Data breach costs soar
SearchSecurity.com | 29 Nov 2007 ARTICLE - A Ponemon Institute study indicates the costs associated with data breaches have soared and will continue to skyrocket unless companies do more to prevent them in the first place.
Black Hat 2007: Estonian attacks were a cyber riot, not warfare
SearchSecurity.com | 03 Aug 2007 ARTICLE - Researcher Gadi Evron says recent attacks against Estonia weren't government-sponsored warfare, but the U.S. and other countries could learn from Estonia's successful response.
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Worst practices: Bad security incidents to avoid
10 Apr 2008 TIP - Some of information security's worst practices are just best ones ignored. Michael Cobb shares stories from the infosec trenches in this amusing set of true-life horror stories.
Incident response success in five quick steps
05 Mar 2008 TIP - In this tip, expert Mike Rothman outlines five simple steps to help enterprise security managers start to develop an incident response plan that will work in times of crisis.
The forensics mindset: Making life easier for investigators
20 Feb 2008 TIP - In this tip, Mike Rothman explains why thinking like an investigator can help security pros develop an incident response plan that can help bring malicious hackers to justice.
Incident response process brings ROI and peace of mind
ISACA | 28 Jul 2005 REPRINT - In this excerpt of Chapter 2 from ISACA's Cybercrime: Incident Response and Digital Forensics, author Robert Schperberg looks at the benefits of instituting an incident response process.
Lesson/Domain 9: Training for CISSP certification
SearchSecurity.com | 14 Feb 2005 SCHOOL - Discover everything you need to know to ace the CISSP® exam with our first series of SearchSecurity.com Security School webcasts focused on CISSP training. Each lesson corresponds to a specific domain in the CISSP exam's ...
Security School for CISSP Training: Domain Spotlight on physical security
SearchSecurity.com | 14 Feb 2005 SCHOOL - Information security depends on the security and management of the physical space in which computer systems operate. Domain 9 of the Common Body of Knowledge addresses the challenges of securing the physical space, its ...
Security Survivor All-Stars
Information Security Magazine | 01 Apr 2006 FEATURES - COVER STORY Five security survivors tell you how to outwit, outplay and outlast the bad guys.
On The Radar
Information Security Magazine | 30 Mar 2005 COLUMNS - It Pays to Plan
This webcast addresses how converged physical and logical security works, the benefits it provides and what it will mean for your organization. Attend this webcast today and learn how physical and logical security creates opportunities for your company to:
• Strengthen and gain greater control over total security
• Better enforce both physical and logical security policies
• Achieve compliance with multiple regulations
One of the fundamental objectives of security is availability. This class focuses on the critical aspects of availability: business continuity planning and disaster recovery.
Learn firsthand how Determina is helping this global, Fortune 500-size company stop mass worm attacks and protect their most valuable asset -- business continuity!
Maximizing IT Investments: Recession-proofing Your Network Published by: F5 Networks | 09 Jul 2008 WHITE PAPER - This brief will discuss effective technologies that network teams should deploy to help their businesses succeed, even when faced with budget constraints.
Exposure at the Edge: The Real Risk to Business Applications Published by: Persystent Technologies | 03 Jul 2008 WHITE PAPER - This article describes some of the key challenges facing finance executives, as well as the best practices and technology that can help organizations meet day to day challenges.
Planning for the Unforeseen: Insuring Communications for All Contingencies Published by: Avaya Inc. | 01 Jul 2008 WHITE PAPER - Considering disaster preparedness, this paper explores a range of unforseen situations, highlight lessons learned, and defines communications strategies that can prepare us for meeting the needs of unforeseen events.
disaster recovery plan
12 May 2003 WORD - A disaster recovery plan (DRP) - sometimes referred to as a business continuity plan (BCP) or business process contingency plan (BPCP) - describes how an organization is to deal with potential disasters. Just as a disaster is ...
incident response
31 Aug 2005 WORD - Incident response is an organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or attack (also known as an incident). The goal is to handle the situation in a way that limits damage and reduces ...
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