Whitepapers
- Top 10 Information Security Threats for 2010
2009 has come and gone, and 2010 is upon us. Now, we must ask the question again “what threats (new and old) are we going to have to deal with in the coming year?”
In this whitepaper author Kevin Prince, Chief Technology Officer for Perimeter E-Security, takes a look back at his 2009 predictions and gives his predictions for the development of security threats in 2010 and beyond.
This whitepaper will cover:
- A look back at 2009's predictions: which came true, which did not
- Top 10 threats for 2010
- Threats falling from the top 10
- Threats quickly climbing to the top 10
- Securing your organization in 2010
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- Top 10 Information Security Breaches and Blunders of 2009
2009 was a banner year for information security news. Rarely did a day go by where a data breach of some sort wasn’t announced. What would once have been headline news for at least a week now barely makes the ticker on the bottom of CNN. Download this whitepaper to learn about some of the most intriguing and detrimental data breaches from 2009 and what they mean for information security in 2010.
- Social Networking: The Growing Threat to Businesses and Individuals
Social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Myspace are growing at an alarming rate. Millions of users are joining each day, uploading personal information and often allowing perfect strangers into their circle of friends and followers. As these web sites continue to grow, attacks targeting their faithful users grow as well. These sites have become a dangerous venue for malevolent users to spread malware, steal identities, and even gain access to sensitive corporate data.
In this whitepaper Kevin Prince, Chief Technology Officer for Perimeter E-Security, covers the latest security issues plaguing social networks and how you can keep your personal identity and organization safe.
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- The problem with the widespread growth of social networking
- A Facebook Experiment – “I’m Rebecca Johnson. Will you be my friend?”
- The risk of "cloud computing" services
- Keeping your identity and organization safe in the social networking world
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- Red Flags Rule: The FTC Regulation and Solutions to Prevent Identity Theft
The Red Flags Rule requires that many organizations and businesses have identity theft prevention programs in place by November 1, 2009. These programs should detect the warnings or ‘red flags’ of identity theft in their daily operations. Some of the organizations affected can include finance companies, automobile dealers, mortgage brokers, utility companies, telecommunications companies, and non-profit and government entities that defer payment for goods or services. Are you complying with the Red Flags Rule?
Download this white paper to learn more about:
- The definition of the Red Flags Rule
- Does this rule apply to your business or organization?
- What is a comprehensive identity theft prevention program?
- Solutions to become compliant with Red Flags
- Ten Pitfalls of Traditional Data Backup and How to Avoid Them
Data backup is a fundamental part of nearly every organization's disaster recovery and business continuity plans. But long gone are the days when you had a simple tape backup drive connected to a computer with a single tape that would backup days and weeks worth of data. The volume of data organizations backup is enormous and growing larger all of the time. Different strategies have been used by companies to backup their data. Regardless of which method companies use, there seem to be some common pitfalls that can severely impact a company’s processes and bottom line.
In this whitepaper Kevin Prince, Chief Technology Officer for Perimeter E-Security, shares his top ten pitfalls of traditional data backup methods and provides you with a roadmap to simple data backup, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance.
This whitepaper will cover:
- Traditional data backup methods
- Ten pitfalls of traditional data backup
- Necessary capabilities of a new-age Remote Data Backup solution
- Will Facebook Get You Hired or Fired?
Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Bebo and Friendster have positive uses such as attracting younger employees, promoting a friendly culture, creative sharing of ideas, and encouraging friendships between co-workers. On the other hand, it can have implications with information security, liability, productivity, bandwidth consumption and more.
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- A Comprehensive Study of Financial Data Security Breaches in the United States
In 2008, data breaches hit the financial industry hard. These data breaches exposed personal information that thieves could leverage to steal identities. Download this white paper to learn what types of vulnerabilities are causing the most data breaches and the steps you can take to reduce your exposure to a data breach.
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- 8 Elements of Complete Vulnerability Management
It used to be so simple. You could protect your network by deploying a firewall and testing it periodically. Today’s threat landscape offers attackers a much larger selection of attack points. And, with up to 20 new vulnerabilities being discovered every day, how do you find your system’s weaknesses and fix them before it’s too late?
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- The ABCs of Social Engineering and 5 Ways to Protect Your Organization
Social engineering is the practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulating people. In short, social engineering is hacking people rather than computer systems. In the past few years, we have seen an explosion of social engineering techniques employed by attackers because it is far easier and takes less time to compromise systems. This white paper outlines some of the social engineering techniques and solutions on how to protect yourself and your organization from these attacks.
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