Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Safe Exchanges"
This article is part of the October 2006 issue of Security 7 Award winners: Simply the best
Enterprise Rights Management software is being adopted by businesses to secure their most valuable documents and sensitive content. Matt Kesner has had a front-row seat in the entertainment industry's battle against piracy. Over the years, his Silicon Valley law firm has defended Napster against the music industry and fought on behalf of ReplayTV when Hollywood took the digital video recorder maker to court. So it's ironic the law firm recently embraced enterprise rights management (ERM) internally. When Fenwick & West LLP takes on mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, tax and other types of cases, its 250 attorneys and 300 staffers gain access to millions of sensitive documents, from patent information to detailed financial reports that include revenue and sales projections. Kesner, the firm's CTO, took his first stab at securing client data five years ago by getting rid of paper and moving documents online. He built extranets, with password protection and 128-bit SSL encryption, where Fenwick's lawyers and clients could view documents and ... Access >>>
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Simply the Best: Security 7 Awards 2006
by Information Security magazine staff
Information Security's 2006 Security 7 Awards honor innovative security professionals in seven vertical markets.
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Risk Management: ClearPoint Metrics' Metrics Accelerator 1.1
Read this risk management security product review of Risk Management: ClearPoint Metrics' Metrics Accelerator 1.1.
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Imprivata's OneSign ENA product review
Product review of Imprivata's OneSign ENA cost effective network authentication tool, which manages USB tokens, smartcards, OTPs and fingerprint biometrics.
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Safe Exchanges
by Wylie Wong
ENTERPRISE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
ERM software is being adopted by businesses to secure their most valuable documents and sensitive content. -
Authentication: MXI Security's Stealth MXP
MXI Security's Stealth MXP
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That Sinking Feeling
DATA PROTECTION
Before you lose something precious, govern your data.
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Simply the Best: Security 7 Awards 2006
by Information Security magazine staff
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- At Your Service: October 2006 managed services security news
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Recent releases: Security product briefs, October 2006
Read about the recently released security products of October 2006.
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Secure Reads: Spam kings
Read a quick review of the book "S*PAM KiNgs: The Real Story Behind The High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills and @*#?% Enlargements."
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Antimalware/Client Firewall
Sophos' Sophos Endpoint Security
- Events: Information security conferences for October 2006
- Viewpoint: MBAs don't fit in midmarket
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Columns
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Layer 8: Measuring information security success
Clarity or Conspiracy?
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Ping: Suzanne Hall
Suzanne Hall
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Editor's Desk: Saluting security's superstars
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Perspectives: Security must be one with business goals
Information security can no longer pit itself against ease of use and business objectives.
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Layer 8: Measuring information security success
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