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Approaches to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection: A Cost Analysis sponsored by VeriSign, Inc WHITE PAPER: Do you know what a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack might cost your organization? This white paper defines DDoS, examines the elements that make up a DDoS protection solution, and compares three different approaches to DDoS protection. Read this paper to learn how to ramp up protection and reduce costs. Posted: 07 Jun 2010 \| Published: 03 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Denial of Service Attacks \| Firewall Appliances \| Malware \| Managed Security Services \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Spending \| Virus Protection

ZeuS: A Persistent Criminal Enterprise sponsored by Trend Micro WHITE PAPER: This research paper, presented by Trend Micro, examines the ZeuS botnet; a cyber-criminal tool primarily used to steal money. Access this paper now to learn how ZeuS works, who is behind this crimeware, ZeuS variants now emerging and more. Posted: 11 May 2010 \| Published: 24 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Data Security \| Information Security \| Malware \| Risk Assessment \| Security Threats \| Trojan Horses \| Virus Protection

Getting Ahead of Malware sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: To minimize the threat of Malware, Intel IT has established a process that actively seeks to identify and take action against the malware before it reaches Intel’s user base. Continue reading to learn more. Posted: 28 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Malware \| Personal Computers \| Security \| Security Audits \| Security Event Management \| Security Threats

Not all Malware Detection is Created Equal sponsored by Sophos WHITE PAPER: The internet is now the number-one conduit for infecting users with malware. Sophos detects a new infected web page every few seconds. This white paper outlines the terms you need to know and the steps you should take to stay safe. Posted: 01 Apr 2010 \| Published: 05 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Malware \| Security \| Security Software \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

How Malware Can Sneak Into Your Company Networks and How to Deal With It sponsored by AVG Technologies USA, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Taking your network offline might sound like the only effective way to keep viruses and other so-called malware out of your business. But even without the internet, there are still plenty of ways for malicious code to worm its way onto your network. Read this quick white paper for an overview of the main threats and how to protect against them. Posted: 31 Mar 2010 \| Published: 31 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Malware \| Network Security \| Network Security Software \| Security \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management

Three Ways to Prevent Insider Risk Within Your SCCM-Managed Environment sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how removable device policy enforcement can prevent risks while enabling managed use of necessary productivity tools—seamlessly within your Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager-managed environment. Posted: 27 Jan 2010 \| Published: 27 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Configuration Management \| Data Encryption \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Malware \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Threats \| USB

Demystifying IT Risk to Achieve Greater Security and Compliance sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how organizations need an intelligent approach to gaining the upper hand when it comes to assessing IT risk and managing compliance. Posted: 26 Jan 2010 \| Published: 26 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Processes \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Management \| IT Management \| Knowledge Management \| Malware \| Network Security \| Risk Management \| Security

Why Traditional Anti-Malware Solutions Are No Longer Enough sponsored by AVG Technologies USA, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Security used to be a straightforward matter. Email was the primary attack vector. Simply installing an anti-virus product and using caution with attachments was enough. Today's threats are rapidly evolving, stealthy, and targeted. Read this paper to find out where your current security solutions may be lacking and how to close that gap. Posted: 17 Nov 2009 \| Published: 17 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Malware \| Security \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection \| Web Application Security

Anatomy of a Data Breach: Why Breaches Happen…and What to Do About It sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the three most common causes of data breaches—well-meaning insiders, targeted attacks from outside the organization, and malicious insiders-- and then illustrates each cause to show that breaches can occur in. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 10 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Intellectual Property \| Malware \| Mobile Workers \| Security Management \| Security Threats

When Web 2.0 Becomes Security Risk 2.0 sponsored by Kaspersky WHITE PAPER: Cyber-criminals are targeting web surfers on popular social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. This security brief discusses how to protect against "trusted" friends turned hostile hackers, pinpoint vulnerabilities in files, widgets and social sites, employ web application firewalls and use content filtering to mitigate risk. Posted: 19 Aug 2009 \| Published: 19 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Malware \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Threats \| Social Networking \| Vulnerability Management \| Web 2.0

Drive-by Downloads--The Web Under Siege sponsored by Kaspersky WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we will explore what actually happens during a drive-by attack, the lures used to perpetrate attacks, the technology behind the attacks, and the use of drive-by download attacks in personal data theft and computer takeovers. Posted: 19 Aug 2009 \| Published: 19 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Data Security \| Malware \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management \| Worms

Lumension Endpoint Protection - Whitelisting Technology Improves Security, Reliability, and Performance via Trusted Change sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: Learn how whitelisting guards your systems by allowing only approved processes and applications to run on the endpoint and preventing malware and viral programs. With whitelisting technology, you can improve total data security and overall system performance. Posted: 12 Aug 2009 \| Published: 01 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Application Security \| Data Security \| IT Auditing \| Malware \| Network Security \| Storage Management \| Virus Protection

