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Practical Steps to Achieve and Maintain NERC Compliance sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper describes seven practical steps information security professionals can take to integrate controls into IT production operations, to simultaneously achieve NERC compliance goals, and also IT operational and security goals. Posted: 31 Jul 2009 \| Published: 08 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Change Management \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Security \| Information Security \| Operational Support Systems \| Risk Management

The importance of security assessments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper helps you understand the variety of security assessment options that are available and provides the criteria for selecting a vendor that can help you meet your company?s security requirements. Posted: 06 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 TOPICS: Database Security \| Information Security \| Managed Security Services \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Network Security \| Penetration Testing \| Physical Security \| Risk Assessment \| Security Infrastructure \| Vulnerability Assessments

Healthcare Data Loss Assessment: Measure sensitive patient data loss on your network sponsored by Code Green Networks, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Loss of patient data is a top concern for any healthcare organization. They handle some of the most sensitive and personal data on the individuals they treat. Patients trust healthcare organizations to safeguard sensitive data. Read this whitepaper to find more about how a data loss prevention (DLP) solution can protect patient data. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Health Care Industry \| HIPAA Compliance \| Information Security \| Medical Records Management \| Security \| Vulnerability Assessments

Supporting the Zero Trust Model of Information Security sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This Forrester Research, Inc. report introduces a zero trust model to reduce risk of insider and outsider threats. Learn about this security strategy's 3 main concepts, and discover how the intrusion prevention system (IPS) can be used to fulfill this model. Posted: 20 Feb 2014 \| Published: 30 Sep 2013 TOPICS: Access Control \| Cybersecurity \| Information Security \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Management \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

Business Driven Governance: Managing Policies for Data Retention sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how you can establish and manage an overall data retention strategy through information governance and database archiving policies. Posted: 27 Feb 2014 \| Published: 31 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Information Security \| Information Storage and Retrieval Systems \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security \| Security Policies \| Storage Management

Threat Analysis: Understanding and Combating DDoS Attacks sponsored by Dell SecureWorks WHITE PAPER: This analysis focuses on the types of attacks generally referred to as distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks. DDoS attacks are most often used to extort or damage businesses whose websites or online assets are a major source of revenue, are an indicator of brand value, or are critical to operations. Posted: 31 May 2011 \| Published: 31 May 2011 TOPICS: Denial of Service Attacks \| DOS \| Information Security \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Security Policies \| Security Threats

How to add Mobile Devices to Enterprise PKI solutions sponsored by OpenTrust WHITE PAPER: Extending Public Key Infrastructure’s (PKI) certificate-based authentication to include mobile devices is the only way to restore the security of computing assets in the BYOD era. Read this whitepaper to learn how to add mobile devices to your Enterprise PKI solution. Posted: 27 Jun 2013 \| Published: 27 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Data Security \| Email Security \| Endpoint Security \| Handheld Device Security \| Handheld Devices \| Information Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile IP \| Mobile Workers \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Virtualization Security \| Wireless Security

Killing Data sponsored by Voltage Security, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Traditional perimeter-based security controls are no longer effective as today’s threat landscape continues to evolve and cybercriminals become more skillful and advanced. This Forrester Research resource examines how encrypting data – both in motion and at rest – is a more effective way to keep up with determined cybercriminals. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Encryption \| Data Security \| Information Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Standards

Your Personal Web Attack Survival Guide sponsored by Imperva WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the latest hactivist and cybercriminal methods of attack, and presents a 7-step guide you can use to safeguard your website from attack. Posted: 20 Feb 2014 \| Published: 31 Dec 2013 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Security \| Cloud Security \| Cross-Site Scripting \| Cybersecurity \| Cyberterrorism \| Database Security \| Denial of Service Attacks \| DOS \| Firewall Management \| Hackers \| HTTP \| Information Security \| Intellectual Property \| Internet Security \| Intrusion Prevention \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Malware \| Network Architectures \| Network Security \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Securities Industry \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Event Management \| Security Industry \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| SQL \| Virus Protection \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management \| Web Applications Management \| Web Development

Information Lifecycle Governance Leader Reference Guide sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Storing data that no longer has any value to the organization is a crippling process that forward-thinking CIOs must begin to shy away from. This white paper provides key insight surrounding the defensible disposal of unnecessary data. Posted: 30 Apr 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2013 TOPICS: CIOs \| Compliance Best Practices \| Content Management \| Data Management \| Electronic Discovery \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Information Management Software \| Information Security \| Information Technology Professionals \| Records Management \| Records Retention