In the past, businesses confronted the threat of cyber attacks and data breaches primarily by building firewalls and other “perimeter defenses” around their networks, but the threat has continued to evolve, and more criminals are hacking into applications that are running on a plethora of new devices and environments, including cloud, mobile, and social media. Which begets the question: Is it still worthwhile investing in application security?

While the sources vary, the message is clear; attacks on mobile internet devices and connected smartphones are rising rapidly. McAfee Labs released a report in September 2011 highlighting a 76% jump in malware targeting Android devices in the previous quarter alone.

The recent release of the Firesheep Wi-Fi attack tool has increased awareness among both users and attackers of the inherent insecurity of unprotected HTTP connections. Users on unprotected networks who connect to web sites through plain HTTP connections expose themselves to open surveillance and full compromise.

This white paper discusses the threats that organizations face from spam, malware and other threats directed at their messaging and Web capabilities. It uses research from recent Osterman Research surveys, as well as information from a variety of other data sources.

IT departments need to think long and hard before deciding on the right smartphone platform for their business needs.

Corporations must embrace mobility to remain competitive and evolve to a new model of efficient workloads.This paper discusses the concepts of remote access and secure mobility

It seems like a contradictory statement: Reduce your security costs and improve your level of security for your customers, employees, and property. By leveraging managed video services, businesses can accomplish both of these goals because at its heart, this approach to security is about more effective utilization of existing resources.

As virtualization and cloud computing help organizations realize more from existing infrastructures, will they lessen the need to manage performance of the infrastructure?

Business transactions are faster and have a broader reach to more people in more countries than ever before. Businesses of all sizes can cast a global shadow by setting up a website and conducting business over the Internet. At the same time the volume of data is growing, so are the threats.

Organizations are increasingly aware of the acute need to control the information that flows into, through and out of their networks. 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 gateway and endpoint, and highlights the benefits of encryption in securing data in the event that it does get stolen or lost.