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Sponsored by Symantec

2019 Internet Security Threat Report

The 2019 Internet Security Threat Report takes a deep dive into insights from the Symantec Global Intelligence Network (GIN), revealing the latest trends in cyber security attacks including ransomware, formjacking, cloud security and mobile threats. Through GIN, Symantec has established the largest civilian threat...

Best Practices for Session-Based Fraud Detection and Prevention

Numerous industries, including financial services, rely on transaction-based controls to help spot and block fraud. But increasingly, organizations are also using session-based fraud detection and prevention

Considerations for Choosing an ATO (Account Takeover) Security Solution

An Account Takeover (ATO) attack is exactly what it sounds like: a bad actor acquires an authorized user's login credentials, most often by leveraging reused or similar passwords from previously breached sites.

Securing Container and Cloud Native Applications - An Illustrated Guide

A critical part of any security infrastructure is providing the capacity to secure containerized applications across any platform, orchestrator, or cloud

eBook: Container Security: 10 Things DevOps Need To Do

This eBook explains how DevSecOps can deliver context-aware security while automating the entire image-to-production process, allowing enterprises to focus on deploying and running applications. It explains methods for:

The State of Patient Identity Management: 2019 Survey Results Report

As part of healthcare's digital transformation, payers and providers alike have rolled out patient portals and telemedicine platforms to increase access to care, improve patient participation and decrease healthcare administrative costs. How secure are these portals? What types of authentication protocols are used to...

Sponsored by Symantec

Machine Learning Enabled Security Services

Technological advances can support the work done by both large and small teams of information security professionals by streamlining many processes and tasks, and enhancing security efficiency. In short, there are technological solutions that help information security teams manage and mitigate advanced threats. These...

Sponsored by Symantec

Hit-and-Run Model of Breaching An Environment - Exfiltrating or Corrupting Data

Perhaps the most important measure that an organization can take is to shift its perspective on cybersecurity from one that focuses simply on perimeter defenses to one that also limits the dwell time of an attacker who manages to penetrate its environment. This shift limits the potential damage the attacker can...

Sponsored by Symantec

The Risks of Fileless Attacks: How the DNC National Convention was Hacked

One of the most famous security breaches in recent memory, the hack of the US Democratic National Convention email server, was conducted via fileless attack. The hack was comprised of targeted emails from seemingly legitimate sources that contained links to infected web pages, which subsequently allowed hackers to...

Sponsored by Gigamon

Enterprise Network Architecture with Security in Mind

Network performance and security are vital elements of any business. Organisations are increasingly adopting virtualisation and cloud technologies to boost productivity, cost savings and market reach. With the added complexity of distributed network architectures, full visibility is necessary to ensure...

Sponsored by Gigamon

Security at the Speed of Your Network

As the volume and speed of network data increases, security tools are unable to keep up, resulting in security tool sprawl, performance degradation, inefficiencies and unnecessary expenditures. All of this leads to increased time to threat detection and response and a higher risk of a breach - despite massive...

Sponsored by Gigamon

Inline Bypass: Scaling Inline Threat Prevention Tools to Keep Pace with High-Speed Networks

Are your threat prevention tools struggling to keep up with the increasing speed of your organization's network? Is the number and variety of security tools you think you need starting to tax your budget and overcomplicate your security infrastructure? This paper outlines how the GigaSECURE® Security...

Sponsored by Core Security, a HelpSystems Company

Simple Guide to Successful Penetration Testing

A pen-test is an attempt to evaluate the security of an IT infrastructure by safely trying to exploit vulnerabilities. In this guide, you'll discover everything you need to know about pen testing

Privileged Access Threat Report 2019

Research results from over 1,000 global key decision makers with visibility over access management confirm that security professionals are aware that a breach is only a matter of time, with 50% of respondents having already suffered a serious breach or expecting to experience one over the next six months (up from 42%...

Sponsored by Gigamon

Network Architecture with Security in Mind

It's time to face a hard truth: Modern enterprise networks can be extremely sometimes painfully complex to manage and defend. Even worse, these behemoths may be constructed of legacy hardware that can barely keep up with the demands of a modern workforce. Network speeds to 100Gbps, unfettered access to cloud...