what you need to do to get ahead of them.
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 | Published: 07 Feb 2011

Sophos

Trend Micro’s End-to-End Vulnerability Management: A New Approach to Layered Security
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: An explosion in system and application vulnerabilities has been met with new ways to attack these weaknesses. In this paper, EMA analysts take a look at factors driving the need for increased security, and how new approaches to mitigating vulnerabilities such as virtual patching or remediation, provide more ways to deliver vulnerability management.
Posted: 31 Jan 2011 | Published: 31 Jan 2011

Trend Micro, Inc.

Trend Micro Endpoint Comparative Report Performed by AV-Test.org
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In May of 2010, AV-Test.org performed endpoint security benchmark testing on five market-leading Enterprise endpoint solutions from Symantec, McAfee, Microsoft, Sophos and Trend Micro. Read this comparative report to see the results of these tests and how Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security stands distinctly apart from other products.
Posted: 31 Jan 2011 | Published: 31 Jan 2011

Trend Micro, 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

A Hack Attack: Six Steps to Recovery
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: It’s startling when malware hits your network, or an intruder enters by password cracking. You’ve been hacked—now what? Don’t panic. Read about the six steps that your business can take to respond and protect itself.
Posted: 21 Jan 2011 | Published: 21 Jan 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Top 10 Tips to Keep Your Small Business Safe
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn the top ten ways to protect your small business against web threats. Learn what you need to know about security and what are the key elements to address.
Posted: 19 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

Trend Micro, Inc.

Web Threats 2010: The Risks Ramp Up
sponsored by CSC
WHITE PAPER: In the face of unprecedented web threat level growth, CSC CloudProtection for Mail and Web delivers protection of the very highest quality for thousands of businesses worldwide. Read this white paper to learn more about today's web threats and how your business can protect itself against them comprehensively and cost-effectively.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

CSC

Understanding WMI Malware
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This research paper will discuss how cybercriminals used Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) as a venue to conveniently perform malicious activities on affected users' systems. The findings in this paper were based on a client-submitted case that TrendLabs engineers handled this March.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 26 Oct 2010

Trend Micro, Inc.

Slipping Through The Cracks Of Web Services To Serve Malware
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Today's generation of cybercriminals continue to find more ways to abuse commonly used Web services for spamming and to spread malware. Leveraging the ever-growing number of Web 2.0 and computing platforms to facilitate operations, cybercriminals have moved away from simple and so much more.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 26 Oct 2010

Trend Micro, Inc.

Cloud-Based Web Security Isn’t Hype: It’s Here and It Works
sponsored by WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: What is news is that now you can protect your company’s valuable assets from web-based attacks with an innovative, effective new form of web security – cloud-based, reputation-driven defense. Read this paper to learn how.
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

Application Visibility and Monitoring: An integrated approach to application delivery
sponsored by BlueCoat
WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at the specific issues behind application performance problems and how to resolve them within an ADN environment. It explores how to deliver superior application performance by using application-level insight to manage bandwidth demand, protect against malware and so much more.
Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Oct 2010

BlueCoat

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

Five Network Security Threats and How to Protect Your Business
sponsored by Qwest Communications
WHITE PAPER: Threats abound in today’s corporate networks. Keeping your enterprise and its assets secure requires a proactive security strategy. Discover the five most costly network security threats and see how you can protect your business with a layered security approach.
Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 25 Aug 2010

Qwest Communications

First Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study: Benchmark Study of U.S. Companies
sponsored by ArcSight, an HP Company
WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this benchmark study is twofold. First, we wanted to quantify the economic impact of a cyber attack. Second, we believed a better understanding of the cost of cyber crime will assist organizations in determining the appropriate amount of investment and resources needed to prevent or mitigate the devastating consequences of an attack.
Posted: 02 Aug 2010 | Published: 02 Aug 2010

ArcSight, an HP Company