White Papers - information risk management

Banking on Biometrics

The financial services industry thrives on safety and security - exactly what PINs and passwords are not. They're easily stolen, hacked and forgotten - making them a "double fail" to your customers and your organization. Luckily, there's a better way - biometric authentication, which leading banks are adopting to...

Adapt to New Threats Quickly with an Automated Security Program

To protect against future mass cyberattacks, security professionals need to rethink their approach. There are several reasons why organizations fell victim to WannaCry. But chief among these are weaknesses in security programs caused by not understanding the network and the security gaps that exist, and struggling...

It's Time for a Smarter Approach: Threat-Centric Vulnerability Management

Attackers are embracing ransomware and other forms of distributed cybercrime made readily available as packaged exploit kits and services on the dark web. These attacker tools target low-hanging fruit by exploiting a surprisingly small number of vulnerabilities, many of which wouldn't be tagged as a high priority in a...

4 Questions to Gauge Your Readiness for the Next WannaCry

Old-school vulnerability management methods are not ready for the next WannaCry. It is time for a new approach to use information from your network and current threats to prioritize vulnerabilities with precision. This infographic will help you gauge your readiness to take on malware, ransomware, exploit kits and...

Security in the Age of Open Banking

It's the age of open banking, and that means changes for banking institutions and their customers - as well as for fraudsters. Just as open banking era makes business easier for customers, it also enables new opportunities for cybercriminals. Download this eBook interview transcript and learn about: What open...

The Ransomware Economy

CryptoLocker. GoldenEye. Locky. WannaCry. It's no secret that 2017 is shaping up to be the most notorious year on record for ransomware. Even a casual news consumer can identify several, if not all, of the menacing ransomware attacks that have cost worldwide businesses an estimated $1 billion this year. Download...

2017 Next-Generation Endpoint Security Vendor Landscape

The vendor-related research focuses on solution providers that are supplying proactive next-generation endpoint security services covering prevention, detection, and response. EMA provided all identified participants the opportunity to participate in a vendor-answered questionnaire and interviews. EMA then combined...

GDPR and the Regulatory Impact on Vendor Risk

The upcoming enforcement of GDPR puts the spotlight on data governance, but what about the potential impact on vendor risk management? How do you prepare for this new generation of cybersecurity regulations? Download this eBook that discusses: Common threads in GDPR, NIST framework and other guidance Greatest...

2017 Faces of Fraud Survey Report: Mobile Exploits Come of Age

Defending against tomorrow's mobile attacks is a moving target; but new technologies and strategies, including behavioral biometrics and machine-learning-based analytics, are allowing financial institutions to reduce their fraud losses while enhancing their customer experience. Based on the latest results of ISMG's...

Cybercrime Hacking in Healthcare: Avoid Breaches and Simplify Compliance

Key gaps in how healthcare entities defend against cybercrime hacking have emerged. Even organizations strictly strictly adherent to HIPAA, NIST or other regulators are still unaware of how their practices compare to their industry peers and whether or not they are lagging behind. Has your organization assessed and...

The Case for API Caching

Organizations today are making the same security mistakes with APIs that they made with their websites 10 years ago. Common mistakes such as unnecessary bloat of API responses, making too many round trips for content and ignoring some of the low-hanging protocol fruit are negatively impacting both security and...

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How One SIEM's Out-of-the-Box Rules Caught an Intrusion

Organizations can no longer rely simply on signature-based scanning of machines to identify malware. Polymorphic malware takes on an infinite number of forms, making it difficult to identify. And malware doesn't exist for the sake of just existing; it has a purpose in mind that always involves taking something from...

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How Your Federal OPSEC Team Can Work Smarter, Not Harder

By following best practices to simplify security intelligence, an agency reduces the burden on its security operations team and allows technology to do the work of surfacing and responding to cybersecurity threats. Download this whitepaper and learn how to: Discover and alert on threats quickly so they can be...

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How to Accelerate Threat Lifecycle Management

The reason large data breaches still occur is because the TLM workflow is implemented poorly across a large number of diverse security systems, each offering different user interfaces, inadequate integration with other systems, and lacking automation in the areas of advanced security analytics and incident...

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What Makes a SOC Effective? Fusing People, Processes and Technology

Federal agencies that adopt the Threat Lifecycle Management strategy can achieve immediate and ongoing cost savings as compared to adopting any other SOC model. This strategy also leads to a material reduction in risk for the organization. Download this whitepaper and learn how your SOC can: Use advanced...