Identity Management

Organizations across the globe continue to experience compromised data caused by malicious attacks, web application vulnerabilities or unauthorized changes. These organizations are also challenged to remain in compliance by the proliferation of diverse databases and platforms distributed across the enterprise -including cloud, commercial, OLTP and batch environments. IBM® InfoSphere® solutions for data security and privacy are designed to support a holistic approach, helping organizations protect its data against a complex threat landscape while remaining focused on business goals. Because the InfoSphere solutions are scalable and modular, organizations can focus on their most critical data protection concerns first, and then adopt other solutions over time. InfoSphere solutions for data security and privacy help your organization to: understand where the data exists; safeguard sensitive data, both structured and unstructured; protect production and non-production environments; secure and continuously monitor access to data; and demonstrate compliance to pass audits. View this demo and learn how IBM InfoSphere Guardium® database activity monitoring can help protect your sensitive data in distributed DBMS environments with a holistic approach to data security and compliance.

Data security presents a multi-dimensional challenge in today's complex IT environment. Multiple access paths and permission levels have resulted in a broad array of security threats and vulnerabilities. Traditional "fortress approaches" such as firewalls and IDS/IPS systems are no longer sufficient to defend against attackers who can easily bypass perimeter defenses. These security measures can't differentiate or prevent unauthorized traffic that appears to be legitimate. We invite you to read this new eBook: "Protecting against database attacks and insider threats" to learn the top five scenarios and essential best practices for preventing database attacks and insider threats.

For large enterprises, complying with privacy laws costs tens of millions of dollars and affects shareholder value and the bottom line. Yet, many are lax in protecting data. For example, when 57 unencrypted computer hard drives containing the personal health information of more than one million individuals was stolen from a leased facility in Tennessee, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee faced the consequences of violating the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules - to the tune of $1.5 million. The problem is exacerbated because federal and state legislation has different definitions, and often does not provide guidance as to how information should be safeguarded. But, there are policies and tools available to help CSOs assure their enterprise's risk profile is managed effectively.

As organizations utilize the Internet for almost every aspect of their business operations, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack can put the entire enterprise at risk. Explore DDoS trends that took place in 2011 and learn what to expect in 2012.

Discover how DDoS attacks are getting larger, more sophisticated and dangerous. Learn the risks to Internet infrastructure, revenues and brand equity. Get insight about IT environmental changes. Read why a managed solution Like Neustar® SiteProtect offers better protection, for less money, than doing it yourself.

The search for a viable replacement to Cisco's CSA has resulted in frustration for many CSA customers, either taking a backseat to other projects or wasting precious time and resources looking at inadequate solutions. Matrix gets it. Time and again we've seen existing CSA customers seeking the same levels of protection and control provided to them by CSA for years that they have been happy with and depended on. If you have just started your CSA replacement search or if you are frustrated after looking at and rejecting many products that claim that they can replace CSA and feel like giving up and accepting a poor replacement option you have found the right resource to help you. This white paper is intended as a roadmap for CSA users to identify the key features of CSA that they must have in a replacement security product and the best available options including StormShield the new leader in endpoint behavioral protection.

Download this technical overview for a common-sense guide to automate your privileged identity security. You'll learn the fundamentals of what makes a good Privileged Identity Management solution, the steps you can take for a successful deployment, and ways to take advantage of your new software to maximize the return.

NBC News. Steve Wozniak. Sarah Palin-all victims of social media hacks. It goes without saying that the ubiquity of social media apps is creating concern amongst enterprise infosec organizations with respect to the measure they take to manage use of the applications across their workforces. Join Tyler Shields as he explores how enterprises can mitigate the security concerns that stem from these social media applications. Mr. Shields will also explore the motivations for these hacks-- Defamation of brand? Or a Trojan horse for IT and Infosec professionals-distracting them from the real breaches and threats to ensue?

Data leakage is a critical issue for CIOs. Companies are hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons and human error is one of the biggest culprits. Organizations that get a firm grip on who's handling their data - as well as how and way - can mitigate the risk of sensitive data leakage and resultant reputation damage. Contextual information management solutions allow you to identify, monitor and protect data in use and in motion through deep content inspection, delivering context-aware security analysis and real time, multi-layered control.

Data security and compliance issues need to be addressed to ensure sensitive data is safe in the cloud. Discover the cloud security challenges posed by Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments and explore how encryption, policies, separation of duties and key management successfully protect data at rest.

Which encryption technology is right for your enterprise? Discover the strengths and limitations of encryption approaches to protect data at rest, which data types to secure, whether to encrypt structured database data and unstructured information, audit and compliance requirements, how to manage policies and keys and minimize operating costs.

Ad hoc encryption is no longer adequate - leading to higher costs and increased risk. So, what's needed? An enterprise encryption and key management strategy that can extend across all sensitive data, in all formats, across the entire organization. Read this industry analyst report from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) to understand the issues as you evaluate your encryption strategy.

