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Transforming SIEM into an Early Warning System For Advanced Threats
By EMC | 22/5/2013
Given today’s threat environment, security teams now realize that they must assume their IT environments are subject to periodic compromise. Gone are the days when preventive measures to secure the perimeter or trying to detect malware problems using signature match technologies were enough. New practices based on an understanding of the phases of an attack, continuous threat monitoring, and rapid attack detection and remediation are required. Find out more.
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Getting Real About Security Management and Big Data – A Roadmap for Big Data in Security Analytics
By EMC | 22/5/2013
It’s an exciting yet daunting time to be a security professional. Security threats are becoming more aggressive and voracious. This whitepaper examines the escalating complexity for the security management environment; how to get more meaning from data already collected and the combination of infrastructure, analytic tools and threat intelligence need to drive business value from Big Data. Download now.
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Is Big Data Worth Its Weight In Gold?
By EMC | 22/5/2013
Big Data techniques are seen as increasingly valuable by organisations seeking to maximize their security intelligence. Security teams that leverage big data security analytics can cut the time taken for threat detection and investigation from days to minutes. But the gap is widening….read on.
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The Big Data Security Analytics Era is Here
By EMC | 22/5/2013
Large organisations can no longer rely on preventive security systems, point security tools, manual processes, and hardened configurations to protect them from targeted attacks and advanced malware. Henceforth, security management must be based upon continuous monitoring and data analysis for up‐to-the‐minute situational awareness and rapid data-­driven security decisions. This means that large organisations have entered the era of big data security analytics. Learn more.
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Implementing A Security Analytics Architecture
By EMC | 22/5/2013
According to the 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations report, 99% of breaches led to data compromise within “days” or less, whereas 85% of breaches took “weeks” or more to discover. This presents a significant challenge to security teams as it grants attackers extended periods of time within a victim’s environment. More “free time” leads to more stolen data and more digital damage. Principally, this is because today’s security measures aren’t designed to counter today’s more advanced threats. Read on.
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Advanced Targeted Attacks
By FireEye | 15/4/2013
The new threat landscape has changed. Cybercriminals are aggressively pursuing valuable data assets, such as financial transaction information, product design blueprints, user credentials to sensitive systems, and other intellectual property. Simply put, the cyber offense has outpaced the defensive technologies used by most companies today. Find out more on how to protect against the next generation of cyber-attacks.
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The TCO and Security of Enterprise Grade Mobility
By BlackBerry | 8/4/2013
In this whitepaper, Strategy Analytics present the findings of extensive research into the total cost of ownership (TCO) and security across major mobile platforms. Find out about the challenges companies are encountering in the face of the four Cs: Compliance, Control, Cost and Consumerisation. Click to download.
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Setting New Standards in Mobile Security
By BlackBerry | 8/4/2013
As users bring their own device, the obvious question how to effectively manage the security of consumer devices within the enterprise, when many of the applications on those devices are third-party, or contain personal data. Filter through the complexity of mobile platforms out there and deliver a comprehensive mobile security solution. Download for more!
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Discover the Smart Choice for Managing BYOD
By BlackBerry | 4/4/2013
With 100+ mobile device vendors claiming to address the challenges that arise with BYOD devices users bring to the enterprise and their expectation to access security sensitive material. Click to view!
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Striking The Balance in Mobility: User Needs vs Security Concerns
By BlackBerry | 4/4/2013
Today’s IT managers need to weigh up the threats and vulnerabilities Mobile Device Management is susceptible to, while at the same time being able to deliver their users convenience and usability. Such solutions need to be fast, reliable and, more importantly, secure. Download how to find this middle ground in this FAQ!
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Security Awareness Tip

Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).


  1. Have an incident response plan.

  2. Pre-define your incident response team 

  3. Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.

  4. Pre-distribute call cards.

  5. Forensic and incident response data capture.

  6. Get your users on-side.

  7. Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement. 

  8. Practice makes perfect.

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Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping

I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.

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