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Ten Ways Hackers Breach Security sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Hacking, cracking, and cyber crimes can wreak havoc on an organization. This white paper discusses ten common methods hackers use to breach your existing security, and what you can do to protect yourself. Posted: 09 Feb 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Computer Crimes \| Hackers \| Password Management \| Security Threats \| Trojan Horses \| Vulnerability Management \| Wireless Security

Managing Instant Messaging For Business Advantage: Phase One - Assessing IM Usage sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: Instant Messaging (IM) is a valuable business communications tool for your company but its widespread adoption brings the risk of potential worms and viruses. This paper examines seven steps for managing, securing, and auditing your company's use of IM. Posted: 17 May 2006 \| Published: 01 Mar 2006 TOPICS: Instant Messaging \| Instant Messaging Security \| Instant Messaging Software \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Secure Content Management \| Secure Content Management Software \| Security Audits \| Security Best Practices \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection \| Worms

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

Multilayer Security: Enabling a Sustainable Alternative to Paper-Based Customer Communications sponsored by VeriSign EMEA WHITE PAPER: A multilayer security approach delivers the end-to-end solution needed to comprehensively target various security issues. Posted: 04 Dec 2008 \| Published: 13 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Authentication \| Financial Services \| Fraud Detection \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| SSL

Laws, regulations and compliance: Top tips for keeping your data under your Control sponsored by Sophos UK WHITE PAPER: The challenges of complying with government, industry and internal regulations designed to protect data is becoming harder and more expensive to manage. This paper outlines the rules, looks at the main threats to security compliance and highlights how a well-defined strategy, backed up by powerful technology can provide the solution. Posted: 20 Mar 2009 \| Published: 01 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Compliance Software \| Data Governance \| Data Security \| Information Security \| Loss Prevention \| Security Management \| Security Spending \| Security Threats

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report: Trends for July-December 07 sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This summary of the Internet Security Threat Report will alert readers to current trends and impending threats that Symantec has observed for the six-month period from July 1 to December 31, 2007. Posted: 18 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Endpoint Security \| Hackers \| Internet Security \| Network Security \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Management

7 Key Factors to Software Protection sponsored by Arxan WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the magnitude and types of software piracy threats and details the seven key application security factors that must be considered during the development process. Posted: 08 Jun 2007 \| Published: 01 Jun 2007 TOPICS: Application Security \| Hackers \| Intrusion Prevention \| Piracy \| Security Threats \| Software Licensing \| Vulnerability Assessments

7 Requirements of Data Loss Prevention sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This report provides a clear understanding of the capabilities a successful data loss prevention solution must deliver. It also incorporates insight into the capabilities that companies require from their solution. Posted: 10 Mar 2009 \| Published: 10 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Balanced Scorecards \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Encryption \| Data Management \| Metrics \| Network Security \| Security Threats \| Systems Management

Blackberry Enterprise Solution: Security Technical Overview sponsored by BlackBerry WHITE PAPER: This document describes the security features of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and provides an overview of the BlackBerry security architecture. Posted: 09 Dec 2008 \| Published: 09 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Authentication \| Data Security \| Desktop Applications Management \| Encryption Standards \| Enterprise \| Messaging Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Security Threats \| Wi-Fi \| Wireless Security

Move Web Application Security Testing into Your Development Cycle sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on the role developers can play in solving Web application security issues, and it details how IBM Rational® AppScan® Developer Edition software can enable them to do so. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 04 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Application Security \| HTTP \| Risk Management \| Security Threats \| Software Testing \| Web Application Security \| Web Development \| Web Development Tools