Page 93 - White Papers - information risk management

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Gartner Best Practices for Securing Hadoop

Historically, Apache Hadoop has provided limited security capabilities, and most Hadoop implementations to date have been deployed with little thought given to security. To protect sensitive data being stored and analyzed in Hadoop, security architects should use a structured approach to security.

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Data protection for big data environments

Organizations are eager to harness the power of big data. But as new big data opportunities emerge, ensuring the veracity and security of source information becomes exponentially more difficult. If these challenges are not addressed directly, end users will lose confidence in the insights generated from big data. As...

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Gartner Magic Quandrant for Data Masking Technology

The information explosion, the proliferation of endpoint devices, growing user volumes and new computing models like cloud, social business and big data have created new vulnerabilities. Data security is a moving target - as data grows, more sophisticated threats emerge; the number of regulations increase; and...

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Bridging the Data Security Gap - Unified Data Protection For Four Key Data Environments

Data security presents a multidimensional challenge in today's complex IT environment. Multiple access paths and permission levels have resulted in a broad array of security threats and vulnerabilities. Traditional "fortress approaches" such as firewalls and IDS/IPS systems are no longer sufficient to defend against...

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Four Critical Steps to Address Database Vulnerabilities Before You Experience a Devastating Breach

Given the potentially disastrous consequences of a breach, it is important for IT and security leaders to be aware that there are simple and extremely cost efficient steps that any organization can take immediately to improve protection and reduce risks. How can your organization reduce risk by taking a proactive...

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Understanding Holistic Database Security - Eight Steps to Successfully Securing Enterprise Data Sources

News headlines about the increasing frequency of stolen information and identity theft have focused awareness on data security breaches - and their consequences. In response to this issue, regulations have been enacted around the world. Although the specifics of the regulations may differ, failure to ensure compliance...

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Supporting European Central Bank Internet Payment Security Recommendations

The European Central Bank (ECB) Recommendations For The Security Of Internet Payments sets forth numerous recommendations for European banks to enhance online fraud prevention practices. The ECB recommendations are more expansive and detailed, yet fundamentally similar to the US Federal Financial Institutions...

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Making a Business Case For Fraud-Prevention Technology

Building a business case to justify fraud-prevention technology investments is, unfortunately, not as straightforward as one might expect. The impact of online fraud on a financial institution is multifaceted and complex. Fraud incidents and fraud-prevention efforts affect many aspects of the bank's services and...

Top Open Source Security Tips

Major financial services companies face a serious dilemma when it comes to open source software security. Today, global organizations such as investment banks, insurance companies, asset management and estate planning entities, and securities services providers have thousands of software applications in production at...

Open Source Hygiene: Critical for Application Security

Just as physical hygiene involves neutralizing sources of infection, Open Source Hygiene entails keeping software stacks and application portfolios free of known-exploitable versions of open source code. Implementing Open Source Hygiene requires ongoing code maintenance, informed open source technology selection, and...

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Ensuring Progress Toward Risk Management and Continuous Configuration Compliance

Soon after putting monitoring, configuration and remediation capabilities into place to help ensure compliance with IT security objectives, an organization will have questions. Are we secure? Where are we exposed? Are our initiatives working? Have we met our targets? What progress are we making toward achieving...

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Supporting the Zero Trust Model of Information Security

In today's new threat landscape, building a strong perimeter based on a hierarchical network design is no longer an effective approach to security. Notions of "trust but verify" are outdated and extremely vulnerable to a plethora of cyberattacks. Cybercriminals have found a multitude of ways to infiltrate the wall you...

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Securing Applications For a Safer Cloud Environment

Based on their frequent media coverage, Internet security incidents have become a popular topic of conversation. So, naturally, the talk about security risk extends to the cloud - in a recent cloud computing usage report, 65 percent of surveyed organizations mentioned security as their top obstacle to cloud...

Reduce Downtime to Increase ROI: 3 Key Initiatives

Working out the potential return on investment on a new server or application is relatively straightforward - if it enables you to do more in less time, profits are likely to go up, making it worth buying. If there are no obvious benefits, however, and no immediate gains, then the computation is far more...

Reduce Downtime to Increase ROI: 3 Key Initiatives

Working out the potential return on investment on a new server or application is relatively straightforward - if it enables you to do more in less time, profits are likely to go up, making it worth buying. If there are no obvious benefits, however, and no immediate gains, then the computation is far more...