White Papers: data protection

Network hacking and corporate espionage are on the rise and set to intensify. Information security risks remain commonplace, and most organisations need to increase vigilance. This paper has analyses the realistic threats to fibre optic Ethernet networks – both at the LAN and WAN level. Read now.

As virtualisation increasingly becomes an investment priority, a recent EDG survey has found that the associated operating expense can easily become too high a hurdle. In this paper, leading IT organisations quantify the role of inappropriate data-protection as a large obstacle to a stable virtualisation implementation. Read more to find how to optimise your backup applications to meet the present protection requirements.

When Goodyear Singapore Tyres IT Director Teck Guan Yeo joined the company, he charged to close the gap between IT and the business. He undertook a number of initiatives to facilitate close alignment. Standardization has been an important focus for the team in areas such as SAP and backup and recovery. In the case of the latter, seeking to shrink backup windows and reduce storage costs, the team chose and implemented NetBackup appliances. The solution seamlessly integrates with the organization’s virtualization strategy and moves towards the private cloud.

Aided by their targets’ porous defenses and unwitting end users, today’s cybercriminals are able to deliver advanced malware that exploits systems and enables a range of malicious activities. Much of this advanced malware is being delivered via emails with malicious file attachments. This report provides a look at the nature of the files cybercriminals are distributing and it describes the common words used in file names and file types that characterise this advanced malware, providing key insights for users and security teams looking to guard against advanced threats. This is a must read!

If there’s any chance of preventing these motivated adversaries from attacking our systems, stealing our data, and harming our critical infrastructure, we’ve got to think differently. Find out more on how to win the war against the new breed of cyber attacks.