Security Threat Report: July 2009 Update sponsored by Sophos WHITE PAPER: Businesses are continuing to face a challenging threat landscape. Check out this paper to learn about recent security threats related to Web 2.0, social networking sites, email, mobile devices, and Mac computers. Posted: 06 Aug 2009 \| Published: 06 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Email Security \| Hackers \| Malware \| Secure Content Management \| Security \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management \| Web 2.0 \| Web Application Security

When Less Is More: Why Small Companies Should Think Outside the (Red/ Yellow) Box for Protecting Endpoints sponsored by Sunbelt Software WHITE PAPER: Endpoint security issues simply can't be ignored, regardless of the size of the organization. This paper will discuss how internet threats and vulnerabilities affect us all and what criteria businesses should use in order to pick out a proper endpoint security solution. Posted: 30 Jul 2009 \| Published: 30 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Endpoint Security \| Enterprise Systems \| Malware \| Network Performance \| Network Security Software \| Security Software \| Security Threats \| Systems Management \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

VIPRE Takes A Bite Out Of Bloatware sponsored by Sunbelt Software WHITE PAPER: Sunbelt Software's new VIPRE Enterprise package is ideally suited to combating legacy and new blended malware threats from traditional viruses to the newest spam and Trojans. Posted: 30 Jul 2009 \| Published: 30 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Endpoint Security \| Malware \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Security Software \| Security Threats \| Systems Management

Security Threat Report: July 2009 Update sponsored by Sophos WHITE PAPER: Businesses are continuing to face a challenging threat landscape. Check out this paper to learn about recent security threats related to Web 2.0, social networking sites, email, mobile devices, and Mac computers. Posted: 28 Jul 2009 \| Published: 01 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Email Security \| Email Threats \| Mac OS \| Malware \| Mobile Device Management \| Phishing \| Social Networking \| Spam \| Virus Protection \| Web 2.0 \| Web Application Security \| Web Services Security \| Wireless Security

Web Based Attacks sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This report describes the anatomy of web based attacks and examines some of the factors that have influenced a shift toward this type of attack over the last year. Posted: 11 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Hackers \| Internal Threats \| Malware \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Threats \| Web Application Security

Top Benefits of Symantec Protection Suite sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: Anti-virus is not enough to protect your organization. Symantec now offers multi-layered protection from endpoint to gateway in the new Symantec Protection Suite. Download this paper to find out 10 reasons that this new product suite is the one you can trust for your organization. Posted: 09 Jun 2009 \| Published: 09 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| Endpoint Security \| Intellectual Property \| Malware \| Phishing \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Software \| Virus Detection Software

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report: Trends for 2008 sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This report provides a detailed overview of current Internet threat activity, malicious code, and known vulnerabilities. It also examines the latest trends in phishing and spam tactics and discusses how regional differences affect malicious activity globally. Posted: 09 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Internet Security \| Internet Security Software \| Malware \| Security Audits \| Security Best Practices \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

Security Threat Report: July 2008 sponsored by Sophos WHITE PAPER: This report gives a comprehensive insight into the events and trends that emerged during the first half of 2008, and helps businesses to stay ahead of today's increasingly covert threats. Posted: 13 Nov 2008 \| Published: 13 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Databases \| Email \| Malware \| Security \| Software \| SQL \| UNIX

Total E-mail Security sponsored by Sunbelt Software WHITE PAPER: Malware is becoming ever more sophisticated every day. Only through effective tools that incorporate fast responses against all categories of malware will organizations be able to maintain the health of their critical business systems. Posted: 11 Nov 2008 \| Published: 11 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Email \| Email Security \| Malware \| ROI \| Spam

IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force® 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover the implications, so you can enhance information security for the rest of 2008 and beyond. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Databases \| HTML \| Internet \| Internet Security \| Malware \| SQL

Stopping data leakage: Exploiting your existing security investment sponsored by Sophos WHITE PAPER: This paper gives practical guidance on how to use current investments in IT security technologies at the gateway and endpoint to support a high-profile acceptable use policy for data leakage prevention, and describes where new investments should be made. Posted: 01 Oct 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 TOPICS: Data Auditing \| Data Encryption \| Data Quality \| Data Recovery \| Email Threats \| Malware \| Network Security \| Security Software

Productivity, Internet Abuse, and How to Improve One by Eliminating the Other sponsored by Bloxx, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the effect of Internet abuse on employee productivity, which is huge and not fully appreciated. Posted: 05 Sep 2008 \| Published: 05 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Internet \| Malware \| Network Performance \| Productivity \| Security \| Workforce Management Software

Why Your URL Filter, Firewall, and Desktop Antivirus are all Failing You sponsored by Aladdin Knowledge Systems WHITE PAPER: This white paper will cover current and emerging Web-based malware exploits, their methodologies, and their vectors of infection. Posted: 18 Mar 2008 \| Published: 18 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Firewall Appliances \| Firewall Management \| Internet Traffic Management \| Malware \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Secure Content Management \| Social Networking