Vulnerability Management White Papers

Vulnerability Management (VM) means systematically finding and eliminating network vulnerabilities. Choosing a solution for VM is a critical step toward protecting your organization's network and data. Without proven, automated technology for precise detection and remediation, no network can withstand the daily onslaught of new vulnerabilities that threaten security. This checklist from Qualys provides a 12 point shortlist of considerations to determine what solutions will work best for your organization.

Welcome to Web Application Security For Dummies! Web applications have become the Achilles heel of IT security. Web application vulnerabilities are now the most prevalent at more than 55 per cent of all server vulnerability disclosures. This figure doesn't include vulnerabilities in custom-developed web applications, so it may be just the tip of the iceberg. This book is all about understanding how to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities in web applications. The goal is to prevent attackers from gaining control over the application and obtaining easy access to the server, database, and other back-end IT resources.

Read more of this whitepaper to explore critical elements in which strong authentication solutions can be applied with SaaS applications to help drive adoption and improve user experience.

In this webcast, Bernd Leger, VP of Marketing, Products & Solutions at Rapid7 and Nate Crampton, Product Manager at Rapid7 discuss the current state of how organizations are prioritizing vulnerabilities in their environments and what security professionals can do to lower their security thresholds.

The who, what, when, why and how of cloud-based security services

Enterprise security should not be taken lightly but it also doesn't have to be a major roadblock either. By following these guidelines, organizations can structure security and compliance programs to take advantage of the economic advantages of managed cloud applications and services while meeting organizational security and compliance objectives.

Read how Splunk enabled WhitePages, the largest on-line directory of people and businesses, to protect the site's content and the brand by monitoring abusive site traffic and learn how Splunk's in-house search eliminated a data warehouse investment.

Download this white paper, to learn how you can reduce the risk of hackers finding your site and attacking it by using automated vulnerability assessments to identify exploitable weaknesses and take corrective action.

This white paper explains the licensing and proper use of Symantec SSL Certificates for securing multiple Web servers and/or multiple domains and subdomains in the network configurations.

This paper examines how recent trends in Internet trust marks can help restore confidence in online shopping, and as concluded by at least one recent study, even induce those who do shop to spend more.

Symantec Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates can be a key factor in helping increase customer confidence during online business transactions. More confidence can mean more conversions for customers with EV SSL certificates.

Learn why one of the world's largest media companies chose Silver Peak virtual WAN Optimization for their cross country replication challenges including an on-demand media database requiring 7 x24 access. Complicating the challenge was a lack of space in the state-of-the-art data center for additional physical hardware. No problem.

This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity.

This white paper assesses the current cyber-threat environment and discusses the use of distributed cloud services as an effective means to protect against evolving, modern-day IT threats.

This online eBook provides insight and advice on how to build an effective disaster recovery strategy in the evolving world of virtual infrastructures, while mitigating the impact of so-called 'Black Swan' events in the datacenter.

The traditional managed reporting approach to BI is challenged to keep up with changing demand for business information. This research finds that providing business users with highly visual/interactive tools can help ensure they get what they need.

This white paper provides a top-level overview explaining what business analytics can do for your company - and the 8 key steps to accelerating product innovation, optimizing pricing and discovering drivers of financial performance.

Traditional methods of managing file transfers can't prevent or protect your enterprise from compliance violations: they're insecure, inefficient, and non-auditable.

The story of val Verde will help schools innovate better, streamline purchasing, increase cost-efficiencies, and ultimately, provide staff and students with a fleet of optimally running devices.

Read this white paper from IBM to learn about applying predictive analytics to claims management, including the typical ROI achieved, how embedded analytics improves decision making, and technology components of a predictive analytics solution.

In this technical white paper from IBM, learn how predictive analytics can be used to detect internal and external threats to your organization.

This paper from IBM describes how to build a proactive threat and risk strategy based on predictive analytics; examples of how organizations used predictive analytics to minimize the negative impact of risk and maximize positive results; and steps to advance your organization's use of predictive analytics to combat threat and risk.

A leading retailer with stores worldwide was seeking a more innovative tool to protect customer privacy and intellectual property. PCI compliance mandated log collection, but a vast number of different tools generated an overwhelming amount of log data, making it difficult for the small security team to review it effectively. The solution the company chose had to fit into a diverse network, provide intelligent reporting and offer a centralized management console.

In this study, IANS interviewed two Q1 Labs customers using QRadar to assess their Return On Security (ROS). The two customers were providers of service to the U.S. Government and had highly secure environments dealing with extremely sensitive data. The data yielded from the interviews showed substantial benefit to the organizations for the cost, both in money and staff time.

This white paper discusses 10 important tips your organization can use to secure employees' mobile devices. Read on!