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Automated Penetration Testing; Can IT Afford Not To? sponsored by Core Security Technologies WHITE PAPER: This paper contains an overview of penetration testing, a summary of vulnerabilities that can be revealed through penetration testing, and the business and technical benefits of performing penetration testing across your infrastructure. Posted: 18 Jan 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Penetration Testing \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Assessment \| Vulnerability Management

IBM System x Servers - The Right Choice. Open. Easy. Green sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IBMSystemx is a portfolio of robust servers built on IBMX-Architecture's our blueprint for bringing innovation tox86systems. Innovation that helps set you apart from the competition. Learn more in this paper. Posted: 11 Sep 2008 \| Published: 11 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Center Management \| Power Supplies \| RAID \| Risk Assessment \| Scalability Testing \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

Extend Business Reach with a Robust Security Infrastructure sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the advantages of a security management solution designed to deliver integrated, comprehensive solutions across a heterogeneous environment. Posted: 03 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Jul 2007 TOPICS: Access Control \| Identity Management \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Vulnerability Assessments

A Comprehensive Best Practice Approach to Business Resilience and Risk Mitigation sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper serves as a comprehensive, best-practices approach to business resilience and risk mitigation. Common types of risk and the steps organizations must take to develop an effective risk mitigation strategy are discussed. Posted: 29 May 2008 \| Published: 01 Sep 2007 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Processes \| Disaster Recovery \| Enterprise \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments

The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 02 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Accounting \| Business Performance Management \| Compliance (Finance) \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Statements \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Legal Compliance Software \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Protecting Credit Card Data: How to Achieve PCI Compliance sponsored by Motorola Solutions WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the best way to achieve compliance by building a complete end-to-end PCI-capable solution. Posted: 20 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jul 2007 TOPICS: Acceptable Use Policies \| Authentication \| Authorization \| Credit Cards \| Internal Threats \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Payment Card Industry \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Vulnerability Management

3 Key Components of a Risk-Based Security Plan sponsored by Foundstone, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper takes a look at the different components of an effective security plan, and provides a perspective on how enterprises that are serious about their information security budgets should rethink their security plan. Posted: 02 Jun 2008 \| Published: 02 Jun 2008 TOPICS: Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Information Security \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| ROI \| Security Spending \| Training \| Vulnerability Assessments

Stratecast: An SSL VPN Selection Framework: One Size Does Not Fit All sponsored by SonicWALL WHITE PAPER: SSL VPN is an important layer of protection for your company. This paper details an SSL VPN selection framework to help you evaluate the best option for your organization and how to save time and money when selecting your next SSL VPN. Posted: 14 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Data Security \| Endpoint Security \| Information Security \| Malware \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| SSL VPN \| Vendor Selection \| Virus Protection \| VPN Appliances

Acquire a global view of your organization's security state: the importance of security assessments sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: Security assessments from IBM can help find "point-in-time" or ongoing security gaps in data confidentiality, integrity and accessibility as well as prior breaches and budgetary justification for making necessary security investments. Posted: 09 Jan 2008 \| Published: 09 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Database Security \| Information Security \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Network Security \| Penetration Testing \| Physical Security \| Risk Assessment \| Security Infrastructure \| Vulnerability Assessments

SAP Upgrade Assessment: Mitigating Risk of Upgrade Projects sponsored by HCL Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the challenges and risks associated with SAP Upgrades and analyze how a SAP Upgrade Assessment could be used as a risk mitigation tool. Posted: 20 Jun 2008 \| Published: 13 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Downtime \| Risk Assessment \| SAP (Product) \| Testing