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A Security Policy is a plan of action for tackling security issues, or a set of regulations for maintaining a certain level of security. It can span anything from the practices for securing a single computer, to building/premises security, to securing the existence of an entire nation-state.

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NAC at the Endpoint- Control Your Network Through Device Compliance
By : Sophos Plc. Published Date: May 23, 2008
Protecting IT networks used to be a straightforward case of encircling computers and servers with a firewall and ensuring that all traffic passed through just one gateway. However, the increase in mobile workers, numbers and type of device and the amount of non-employees requiring network access, has led to a dissolving of that network perimeter.
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Sophos Plc.
Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide
By : Webroot Software Published Date: Feb 27, 2008
IT systems are under constant, increasingly sophisticated attack. Today's cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access corporate and customer data at an alarming rate. Additional layers of protection at the perimeter are essential to combat the sheer volume of this increasing threat and to prevent networks from being clogged by spam.
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Webroot Software
State of Internet Security Report: Protecting Business Email
By : Webroot Software Published Date: Mar 17, 2008
Business dependence on email is greater than ever before and the volume of threats has spiked dramatically. For the SOIS report, Webroot surveyed 1,500 email security product decision makers in companies across seven countries. The report finds that close to 80% of U.S. businesses surveyed experienced a spam attack last year while half also experienced spyware, virus and phishing attacks.
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Webroot Software
Stopping Data Leakage- Exploiting your Existing Security Investment
By : Sophos Plc. Published Date: Jun 20, 2008
As attitudes to work and information continue to evolve away from those of the past, organizations are become more aware of the acute need to control the information that flows into, through and out of their networks. This paper demonstrates the need for a high-profile acceptable use policy to prevent data leakage, gives practical guidance on how to use current investments in IT security technologies at the gateway and endpoint to support this policy, and describes where new investment should realistically be made.
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Sophos Plc.
Assessing Endpoint Security Solutions- Why Detection Rates Aren't Enough
By : Sophos Plc. Published Date: Mar 04, 2008
Evaluating the performance of competing endpoint security products is a time-consuming and daunting task. Enterprise decision-makers have to rely on independent competitive comparisons, performance benchmarks, and detection certifications, all covering different solutions and criteria, providing conflicting results.
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Sophos Plc.
Effective Email Policies- Why Enforcing Proper Use is Critical to Security
By : Sophos Plc. Published Date: May 07, 2008
The unmonitored and unguarded use of email by employees poses a multitude of risks to organizations. The distribution of inappropriate or offensive content, malicious emails, and the risks of data leakage all threaten working environments, IT resources and an organization's reputation. A comprehensive, transparent and enforceable email acceptable use policy (AUP), combined with robust email security solutions, dramatically reduces exposure to these risks.
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Sophos Plc.
Effective Web Policies- Ensuring Staff Productivity and Legal Compliance
By : Sophos Plc. Published Date: Apr 10, 2008
Employees increasingly expect to use the internet at work for their own personal use in return for longer hours, working from home and interrupting vacations. This has a number of security, productivity, bandwidth and legal ramifications that require organizations to create and implement a web usage policy that is backed up by effective web filtering tools.
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Sophos Plc.
FISMA Compliance: Making the Grade
By : Qualys Published Date: Jan 30, 2006
A Qualys Guide to Measuring Risk, Enforcing Policies, and FISMA compliance regulations.
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Qualys
Guide to Effectively Remediate Network Vulnerability and Policy Compliance
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 09, 2007
Consistent, ongoing execution of vulnerability management and policy compliance is difficult, if not impossible to do on a manual basis. There are simply too many "moving parts" to juggle and act on in a timely and cost-effective manner. This guide provides a step-by-step guide for automating the vulnerability and compliance workflow process.
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Qualys
How One Company Conquered the Audit Challenge
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 08, 2006
The Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) manages a global network that serves Marines and their families. MCCS chose a managed service to conduct comprehensive vulnerability assessments and prioritize patches and fixes.
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Qualys
IT Departments on Data Security: A Research Concepts Survey
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Apr 17, 2008
A survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft. 1 out of 4 organizations surveyed had a data breach in the past year. Preventative measures are found to be consistently undermined, with only 1 in 100 employees consistently following security policy. This white paper explores the survey findings.
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Absolute Software
Meeting PCI DSS Merchant Requirements with a WatchGuard Firebox
By : WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Feb 14, 2008
While some firewall companies may claim their products are “PCI Compliant,” there’s no such thing. Compliance requires more than just plugging in a security appliance and calling it good: you need a network design with physical and logical boundaries that allow you to segregate and monitor your PCI-compliant operating environment.
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WatchGuard Technologies
On-Demand Vulnerability Management
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 08, 2006
Learn how to start your own self-auditing process by setting goals and answering key questions about your infrastructure. This podcast examines what to look for in a self-audition solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain and why your software solution really matters.
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Qualys
Producing Your Network Security Policy
By : WatchGuard Technologies Published Date: Aug 17, 2007
Get sound advice from the network security experts at WatchGuard on how to easily build and maintain a network security policy.

