WHITE PAPER - For organizations trying to shore up network defenses, it's important to understand how the security threat landscape has evolved. Only then is it possible to determine the best use of network-security solutions -- particularly Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) -- to block ongoing and future waves of attacks. Read on to learn more.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Intrusion Detection Systems | Intrusion Prevention | Intrusion Prevention Systems | Network Security | Risk Management | Security Event Management | Security Managers | Security Spending | Security Threats | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Management | Inventory Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - This guidebook provides the answers with a series of detailed sections including essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Migration | Data Quality | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Business Process Management | Customer Data Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Marketing | Retail Banking Services | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on manufacturing companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in manufacturing and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Customer Service | Data Quality | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry Organizations | Metadata Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | ETL (Software) | Insurance Industry | Master Data Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Implementing a vulnerability management process is critical to protecting any business from harmful attacks. This whitepaper examines the importance of vulnerability assessment and the common myths surrounding security protection.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Network Security | Patch Management | Patch Management Software | Risk Management | Security | Security Threats | Vulnerability Assessments | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - When web application delivery is implemented in a collaborative, re-peatable, and process-oriented manner, companies can benefit from more efficient development models and more secure applications. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Security | Risk Management | Security Audits | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper introduces actions that organizations can take to drive security efforts from a business and operational perspective and discusses how security leadership from IBM can help enable their success.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: March 6, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Processes | CRM | Risk Management | Security Management | Security Threats | SOA | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - Organizations should consider a thorough approach to IAM governance that meets the requirements of discovering, documenting and analyzing user access; establishing a process for user access governance; ensuring that constraints help manage business conflict; enforcing policies; and continuous monitoring.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: June 11, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Governance | HIPAA Compliance | Identity Management | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how security that is built into a dynamic infrastructure can mitigate risks, enabling agility, secure collaboration, and business transformation. The IBM Security Framework and lifecycle approach can help address changing business requirements.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: June 12, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Business Systems | Collaboration | IT Infrastructure | Risk Management | Security Infrastructure | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines many of the concerns associated with virtualization and describes how the breadth of security experience, focused under the IBM Security Framework, helps customers better understand and prioritize these risks, and helps build a strong security posture that positions organizations to reap the full rewards of this technology.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Network Security | Risk Management | Security Management | Security Policies | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - Rapid changes within technology, new server and software deployments, and the evolving sophistication of attack methods used to infiltrate systems and steal data create the greatest set of challenges faced by security and IT administrators trying to keep their systems secure and within regulatory compliance. Interested in reducing security risk?
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Security | Integrated Threat Management | Network Security | Network Security Software | Risk Management | Security | Security Audits | Security Management | Security Policies | Security Software | Security Threats | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn about the operational costs and resource drains that organizations need to address when they engage in Oracle E-Business Suite projects. This paper provides tips about process automation and native tools, which help eliminate errors and simplify project execution.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | eBusiness | eBusiness Software | Object-Oriented Databases | Oracle (Product) | Project Management | Risk Management | Software Migration

WHITE PAPER - Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the proactive IT risk management and the required audit readiness to meet many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Audits | Data Management | Data Security | Health Care Applications Software | HIPAA | HIPAA Compliance | Information Management Software | Medical Records Management | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management