How to stay one step ahead of phishing attacks

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	INSIDER How to stay one step ahead of phishing attacks Protecting yourself against phishing attacks used to be relatively easy. Don't download unexpected attachments. Visit banking websites directly instead of clicking on links in an email. And look for bad grammar. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Quantifying the Impact of Network Based Attacks This document will give you some guidelines on how to assess the impact of network-based attacks on your organization. We will look at: • Different types of network-based attacks • How those attacks can affect your bottom line • Methods of quantifying the impact of those attacks Learn more! In this Issue Measuring the effectiveness of your security awareness program NSA protest results in tens of thousands of phone calls, emails Banks turn to smartphone tech to fight online fraud Mozilla searches for more revenue, taps in-Firefox ads INSIDER Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping? Protect your PC in the web's worst neighborhoods WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Anatomy Of A CyberAttack Do you know how to keep cyber-criminals out of your network? Cyber-criminals employ complex techniques to avoid detection as they sneak into corporate networks to steal intellectual property. Don't give the bad guys the keys to your network. Learn how to protect your organization from emerging threats in our e-book. Read Now Measuring the effectiveness of your security awareness program As Yogi Berra put it, "If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else." Do you know where you're going with respect to your privacy and security awareness programs? How will you know when--or if--you get there? Read More NSA protest results in tens of thousands of phone calls, emails Organizers of The Day We Fight Back, a protest Tuesday against U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, called the effort a "tremendous success," with nearly 100,000 phone calls made to U.S. lawmakers and 185,000 people signing up to send email blasts to their congressional representatives. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software RocketSpace case study In this case study, see how RocketSpace got both high security and high performance with Dell™ SonicWALL™ E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) E5500 Next-Generation Firewall with application intelligence, control and visualization. Read now! Banks turn to smartphone tech to fight online fraud To ward off cyber-crooks trying to break into customers' accounts, banks are expanding their security efforts beyond desktops and onto iPhones and other mobile devices. Read More Mozilla searches for more revenue, taps in-Firefox ads Mozilla has kicked off a project to show ads to new users of its Firefox browser, a move one analyst said is a search for revenue beyond the firm's overwhelming reliance on Google. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software A New Set Of Network Security Challenges IT faces conflicting mandates from the business. On one hand, employees demand access from devices beyond the firewall such as smartphones, tablets, home PCs and laptops. On the other hand, risk management dictates corporate data must remain protected. The overarching challenge: balance productivity and security. A Must Read! INSIDER Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping? When Unisys CISO John Frymier came in to work on Friday, Sept. 6, the phones were ringing, and continued to ring all day. Customers were panicking over the news headlines of the day before. Read More Protect your PC in the web's worst neighborhoods Your data. Your wallet. Your identity. In the darker corners of the internet, it's all fair game, and disaster could be one unwitting click away. Protect yourself by learning about the web's most common dangers, and how to avoid them. Also, take some basic steps to make your PC more resistant to harm. Read More
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