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New Rewards, New Risks: Mitigating SOA-based Compliance Risks at the Network Layer

Many corporations are transitioning enterprise applications toward Service-Oriented Architecture, or SOA, a new, Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based approach to software that provides business advantages, such as data flexibility and reduced IT overhead costs. However, SOA can expose an organization to numerous new security risks. These risks …

Rapid Backup and Recovery for Virtual Environments

The benefits of virtual environments are beginning to be realized. Companies intent on cashing in on the advantages of virtualization technologies are eager to reduce the financial and physical footprint associated with racks of computers.While many elements of the IT environment are relatively unchanged by virtualization, …

Leveraging Identity Management for Risk Management

Countries in the Asia Pacific have either legislated or are looking into legislating dual or multifactor authentication requirements for online transactions. Through investing in authentication and identity management solutions, organizations can reduce the cost of enforcing controls, achieve compliance with regulatory guidelines, and reaffirm customer trust. …

A Unified Defense

One of the most frightening facts in the security landscape is that both the diversity of threat types and their destructive power are simultaneously growing.It is not a simple matter to combat security breaches. In the past, enterprise IT teams used a mix of tools to …

Combating Identity Theft

IntroductionIdentity fraud allows criminals to conceal their true identities from the community and authorities, leaving them free to pursue illicit activities without arousing suspicion. It provides financial support, in the form of fraudulent loans and credit card purchases. Identity fraud also makes it more difficult to …

Web 2.0 Security

As the Web continues to evolve, the perpetrators of cybercrimes have also been skilled at capitalizing from any lack of security, or opportunity for exploitation of vulnerabilities amongst the new interactive Web applications, and insecure client systems. One recent development in this area is a form …

Data Leakage: Good Intentions Can Go Bad

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes worldwide. Take the US for example; it is now occurring every 79 seconds and has become the fastest growing crime in America. In light of the safety net available in technology to mitigate the risk of unintended …

Is Symantec's Vision for Security 2.0 the Real One?

During the Security 2.0 event in New York in late October this year, Symantec's John W. Thompson, Enrique Salem, and Jeremy Burton presented a vision for protecting customers from the next generation of threats targeting their information and interactions. While Security 2.0 was first mentioned during …

Diligent Defence for the Data-centre

Enterprises have been reaping the benefits of data-centre server centralization. With lower total-cost-of-ownership, more efficient use of resources, faster deployment of new applications and speedier fault resolution, data-centres are the cornerstone of distributed business networking everywhere. Yet, this new arrangement of servers and databases means a …

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

OverviewUsers’ identities and their access are at the core of your business and must be effectively managed. Increasing access points, multiplied by the various users both inside and outside your enterprise, cause a proliferation of identities.Effective security management starts with identity and access — knowing and …