2011 was arguably the most surprising year in IT security history, with groundbreaking breaches at many of the world's top organizations. In this webinar we will analyze the threats and trends of 2011 while offering guidance for dealing with the evolving security landscape of the future. Key topics will include: · Significant discoveries and events from 2011 and lessons to take away · Detailed threat analysis by threat type, delivery, region, and more · Statistical roll-up of top spam topics by category and email type · Data theft and loss events and how containment defenses continue to evolve

Today's enterprise employees use an ever-increasing number of applications, both enterprise hosted and in the Cloud, to do their jobs. What's more, they will access those applications from a variety of devices (desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, etc) and application models (both browser and native). Expecting those employees to remember strong and unique passwords for each and every application simply does not scale. Providing employees seamless, secure "single sign-on" access to their applications has become business critical.

Mobile clients are an increasingly important channel for consumers accessing Web 2.0 and enterprise employees accessing on-premise and cloud-hosted services. This white paper explains how an identity management architecture, with the help of both SAML and OAuth, can support the two broad categories-web applications delivered through the browser and native applications installed onto the device-by providing a single consistent and cohesive identity infrastructure for both.

Our research shows that pinpoint attacks that manipulate human fallibility coupled with careless use of social media are now devastatingly effective. Mobility and cloud computing trends aggravate the situation by placing data in circumstances that are poorly protected by most organizations. Find out more Readers of this report will also be able to appreciate how hackers use six stages in an advance attack to achieve their goal of data theft. Packed with real-world examples of effective exploits, this report will help you explain to your management team how organizations should respond to secure their business. Read the report for in-depth information on: - The anatomy of an advance attack. - How the dynamic web is changing the nature of security. - Where you are most likely to discover malware. - Real-world incidents that make the security tangible.

The business trend towards IT "consumerization" is being driven by cost savings and employee pressure to allow the use of employee-owned mobile devices to access corporate email and attachments. Businesses are scrambling to support greater mobility, but are justifiably concerned about the potential for consumerization to put sensitive data at greater risk. A new type of mobile data protection model is needed to overlay and augment emerging mobile device management (MDM) solutions to ensure sensitive corporate data remains secure and contained on an employee's personal device, without comingling with their private data. In this datasheet you'll learn how Digital Guardian's Enterprise Information Protection (EIP) technology platform extends its data-centric security model for hosts and virtual environments to include monitoring and controlling the movement of sensitive information to employee-owned devices through the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) and Exchange ActiveSync (EAS).

Today's most dangerous cyber threats to businesses are known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). Custom-built to target and steal a specific company's sensitive data, APT are almost always invisible to traditional network security technologies. Understanding how your organization can efficiently defend against APT through effective strategies and proven counter technologies is a critical component for companies in highly-competitive global markets. This data sheet will provide a brief overview of how to successful manage APT.

The infamy of WikiLeaks and the press' focus on the potential damage it has caused worldwide tends to overshadow some important questions like: Who and where does leaked data come from? How is it compromised? Is there any way an organization can prevent this from happening? The information supplied to WikiLeaks comes from trusted insiders; privileged users who have been trusted with access to very sensitive information to accomplish their jobs. In this whitepaper go beyond the WikiLeaks story to learn why insider threats are so difficult to detect with normal IT security, and how you can prevent them from damaging your organization.

One of the biggest challenges in information security is Identity and Access Management (IdM). How do you control who has access to what systems and technology within your enterprise? This problem becomes even more difficult in the public cloud. The ability to control the technology is limited and it's difficult to leverage tools such as single sign on/federation products. This paper provides best-practices for overcoming the challenges involved with safely and securely managing your users within public as well as private clouds.

The report explores the correlation between the current use of patch management and the level of endpoint-related risk that companies are effectively accepting.

The report underlines what we like to call the known/unknown challenge - the great divide between what programs you think you have installed and what you actually have installed, and what you then choose to patch.

For organizations operating diverse and wide-ranging systems, vulnerability management challenges cannot be solved using ad hoc tools. There needs to be an integrated and inclusive approach that makes use of security intelligence to highlight vulnerabilities and their severity as they occur.

The difference between aware and unaware is just two little letters. However the difference that the reality of these two words actually means to IT security, business operations, revenues, and brand image can be enormous. Not knowing the vulnerability risks that your IT infrastructure face could result in a security breach with serious consequences.

This white paper examines DDoS attacks in detail. It illustrates the attack vectors being used and describes why the threat to organizations is greater than ever before. It explains why traditional firewall and IPS solutions fall short in protecting organizations against today's sophisticated DDoS attacks. The Arbor Networks solution, profiled within, is described as a complete, purpose-built solution that Frost & Sullivan believes can provide protection against the wide range of DDoS attacks targeting corporate data centers."