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Sophos Threat Detection Test by Sophos Inc.
that might have by-passed your existing protection Product Type: Anti-virus software
Target User: IT manager / director with security responsibility

IT Problem: Use the...
Global Best Practices in Email Security, Privacy and Compliance by Proofpoint, Inc.
rapidly-evolving security threats and increasingly complex data protection and privacy regulations. This paper examines such a solution. A new generation of email...
Top Five Strategies for Combating Modern Threats - Is Anti-virus Dead? by Sophos Inc.
can add real value, and five key strategies for ensuring solid malware protection. The corporate IT environment has changed irrevocably over the last few years. Threats are no...
The CIO's Guide to Mobile Security by BlackBerry
Today's enterprise and government organizations increasingly support the use of mobile (wireless) devices by their employees. At the same time, enterprise and government organizations often...
Quest Software Finds Increased Security, Disaster Preparedness, and Cost Savings through Virtual Desktop Infrastructure by Quest Software
was the vulnerability of un-patched machines and inactive or outdated virus protection.

After evaluating a number of VDI solutions, Quest was most impressed with vWorkspace, one of its...
Free Trial of Sophos Enterprise Solutions by Sophos Inc.

Endpoint Security and Control combines anti-virus and client firewall protection to secure desktops, laptops and file servers. Choose this evaluation if you are interested in...
How to Choose an Endpoint Security Solution by Symantec Corporation
NAC) are many, making it difficult to know how to best approach endpoint protection. This videocast discusses best practices for scoping out an endpoint security solution and...
Top Benefits of Symantec Protection Suite by Symantec Corporation
enough to protect your organization. Symantec now offers multi-layered protection from endpoint to gateway in the new Symantec Protection Suite. Download this paper to find out...
Active Anti-Malware Protection: Self-Defending IronKey Flash Drives Stop MalWare and Viruses from Spreading to Computers and Networks by IronKey
with other advanced IronKey security features, these layers of protection make IronKey USB flash drives a truly portable computing environment that protects data from...
Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms by Sophos Inc.
Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms assesses a company's ability to execute and its completeness of vision. According to...
HP StorageWorks tape and disk-to-disk data protection by Hewlett-Packard Company
effective, and trusted solutions that provide the appropriate level of protection based on your specific business requirements. HP can help you protect the integrity of your...
Protection in Numbers with the WebPulse Community Watch Cloud Service by Blue Coat
changed the playing field making traditional URL filtering and anti-virus solutions with daily updates less effective. Learn why and what you should change in this...
State of the Internet Security: Protecting Business Email by Webroot Software, Inc.
information on legal compliance, internal sabotage and the type of protection you need to keep your business safe from attack. Business dependence on email is greater than...
Forecasting Clear Skies Ahead - Dynamic Whitelisting for the Strongest and Most Effective Protection by Solidcore Systems
and protecting point-of-sale (POS) systems. Tired of trying to make anti-virus or other blacklist-based technology work in these environments, retail IT operators are...
Assessing Endpoint Security Solutions: Why Detection Rates Aren't Enough by Sophos Inc.
This paper highlights the pitfalls of simply looking at virus detection rates and investigates the effect of the rapidly developing IT environment and...
Endpoint Assessment Test by Sophos Inc.
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The Endpoint Assessment Test checks for over 600 patches, 28 anti-virus applications, and 22 firewall applications. It uses the Sophos ActiveX dissolvable agent to...
Security Behind BlackBerry by BlackBerry
Download this white paper and gain a better understanding of the security tools that come preinstalled with the Blackberry solution and discover how to use these tools to better secure your BlackBerry...
10 Things to Consider When Protecting Your Exchange Server by AppAssure Software
reduce RPO and RTO metrics. This is called “Continuous Application Protection” or CAP.

Even the best e-mail systems are vulnerable to the evolving threats of viruses and...
The Value of Integrated Security by Cisco Systems, Inc.
network security and provide customers with end-to-end network protection. In the past two decades, networks have evolved from closed infrastructures to integrated...
Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security by Proofpoint, Inc.
number of email-related threats. Most are familiar with the problems of virus-infected email attachments and productivity draining spam, but now companies must also...
Understanding the Total Cost of Ownership for Endpoint Security Solutions by Sophos Inc.
current vendor. To shed some light on this issue, a leading endpoint anti-virus vendor commissioned an independent research study to uncover and quantify all of the cost...
Stopping Data Leakage: Making the Most of Your Security Budget by Sophos Inc.
This paper demonstrates the need for a high-profile acceptable use policy to prevent data leakage, gives practical guidance on how to use your security budget effectively to protect data at the...
Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses by Global Knowledge
Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks has been replaced with botnets...
Zero Day to Real-Time: How to combat real-time cybercrime with community threat intelligence by McAfee, Inc.
new detection and response models that will provide effective protection as the malware wars escalate. According to McAfee Avert Labs, malware will increase in volume by...
Enterprise Desktop Resource Center
Gathering and documenting your Windows desktop security policies by Kevin Beaver, CISSP
to work well:

Introduction: An overview of what you're covering, such as patch management, malware protection, system maintenance and monitoring, vulnerability testing and so on.

Purpose: The high-level goal(s) and... More...

Jun 17, 2009
Desktop security preparation for a new wave of Windows apps by Kevin Beaver, CISSP
desktop lifecycle, so it isn't sufficient to simply enable Automatic Updates and install anti-virus software. Although many people do stop there, it is that kind of short-sightedness that gets businesses into... More...
May 20, 2009
Microsoft Stirling security console delayed for more integration by Margie Semilof, Executive Editor
with products from Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc., mainly to serve as an all-in-one place to offer protection for Windows systems across the enterprise.

IT shops already have an array of security products, typically... More...

Apr 6, 2009
Enterprise Desktop Advice
A proper set of antivirus tools?
of these tools may help protect against certain virus behaviors to an extent, but not at the level that's needed for true virus protection. From what I could tell, none of these vendors tout virus protection either, so your best bet is to use an anti-virus... More...
Jan 10, 2007
Does making XP SP2 my primary source of virus protection disable Windows Firewall?
applet in Control Panel. Expert Jonathan Hassell answers a question about the implications of declaring a new primary virus protection source in Windows XP SP2... More...