If you store, process, or transmit card account data, youmust comply with the PCI data security standard. We explore the basics, including why DevOps teams needs to be compliant.
SMB customers have a growing appetite for cloud-based security services. It isn't likely to be sated anytime soon. Thanks to a perfect storm of economic and technology trends, SMB consumption of cloud security services is expected to increase sharply over the next five years.
In the right hands, a honeynet can be a powerful weapon in the war against advanced persistent threats. If you're contemplating adding advanced honeynets to your organization's arsenal, here are five things to consider.
VDI deployments offer benefits beyond simply managing the software installed base and lowering operations costs.
Bring-your-own-device approaches can be a nightmare for security administrators. Identity-based security can help eliminate risks posed by mobile hardware.
IAI is a new approach to the problem of identifying unauthorized user behavior that augments other types of security products and processes. Here's how it works.
A look at the true cost of compliance failures and how to avoid being buried in trouble.
Traditional deep packet inspection may no longer be able to protect your environment. We look at a new approach -- deep content inspection.
Thanks to the ubiquity of firewalls, security administrators have no shortage of options and solutions. We examine the state of firewall management in today's data center.
No single technology can enable a fully secure network. The three-layer model we present can guide your organization in making key improvements to your network security.
Big data and cloud computing are two top-of-mind technologies. What benefits can IT enjoy by bringing them together?
As critical unstructured data grows exponentially amid a variety of data privacy laws, organizations are turning to data governance automation.
Just because you can't name the last IBM i-specific security issue doesn't mean your IBM i platform is secure.
A recent breach in Utah once again raises the need for IT to implement IT risk and security management on servers. What's holding IT back?
When considering moving to the cloud, most IT shops have concerns about security. We tackle several of the most common questions.
Conficker worm will continue to trouble IT despite lack of new variants in two years.
Malware, as Microsoft could have told Apple, comes with the territory. Last year saw a surge in Mac-related malware; 2012 has sustained that trend in a big way.
Innovative, multi-level authentication measures are critical. Companies that use inventive ways to incorporate current technology to safeguard their information will ultimately come out on top.
Organizations will have to accept that their gates will be breached and begin preparing their second line of defense -- data platforms -- to mitigate the damage caused by attacks that get through.
IPsec is a secure, robust, and transparent network widely available to businesses with smaller overhead than you might think.