Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Case Study: Company deploys full disk encryption policy on laptops"
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One billion-dollar company isn't taking chances with data stored on its laptops. It deployed full disk encryption on every machine, an increasingly popular security strategy. Name your target: the laptop storing your company's trade secrets or the laptop containing proprietary partner and customer data, and your company's financial information. Timken Company can afford neither to be left behind in a cab or hotel room, nor be stolen by a determined thief working for a competitor, or one looking to sell hardware on eBay. Timken isn't unlike most public companies its size. Of its 25,000 employees, more are doing business on the road every day, and the risk to the enterprise's intellectual property and financial posture associated with a lost or stolen laptop is too great not to address. And also like most public companies its size --Timken has 62 plants and 114 offices in 27 countries -- full disk encryption is an increasingly popular security measure. "Protecting our intellectual property has been the prime concern of upper management," says Roger Herbst, ... Access >>>
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Case Study: Company deploys full disk encryption policy on laptops
One billion-dollar company isn't taking chances with data stored on its laptops. It deployed full disk encryption on every machine, an increasingly popular security strategy.
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SonicWALL NSA E5500 product review
Product review of SonicWALL NSA E5500 security tool basic and advanced firewall features, setup, pricing, VPN and wireless security.
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Novell's Sentinel 6.0 product review
In this product review of Novell's Sentinel 6.0, an addition to the SIEM market, learn about cost, setup, OS support, configuration and management.
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Klocwork Insight Tool Dynamically Tests Security of Applications
Klocwork Insight tool sandbox technology allows developers to test code and security of applications while remaining insulated from the rest of the code.
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Case Study: Company deploys full disk encryption policy on laptops
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Product review: Palo Alto Networks PA-4050
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Imperva SecureSphere Database Gateway product review
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Security Learning its Role in E-Discovery
Security teams are learning their crucial role in processing e-discovery requests.
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Comparative Product Review: Six Web Application Firewalls
No longer can security managers focus only on perimeter and host security. The application has become the prime target for hackers. We review six leading Web application firewalls from Barracuda, Bee Ware, Breach Security, Citrix, F5 and Imperva that help deliver your critical apps securely.
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