Cisco announces security service linked with new operations centers

	Verizon: Web apps are the security punching bag of the Internet | Data breach report: 9 attack patterns describe 92% of 100,000 security incidents
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	Cisco announces security service linked with new operations centers Cisco today announced Managed Threat Defense, a set of security services for the enterprise that Cisco is providing through two new operations centers to remotely support intrusion-detection, incident response and forensics, among other services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SAP The Keys To Boosting PSO Success Professional services organizations (PSOs) strive to help their clients' businesses run more smoothly. But what are they doing to make their own businesses run more efficiently? One method for success with proven results: deploying technology, from vendors such as SAP, that delivers both internal efficiency and external results. Learn how to deliver a higher percentage of on-time, on-budget project completions, boost revenue and customer retention, and ultimately improve profit margins. In this Issue Verizon: Web apps are the security punching bag of the Internet Data breach report: 9 attack patterns describe 92% of 100,000 security incidents Advanced Malware Detection and Response and Other Cybersecurity Services on the Rise 27 of the worst product knockoffs in tech How to keep your smartphone (and its data) secure Mysterious malware steals Apple credentials from jailbroken iOS devices Apple patches Secure Transport, but not because of Heartbleed BlackBerry Releases BES 10 Security Update to Address 'Heartbleed' Flaw WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic and PEER 1 Hosting Defense Throughout the Vulnerability Life Cycle This whitepaper provides insight into how to leverage threat and log management technologies to protect your IT assets throughout their vulnerability life cycle. Learn More Verizon: Web apps are the security punching bag of the Internet Verizon today issued its annual data-breach investigations report, a study of what happened in 1,367 known cases across dozens of industries in 95 countries last year, and the most common form of attack was breaking in through Web applications. Read More Data breach report: 9 attack patterns describe 92% of 100,000 security incidents There are some big changes to Verizon's 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) (pdf), including a deep dive into two different datasets that came from 50 different sources and 95 countries. One set of data looks back at 1,367 confirmed data breaches and 63,437 security incidents from 2013. Another looks back over a decade of data covering about 3,800 data breaches and 100,000 security incidents.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Managing BitLocker With SafeGuard Enterprise This whitepaper explains how Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise secures your data wherever it's stored; and how it allows you to support diverse platforms and encryption products including BitLocker. Learn More Advanced Malware Detection and Response and Other Cybersecurity Services on the Rise Think about all of the industry activity with malware detection and response and what comes to mind? Most people would probably focus on technology vendors like Bromium, Cylance, Damballa, FireEye, and Palo Alto Networks since these firms have garnered headlines, raised vast fortunes of VC funding, and even pushed through successful IPOs. Read More 27 of the worst product knockoffs in tech With so much money to be made selling electronics, many just try to copy what's already successful. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Software Asset Management: Practices for Success This white paper discusses best practices that can dramatically increase your success rate of a SAM deployment. Make sure and follow these steps and verify that your SAM toolkit has the necessary functionality to keep your organization steps ahead of the competition -it's a long term investment. Read Now How to keep your smartphone (and its data) secure In our daily activities, our smartphones increasingly store or access sensitive business and personal data -- not just email, but also financial and medical information, company systems, travel itineraries, etc. Many of us also use smartphones to access cloud data repositories like Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs, Microsoft OneDrive and Apple iCloud. Read More Mysterious malware steals Apple credentials from jailbroken iOS devices A malware campaign of yet-to-be-determined origin is infecting jailbroken iPhones and iPads to steal Apple account credentials from SSL encrypted traffic. Read More Apple patches Secure Transport, but not because of Heartbleed Apple today issued a security-only update for OS X, patching 25 vulnerabilities in Mavericks, its newest operating system, and 7 bugs in older editions. Read More BlackBerry Releases BES 10 Security Update to Address 'Heartbleed' Flaw BlackBerry today released an update to its BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10 software designed to address a "Heartbleed"-related OpenSSL vulnerability in the version of Apache Tomcat used within the BES BlackBerry Work Connect Notification Service. (A detailed breakdown of the vulnerability is available on NIST.gov.) Read More
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