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Anti-Virus Policy
Defines guidelines for effectively reducing the threat of computer viruses on the organizationÂ’s network.
Document added on June 9, 2011Circumventing Access Control Lists by Transparent Proxy - A Case Study
Open proxy servers are a well-known security problem that threatens the security of the Internet by making it possible for unscrupulous people to mask their identity while performing any number ...
Document added on Feb. 27, 2011Layer 2 -- The Weakest Link
Network security is only as strong as your weakest link, and that may well be Layer 2 of the OSI model, the data link layer. This layer enables interoperability and ...
Written by: Connie Howard and added on March 18, 2011Approaches to choosing the strength of your security measures
The rising exploitation of most existing vulnerabilities is combined with the appearance of new ones resulting in a new and powerful threat to Internet users (see, for example, 2001 CSI/FBI ...
Written by: Anton Chuvakin and added on March 28, 2011Challenges of Predictive Analysis for Networks
As of today, there is limited ability to analyze networks and predict risks to the mission associated with these networks. Risk analysis is limited by the mistaken assumption that threat ...
Document added on June 2, 2011OCTAVESM Catalog of Practices, Version 2.0
The Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability EvaluationSM (OCTAVESM) Method enables organizations to identify the risks to their most important assets and build mitigation plans to address those risks. OCTAVE ...
Document added on April 13, 2011Secure Web Based Mail Services
There used to be a time when secure email management was simple. "Managing" meant sorting through your email messages, putting them into appropriate folders. Secure email back them meant using ...
Written by: Keith Pasley and added on April 2, 2011Why anti-virus software is not enough
This white paper explains why anti-virus software alone is not enough to protect your organization against the current and future onslaught of computer viruses. Examining the different kinds of email ...
Document added on June 1, 2011Why You Need an Email Exploit Detection Engine: Networks Must Supplement Anti-Virus Protection for Maximum Security
The number of email viruses and attacks skyrocketed in 2001, causing security experts and vendors to dub it "the year of the virus" (IDG News Service, Jan. 02; silicon.com, Dec. ...
Document added on March 29, 2011One Virus Engine Is Not Enough: The Case for Maximizing Network Protection with Multiple Anti-Virus Scanners
All responsible organizations protect their networks from virus attacks by installing an email security product. Yet, how does one choose the right solution out of the wide variety of virus ...
Document added on March 17, 2011