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In today’s era of borderless networks, minimizing your exposure to outside threats is more crucial than ever. In this video, discover how to reduce the potential attack surfaces available to data thieves without buying any new hardware or software. Learn the latest methods employed by hackers to gain access to your network and how to eliminate them In today’s era of borderless networks, minimizing your exposure to outside threats is more essential than ever. In this video, find out...

This week’s Computer Weekly examines the growing threat from smartphones being targeted by hackers and viruses as the devices are increasingly used for work. Hospitality giant Mitchells & Butlers talks about its migration to the cloud and the CIO of Airbus discusses his IT priorities and how he spends €500m a year on IT.

Computer Weekly – 17 April 2012: How to ensure smartphone security

 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the growing threat from smartphones being targeted...

This article examines known attacks, methods, and tools used by criminals, as well as emerging exploit categories used to break into a database, establish control, compromise the system, steal the data, and cover up the tracks. Read this short article to learn best practices for protecting databases against these attack methods. A good detective understands the criminal mind, techniques, and tools of the trade. To protect your database and prevent it from becoming a crime scene, it is...

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. Cyber-criminals are targeting web surfers on popular social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. This security...

Attend this live Webcast with Forrester Principal Analyst Noel Yuhanna to learn about best practices for protecting enterprise data from both external hackers and insiders such as privileged users and disgruntled employees. According to Forrester, "Database auditing and real-time protection have become necessities ... to meet regulatory compliance requirements and mitigate risk against various types of threats to enterprise databases."

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been much speculation around the identity and motive of the hacker who was able to breach DigiNotar and issue fraudulent digital certificates for hundreds of websites, but what is the broader significance of the incident?

Lessons in innovation from abroad

As a new initiative launches to invest in innovation and bridge the gap between academia and commerce, Computer Weekly looks at what the UK can learn from Australian city Melbourne, which points to success being driven by a simpler...

With the frequent threat of virus attacks, hackers, and the uncontrollable forces that can lead to a loss of data, a data protection plan is serious business. Read this white paper for information on such a plan. Enterprise data protection has grown up. With the frequent threat of virus attacks, hackers, and the uncontrollable forces that can lead to a loss of data, a data protection plan is serious business. If your organization trusts and relies on digital information...

Organizations need to know that when their employees access BI applications from their mobile devices, whether from a native application or the web, that security measures are in place to ensure their BI data is protected and safe from hackers or if a device is ever lost or stolen. Read to find strategies on how to best secure BI on mobile devices. ...

Data breaches are becoming more common, with hackers targeting confidential information, causing losses in profitability, customer confidence and competitive advantage. As a result, mainframe security is under more scrutiny than ever before. Access this tip guide for steps every company can take to ensure the security of their most valuable data.

Corporate data breaches are becoming more and more common, with hackers targeting confidential information that can cause...

Databases and the information they hold are always an attractive target for hackers looking to exploit weaknesses in database applications. This expert e-guide explains the 5 most common database-related vulnerabilities and offers technical advice on how to avoid them.

Databases and the information they hold are always an attractive target for hackers looking to exploit weaknesses in database applications. This expert e-guide explains the 5 most common database-related...

An array of threats — from internal and external breaches to lost or stolen equipment, viruses, hackers and more — put hospital networks and patient data at risk. Learn about a comprehensive data security approach that offers improved methods for discovering, monitoring and protecting sensitive information.

An array of threats — from internal and external breaches to lost or stolen equipment, viruses, hackers and more — put hospital networks and patient data at risk. So how can your...

in the .com site. The problem was first found in a hacker forum, which then led to the discovery of the XSS attack server. The XSS attack server is still active. By studying the characteristics of the attack, the ADC was able to detect more XSS cookie stealing campaigns. To date, this campaign has affected more than 3,000 individuals across three unique XSS incidents. While the largest XSS campaign found was a porn site, other types of applications such as online gaming and online...

Access this video to learn more about advanced persistent threats (APTs) and how to address them. Topics covered the nature of APTs, preventative measures to take, and how professionals are addressing this challenge. ...

Read this presentation transcript to learn about recent market research results from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) regarding the greatest security challenges facing today’s businesses and what you must consider when building a solid IT security management foundation.

Due to the increasing sophistication of threats from hackers and the implications of emerging technology trends, many organizations are ill-prepared for today’s basic issues, let alone what will...

This resource details the methods used to assist social networking sites in identifying online predators and thwarting potentially serious attacks. View now to learn more!

While often considered fun entertainment, social networking sites are filled with predators and hackers who are observing, researching, and stalking intended victims.

This resource details the methods used to assist social networking sites in identifying online predators and thwarting potentially...

This resource details the methods used to assist social networking sites in identifying online predators and thwarting potentially serious attacks. View now to learn more!

While often considered fun entertainment, social networking sites are filled with predators and hackers who are observing, researching, and stalking intended victims.

This resource details the methods used to assist social networking sites in identifying online predators and thwarting potentially...

To protect against the thousands of new threats that emerge every day, organizations need to have complete visibility into the activity across their IT infrastructure. Tune in to this short video to learn how HP ArcSight Security Intelligence platform can help you gain better visibility and enable you to rapidly identify, prioritize and respond.

Thousands of new threats pop up every day; and whether they are external or internal, organizations must have complete visibility...

This white paper will help you understand the threats 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, as well as techniques administrators can use to detect them.

Malware is a growing problem online as hackers discover new ways to exploit security weaknesses on web servers to gain access to websites. Unfortunately...

To protect against the thousands of new threats that emerge every day, organisations need to have complete visibility into the activity across their IT infrastructure. Tune in to this short video to learn how HP ArcSight Security Intelligence platform can help you gain better visibility and enable you to rapidly identify, prioritise and respond. ...

This month's issue takes a comprehensive look at existing identity and access management (IAM) solutions and explores how establishing a centralized IAM system not only combats the challenges SaaS and mobile devices, but provides better overall operational consistency across your entire infrastructure.

As the constant ebb and flow of disruptive technologies such as cloud-based systems, mobile apps and bring-your-own-devices (BYOD) make the management of identities and...

IT managers are aware of threats to their networks, and have spent heavily on solutions to protect the corporate environment. This paper examines technology and initiatives designed to capitalize on existing investments and prevent any gaps in security. IT managers are well aware of the threats to their networks, and have spent heavily on solutions to protect the corporate environment. Despite high expenditure on security software and hardware products, in today's...

This expert E-Guide explores how to leverage different combinations of technologies to better align data protection with application requirements. Read now to learn more.

The digital era has more threats than at any other time in history.

From a computer virus to hackers or rogue employees, without the right data protection strategy you risk not only a potential loss of information, but also the loss of use of the associated information system.

So what's an IT manager to do with...

This expert E-Guide provides insight into how optimal virtual machine and virtual server backup strategies are key for optimal business continuity.

The job of an IT Manager is no walk in the park. Not only do you have to fiercely guard your company’s data against hackers and phishers, but you also have to ensure its safe journey to virtual servers. Besides the security risks, tremendous resources are also required to perform server backups and ready them for recovery in case of a...

Discover why insider threats are a big deal for organizations today and learn about a privileged access management solution that can help you reduce the risks of breaches and achieve the security and governance your organization needs.

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This white paper outlines a web application vulnerability assessment tool that will help you to identify and remediate vulnerabilities earlier in the software development lifecycle.

Security has become a foremost priority for many IT decision makers as web-based applications can compromise the overall security of an organization. These vulnerabilities can enable hackers to access confidential company information or customer data which could result in big problems...