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2017 State of IBM i Security Study; Don't Leave Your Data Vulnerable

Another day, another data breach in the news. Ransomware at a hospital, the latest IRS breach, a phishing scam at Snapchat . . . you tune out the details. For every breach that makes headlines, dozens of other organizations have had data stolen or corrupted by hackers...or even their own users. Cyberthreats become...

When Malware Attacks Your IBM i, AIX, and Linux Servers; True Stories From the Field

Businesses around the world are seeing an increase in malware attacks, including ransomware like CryptoLocker, Locky, and zCrypt. These attacks can result in weeks of downtime, and some of the most damaging data breaches originated with malware, including the Target breach in 2014. A robust malware defense could...

A Framework for Resilient Cybersecurity

This paper identifies key requirements of a flexible security framework, and explores how enterprises can use APIs to extract signals that enhance their existing security ecosystem. Download the Framework for Resilient Cybersecurity and learn how to: Evaluate the threat landscape; Choose the right security tools...

Security Intelligence and Analytics in the Public Sector

Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and federal government agencies must operate under the assumption that a motivated adversary can and will infiltrate their network environments. A security intelligence and analytics platform can simplify an agency's approach to cybersecurity by unifying and analyzing disjointed...

Making the Case for Continuous Authentication: Why 2FA is Not Secure Enough to Combat Online Fraud

Most organizations that enable users to perform online transactions have implemented security measures to address fraud. Currently, one of the most common safeguards used in a wide array of products/services is two-factor authentication (2FA). In recent years, 2FA has become employed by global tech leaders like...

Oh, RATs! Current Fraud Detection Doesn't Catch Remote Access Trojans

Many IT professionals use remote administration tools to troubleshoot and fix PC problems remotely, just as if they were sitting behind the keyboard themselves. But these tools are also used for different purposes today. Both nation states and hacktivists use modified these tools, creating Remote Access Trojan's...

Testing the Top 9 Market Leaders in Breach Detection: How They Measure Up

As the New Year unfolds, finding a breach prevention provider will be critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor...

Cybersecurity: The New Metrics

"How secure are we?" That's one of the most common questions asked by boards and senior managers. But security and technology leaders do not always have ready answers, says Jacob Olcott of BitSight Technologies. Are they even using the right security metrics? In an interview about cybersecurity metrics, Olcott...

How to Establish Your Cybersecurity Benchmarking Plan

Do your competitors and peers have a better cybersecurity game plan than you? If simply answering that question seems exhausting, this eBook is here to help. Today's chief information officer knows they can't outsource risk. Yet every year, cyber risk demands more and more time from the already-busy CIO. This...

Why Micro-segmentation Matters Now

Due to the increase in security breaches over the past few years, you know that legacy approaches to data center security are not adequate. Micro-segmentation could be the answer - but what does it really mean and how do you do it? Read this solution overview to find out.

Achieving Resilient Cybersecurity

In the face of evolving cyberthreats, organizations of all sizes need a more resilient cybersecurity architecture. In an interview about achieving resilient cybersecurity, Kaczmarek discusses: How security leaders can prioritize their defenses again the many threats they face; The benefits of using a hybrid...

'But I Was Compliant...' - Investing in Security for a Compliant Business

It's a story you'll watch unfold time and time again. The breach. The headlines. The confusion. The public apologies. The finger-pointing. And it's often followed by some form of the following statement: "But I was compliant." Compliance is never enough. The challenges are understandable, but taking the path of least...

How IT Professionals Can Navigate HIPAA Compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of today's most common compliance mandates, but translating this law into IT action items is a challenge. This compliance guide breaks down some of the thorniest aspects of HIPAA and focuses on what you need to know to get compliant. You'll...

Understanding Optimism Bias of Security Performance

Without the ability to benchmark security performance against peers and industry averages, businesses can suffer from optimism bias. To understand optimism bias of cybersecurity performance, we asked IT professionals about their organization's performance relative to industry peers. Survey respondents included IT...

Thwarting Insider Threat for Financial Institutions

Over the past 10 years, a primary concern for financial institutions was securing the perimeter of your network from attack by anonymous hackers. Today, your perimeter is secure, and your next biggest threat is from within. How is this? Security gaps created by silos... Today, financial institution employees...