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Targeted Trojans: The Silent Danger of a Clever Malware

IT managers in small or medium-sized businesses face a particularly challenging environment where the demands of the organization are high and resources are very limited. Coupled with a highly mobile workforce, small and midsize businesses struggle to keep their employees secure. This paper will discuss: The...

Top Ten Web Threats and How to Eliminate

IT managers in small or medium-sized businesses face a particularly challenging environment where the demands of the organization require internet access, but the threats and employee misuse could be an issue. This paper raises real challenges for IT managers who have to protect the business against malware, keep...

Securing Data in the Cloud

IT security professionals of all types considering adopting cloud computing or 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) and question how secure their data will be in our hands. Customers are right to ask this question and should closely examine a vendor's security credentials. This document is intended to give a broad...

Monitoring, Detecting and Preventing Insider Fraud and Abuse

This four-chapter eBook, written by security expert Dan Sullivan, describes the catastrophic effects that can occur from insider abuse and reveals effective techniques for countering them. The eBook examines: The range of insider threats - and the havoc they can wreak; Why conventional security controls...

Card Compromises - New Risks & Best Practices

The payment card industry is constantly challenged by a shifting terrain of fraud attacks. In recent years, attention has focused on massive breaches of cardholder data occurring through retailers and other institutions. But we're now seeing an abrupt rise in the incidence of card compromises resulting from attacks on...

The State of IBM i Security 2010

Did you know that a large percentage of systems are not configured correctly for proper security? Is yours one of them? The PowerTech annual State of IBM i Security Study has found: 77% of libraries have the Default Create Authority set to *CHANGE, giving the average user change rights to newly created files...

Reducing PCI Compliance Costs and Effort with SafeNet Transparent Tokenization

Tokenization is gaining increased adoption in a range of organizations and industries. By effectively taking PCI data out of scope, tokenization presents a host of benefits, helping organizations both boost security and reduce PCI compliance efforts and costs. This paper offers a detailed look at tokenization and...

Authenticating Customers to Stop Online Banking Fraud

Determining whether returning customers are genuine or imposters can no longer rely upon just Positive Identity Verification solutions. Fraudsters simply use stolen identities, hidden proxies, botnets and scripted attacks to evade discovery. Today, there is a new generation of Negative Identity Verification solutions...

The Impact of New Communication Tools for Financial Services Firms

Despite stringent regulatory requirements like FINRA, many financial services firms rely on unified communications, Web 2.0 and social networks to communicate and promote their business. There are competitive advantages to be gained, along with new IT challenges: Compliance demands logging, archiving and...

FINRA: Compliance Guide Social Networks, Web 2.0 and Unified Communications

New communications tools such as Social Networks, Instant Messaging and Unified Communications platforms can gain your organization significant competitive advantage, and enable you to make decisions more quickly - even in heavily regulated industries where: Compliance demands logging, archiving and retention of...

Charting Your Path to Enterprise Key Management: Steps to Take Today for a More Efficient, Secure Key Infrastructure

Create A Secure Key Infrastructure - Free Step-By-Step Guide! Approaches to encryption and key management have evolved a great deal in recent years. But to become sustainable and deliver the cohesive security required, encryption and key management will need to evolve further. Read this guide and learn how...

Understanding Man-in-the-Browser Attacks and Addressing the Problem

The financial services industry has become a primary target of cyber attacks on a global scale. While all types of cybercrime have been on the rise, there has been a sharp increase in financial fraud resulting from computers infected with malware - one of the most dangerous types being Man-in-the-Browser attacks....

How to Prioritize Risk & Justify Security Investments

Prioritizing risks and justifying security investments is a straight-forward process when using relevant facts and data from the right stakeholders. Applying a simple process with the right visuals, a risk-driven security budget can be produced efficiently and aligned with business objectives. This paper shows how...

PCI Compliance Realized; Grocery Chain Saves Millions

Retail point-of-sale systems pose a serious security challenge as they are often targeted by malicious hackers looking for sensitive and valuable credit card data. This one-time corner store - now part of the world's largest food retailers - needed to ensure the security of their POS systems, protect customer card...

Pinpointing and Preventing Internal Fraud Risk: It's an Inside Job

With a steep growth in fraud committed by employees - identifying and stopping it is a primary objective for internal audit, compliance managers and fraud prevention departments. Technology can make fraud detection, documentation and prevention more efficient and effective for these stakeholders. Pivotal to...