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Data Theft Prevention: The Key to Security, Growth and Innovation

In 2014, data breaches compromised over 700 million records with financial losses estimated to be at least $400 million - and security incidents grew up to 66 percent. But don't allow fear to stifle growth. The "Data Theft Prevention" report examines the holistic approach to protecting critical data from a broader...

The Key to Securing Tomorrow Today: 8 Data Threat Predictions

Thought leaders within the IT community are beginning to view cybersecurity not just as part and parcel of the everyday cost of doing business, but as an enabler, a direct driver of business continuity and bottom-line growth. This shift in perception has begun to have a dramatic impact on the position and role of...

Faces of Fraud: The 2016 Agenda

As 2016 begins, financial institutions find themselves at a fateful crossroads. They continue to see the impact of retail payments breaches, such as those that struck Target, Home Depot and other merchants. This fresh research looks at: Retail breach impact and emerging payments; The latest fraud trends...

The Rise of Ransomware & How to Protect Against it

Hackers are turning over big profits by holding data hostage in return for a ransom payment. Ransomware is the fastest-growing type of malware, targeting anyone from mom-and-pop shops to large government entities. Once files are encrypted, hackers are asking victims for payments ranging from $200 to tens of thousands...

Real-Time, Unified Endpoint Protection: A New Era in Incident Response

Organizations of all types and sizes face the growing threat of advanced malware, exploits and other cyber attacks targeting sensitive information. Even when a threat is identified, the organization remains vulnerable until it can fully mitigate the threat. Given the use of disparate prevention and response tools and...

Next Generation Endpoint Protection Buyer's Guide

Endpoint security is not new, but what exactly is so different about next generation endpoint protection? Do you need next generation endpoint protection in addition to antivirus, advanced threat response, endpoint detection and response? Download this Next Generation Endpoint Protection Buyer's Guide to explore...

A Business Risk Approach to IT Governance

The last 50 years have witnessed a dramatic evolution in the strategic importance of information technology (IT) to business initiatives. Corporations first began utilizing IT in the 1960s with the adoption of monolithic mainframes to conduct back-office data processing functions. In the ensuing 40 years, information...

The Evolution of Governance, Risk and Compliance

Uncertain times and a volatile economic climate have contributed to an expanding focus on corporate governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) across all industries. While some companies have met their risk and compliance challenges head on with insightful business strategies and powerful technology solutions, many are...

How to Maintain Compliance, Revenue and Reputation

No responsible enterprise would operate without firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other technology-based controls to safeguard its information. But how are you addressing the ultimate security endpoint-the human? What protection, if any, do your people get? Unfortunately, there is no firewall technology...

How to Develop an Adaptive Security Awareness Program

Most people working in or near cybersecurity have felt the influence of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The Framework provides organizations guidance for insuring they are protected from ongoing information security threats, and sets an "Adaptive" approach as the top tier of cybersecurity management...

How the NIST Framework Improves Security Awareness

In 2014 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) introduced a Cybersecurity Framework in response to an executive order calling for "a set of industry standards and best practices to help organizations manage cybersecurity risks". Since then, this Framework has evolved to become one of the most cited...

Maturing a Threat Intelligence Program

The threat intelligence landscape is an emerging one. Even in the most sophisticated IT organizations, resource constraints often dictate that threat intelligence (TI) is the responsibility of a sole analyst sifting through incident alerts looking for patterns and trends which may indicate that a threat exists. Threat...

What You Need To Know: Estimating The Cost Of Machine Data Management

Due to the large volumes, ongoing generation, and varying long-term retention needs, the collection and analysis of logs and machine-generated data to support enterprise insight is often too demanding for manual processes. Log and machine data management solutions provide capabilities intended to automate and...

The Practical Application of User Behavior Analytics

Understanding the promise of user behavior analytics is one thing. Deploying them to detect and respond to threats is quite another. Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer of Fortscale, offers tips on practical application of the latest UBA solutions. "The first obstacle is to begin to really rethink how the...

The Evolution of User Behavior Analytics

Too many recent high-profile breaches resulted from attackers using legitimate user credentials to infiltrate critical systems. In this interview with Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer at Fortscale, he discusses how user behavior analytics help organizations catch attackers by providing visibility into changes in...