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WatchGuard Technologies
Reducing the Burden of Administration for Email Content Control, Compliance & Policy Enforcement
By : Nemx Software Corporation Published Date: Sep 18, 2007
Email compliance, security and content policy enforcement is a growing priority for all organizations.  Email content control solutions provide real-time scanning of email traffic and provide the foundation for proactive enforcement of regulatory and corporate policies.  However, the administrative burden associated with policy management imposed by most such products is significant.
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Nemx Software Corporation
Strengthening Network Security with On Demand Vulnerability Management & Policy Compliance
By : Qualys Published Date: Aug 28, 2007
Despite defensive efforts with firewalls, intrusion detection, antivirus and the like, criminals, careless employees and contractors have exposed more than 158 million digital records of consumers' personally identifiable information since 2005. This security guide describes the requirements and on demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution called QualysGuard for effective vulnerability management and policy compliance.
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Qualys
Secure at the Source: Implementing Source Code Vulnerability Testing in the Development Life Cycle
By : Ounce Labs Published Date: Jul 05, 2007
Organizations should implement source code analysis tools as part of the software development life cycle to find and fix the highest number of security issues early in the project. This will result in a higher-quality product and lower overall application life cycle costs. Countless studies and analyst recommendations suggest the value of improving software security during the development life cycle (SDLC) rather than trying to address security vulnerabilities in software discovered after widespread adoption and deployment.

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Ounce Labs
The Path to a Secure Application: A Source Code Security Review Checklist
By : Ounce Labs Published Date: Jul 05, 2007
The path to application security begins by rigorously testing source code for any and all vulnerabilities, to ensure the application will not compromise, or allow others to compromise, data privacy and integrity. This paper outlines the steps to secure source code development practices, and presents a source code security review checklist.
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Ounce Labs
Trust, But Verify: How to Manage Risk in Outsourced Applications
By : Ounce Labs Published Date: Sep 11, 2007
This paper will discuss the need for addressing security concerns in outsourced applications, outline a framework for addressing those concerns, explore the role of source code review to assess and certify outsourced applications, and provide a sample contract addendum for including secure code requirements in RFP's and outsourcing contracts.
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Ounce Labs
Vulnerability Management for Dummies: How to Implement a Successful Vulnerability Management Program
By : Qualys Published Date: Mar 28, 2008
As a business owner, or someone responsible for network security within your organization, you need to understand how to prevent attacks and eliminate network weaknesses that leave your business exposed and at risk. Vulnerability Management for Dummies arms you with the facts and shows you how to implement a successful Vulnerability Management program.
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Qualys
Are Your Secrets Safe? Policy, Strategy and Technology for Ensuring Outbound Email Content Security
By : Proofpoint Published Date: Nov 15, 2004
Email has revolutionized how businesses communicate. But email also makes it easy to transport confidential information and valuable intellectual property outside your organization — without anyone knowing until it's too late. To combat these threats, enterprises must develop clear policies for outbound email content and should adopt technology to monitor and enforce such policies.
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Proofpoint
LAN Security: Identity-Based Solution Guide
By : Nevis Networks Published Date: Sep 04, 2007
The ability to monitor, track and report usage based on actual user identity and applications provides for quicker reaction time, easier reporting for compliance, as well as more visibility into the network. Learn about a complete line of solutions for effective identity-based policy enforcement.

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Nevis Networks
Privacy, Compliance, and International Data Flows
By : NetIQ Corporation Published Date: Jun 14, 2006
Mandatory compliance requirements often vary or conflict. Discover the major issues and appropriate actions organizations must take today to protect the privacy of information and meet legal and contractual requirements.
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NetIQ Corporation
What's Missing from SEM? Security Management is More than Event Management
By : NetIQ Corporation Published Date: Jan 10, 2007
This white paper identifies what is required for a comprehensive and integrated security management solution and examines the difference between SEM, SIM and SIEM and the challenges of enterprise level security monitoring.
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NetIQ Corporation
Fighting the Hidden Dangers of Internet Access
By : St Bernard Software Published Date: Mar 31, 2006
Download this white paper from St. Bernard Software to read about a variety of contemporary, Internet-borne threats that are making it foolhardy for any business to provide unfettered Internet access for its users.
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St Bernard Software
 
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