A Guide to Endpoint Protection

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Fortifying Network Security March 21, 2012 Top Five Tips for Enabling a Self-Defending Endpoint Today's IT department needs to protect corporate endpoints as much as possible, preventing costly malware outbreaks and data breaches, and keeping the company name out of the headlines. This slideshow features five tips, identified by Lumension Security, Inc., to help even the busiest IT pro stay on top of endpoint security, even as the barrage of attacks intensifies. Read more > Consolidating Data Warehousing on a Private Cloud This TDWI checklist report makes a case for private database clouds, especially as a platform for consolidated BI and DW applications. Download now > Blogs Sue Marquette Poremba Data Security A Week of Critical Patches Paul Mah SMB Tech Security Options for the BlackBerry Smartphone Mike Vizard IT Unmasked Help Wanted: IT Pros with Mainframe Skills Two-Factor Authentication: It's All About Trust   Right now, someone's logging into your network and accessing proprietary information. Do you know who it is? This technical brief explains why two-factor authentication is superior to using passwords only. Read it now > BYOD Faces Many Challenges There is a strong case to be made, based on security and privacy concerns, against allowing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approaches in the enterprise. Download: System Integrity Best Practices Use US-CERT best practices to ensure system integrity by validating software, limiting remote access and enabling strong logging techniques. Download: NIST Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy The type of firewall to use depends on several factors. This document, provided by NIST, contains numerous recommendations for choosing, configuring and maintaining firewalls. Featured White Papers Next-Gen Storage Management for Data Protection in the Cloud This white paper explains how to reduce the complexity of managing cloud environments, enabling better efficiency for business resiliency, reducing costs, and improving security, all while increasing visibility, control, and automation of the cloud storage infrastructure. •  Confronting Legacy Infrastructures: An IT Modernization Roadmap •  Effectiveness, Performance, Usability: Security Solutions Analysis •  Must-Read: The Cost-Slashing Features on a Hybrid Database Server "The challenges college campuses face differ from most corporate environments, as schools must deal with an ever-changing student population, plus faculty and staff records, financial data, intellectual property and health records ..." Excerpt from Sue Marquette Poremba Data Security Latest White Papers When PDFs Attack — Malware Infections on the Rise An Unhappy Compromise: Protection, Performance, or Management? Prepare Yourself: How to Overcome Objections to Data Governance Your Blueprint for Successfully Managing the Extended Enterprise This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise