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Mobile devices continue to fight an inaccurate perception of not being as secure as traditional PCs, but a recent study suggests enterprises are investing more in mobile, and are making mobile security a high or critical priority in 2013. The Forrester Consulting study, “Mobility Helps Enterprises Enter a New Age,” was commissioned by Entrust Inc. to gain a better understanding of how mobile perception is changing for IT decision-makers in the enterprise.

Given the state of today’s security systems, most organizations are a long way from using these types of advanced technologies for security management. Security professionals need to get more value from the data already collected and analyzed. They also need a better understanding of both current issues and impending challenges related to data. Starting with a foundational set of data management and analytic capabilities enables organizations to effectively build and scale security management as the enterprise evolves to meet Big Data challenges.

New security threats demand a new approach to security management. Security teams need a security analytics architecture that can handle a much greater volume and wider scope of data than at present, not to mention provide them with tools to lead them quickly to the most pressing issues. They need threat intelligence, about the latest tools, techniques, and procedures in use by the attacker community, and the ability to track and manage the responses initiated as a result of the issues they identify

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Is your cyber security doing enough to protect your new, hyper-mobile business practices? Whether they are working in your headquarters, a home office, or on the road, employees, partners, and vendors need to have confidential data at their fingertips to conduct business effectively. The likelihood of this data becoming exposed through unsecured transfers or lost devices is a frightening reality. If your data fell into the wrong hands, would you be able to keep it private? Download Kaspersky Lab’s latest whitepaper, Your Data Under Siege: Defend It with Encryption, to learn: • How a mobile workforce stretches your secured perimeter • Why encryption should be mandatory cyber protection at all endpoints • Different encryption types and the best choice for your company

As cloud services, SaaS applications, and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend become more and more common in the workplace, organizations are struggling to keep IT in control of the enterprise. Consult this comprehensive white paper to discover the security and integration challenges that often accompany SaaS adoption and learn how you can prepare to meet the new demands of the mobile enterprise by deploying a cloud-based SSO solution. Click through now to get started.

The Guarding against a data breach survey for 2013 is the sixth in our annual efforts to obtain statistical information on how our readers’ organizations are dealing with the growing number of data breaches. And, this time we extended our reach beyond North American shores to query security professionals in the U.K. and Australia. While cybercrooks have been stealing customers’ personally identifiable information stored by a slew of companies, these thefts have worsened in recent years – both in scope and cost. Based on research we conducted, this special editorial section, sponsored by Vormetric, reveals how many companies have suffered information breaches, the costs behind these data losses, the drivers behind their strides to protect their customer and corporate data, the types of IT security tools they’re enlisting to help them in these efforts, the potential areas of attacks they’re most concerned about, the legislative and industry mandates they’re most concerned about complying with, and much more.

The multitude of devices, users, and generated traffic all combine to create a proliferation of data that is being created with incredible volume, velocity, and variety. As a result, organizations need a way to protect, utilize, and gain real-time insight from “big data.” So, how do you get started?

Thales e-Security, leader in data protection and key management is pleased to offer this 2012 Global Encryption Trends Report, based on the independent research by the Ponemon Institute. This report reveals that encryption continues to be viewed as a strategic issue and that organizations are increasing their investment in encryption across the enterprise in response to compliance regulations and cyber-attacks. More than 4,000 businesses were surveyed examining global encryption trends.

The ability to share services and information with various departments, partners, customers and other parts of the business ecosystem is a major advantage of cloud computing. As a result, successful cloud deployments hinge on securely and efficiently managing individuals’ access to resources, and protecting data from loss or corruption. From a legal and regulatory perspective, you must be able to control, monitor and report on who is accessing what cloud-based resources, and for what purpose. But the management of thousands, even millions, of individual IDs overwhelms most IT departments. IBM can help. IBM solutions enable clients to federate and centrally manage fine-grained access policies, and enforce them with security services in the cloud. In addition to enhancing cloud security, IBM solutions help reduce administration costs, ensure compliance and increase productive collaboration across the business environment.

This report outlines Forrester's future look for mobile security and operations. Mobility holds the promise of fostering new innovations, reaching new audiences, and creating never-before-seen user experiences and opportunities. IT must embrace a "stateless" architecture where security controls are decoupled from the devices and the infrastructure. In this report, we will outline four steps to build a stateless architecture and prepare for a future that supports anywhere, anytime, any-device engagement. Download the report, compliments of Marble Security, Inc.

Continuous monitoring is not a single solution—it’s a best practice for IT security.

It’s no small feat to balance access to data to meet business goals with protecting that very same data from hackers.

This study, which is conducted by Ponemon Institute, reveals that the state of endpoint risk is not improving. One of the top concerns is the proliferation of personally owned mobile devices in the workplace such as smart phones and iPads. In fact, 80 percent of those surveyed say laptops and other mobile data-bearing devices pose a significant security risk to their organization’s networks or enterprise systems because they are not secure. Yet, only 13 percent say they use stricter security standards for employees’ personal devices rather than for corporate-owned devices.

Want the inside scoop on preparing for an IT audit? In this white paper, certified information systems auditor (CISA) Joe Grettenberger reveals his top five tips. You’ll be able to quickly provide your auditors with the information they need and get back to your daily routine – plus reduce many long-term security risks to your organization.

Implementing and managing a network protected by point solutions is far from simple. But complete protection doesn’t have to be complicated. This buyers guide explains how to choose a unified threat management (UTM) solution that simplifies network security and data protection by integrating security capabilities within a single platform.

Public cloud collaboration has improved how global teams work together. Security has suffered as a result of using public cloud collaboration tools. On-premise and on-demand collaboration tools are often preferred by firms that must meet security needs. This white paper reviews the benefits of private cloud deployment of collaboration software.

Give your workforce cutting-edge collaboration without taxing IT resources. Provide secure flexibility in the cloud. Learn how a Cisco hosted solution keeps you up to date with the widest range of applications when you need them.

A holistic, forward-looking and flexible IT security strategy can help organizations avoid common pitfalls and meet security threats head on in a cost and time efficient manner.

This white paper discusses the malware threat, the potential impact on your business, and how to protect your company and your customers by using code signing.

Stuxnet, a high-profile cyber-attack, used malware signed with legitimate code signing certificates. What went wrong and how can you protect your own assets?

Today, many industries rely on wireless networks, the endpoint devices accessing those networks, and access to cloud resources from those devices. All growing at an explosive rate. A cost-effective and simple solution is to make the wireless endpoints themselves active participants in network management. Join this panel of experts to explore how IBM is helping clients achieve improved wireless connectivity, reliability and availability.

This case study by Forrester Consulting analyzes the total economic impact and return on investment (ROI) of an actual customer using Dell SecureWorks Managed Security Services instead of managing all security functions in-house.

Remember the days when Macs users thought they were not targets of malicious behavior and would be relatively free of malware? For a while it was true, at least more than for PC users, for whom running antivirus programs is second nature.

VIPRE conducted a web-based survey to understand the network security landscape in K-12 schools in the United States. Survey respondents included individuals responsible for IT and network security at public and private schools K-12 schools.