Security

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• 5 Keys for Moving Enterprise Security to the Cloud

  Cloud computing provides numerous benefits, including cost savings. Here's how to avoid creating security risks in the process.

• Sourcefire Expert Explains Next-generation Firewalls

  Want to beef up the security of your enterprise -- without impacting network performance? Sourcefire senior director of product management Jason Lamar discusses next-gen firewall strategies.

• McAfee’s Edward Metcalf Shares Hybrid Rootkit-thwarting Strategy

  More than 1,200 new rootkits are detected each day. Here's how security experts combine hardware and software techniques for a new layer of protection.

• Security Issues for Multicore Processors

  Multicore processers are increasingly common in everything from PCs to smartphones -- and increasingly attractive to hackers. Cambridge University researcher Robert Watson explains the threats and how enterprises can mitigate them.

• Managing the Deluge of Personal Hand-held Devices Into the Enterprise

  Maximizing both user demand and corporate information security is a balancing act. Here's a look at how IT can manage to accomplish that.

• Why You Need Double Protection Now: Hardware and Software

  Developers unite software and hardware-based security to reinforce laptop, web site defenses.

• Securing the Enterprise Better With Encryption Instructions

  How to deploy encryption when its performance might otherwise be impractical.

• Strike Back at SQL Injections

  Structured Query Language is one of the most popular ways hackers attack enterprises. Programmer and trainer Paul Litwin tells you how to identify weaknesses before hackers do.

• Russia: The No. 1 Base of Global Internet Attacks

  Russian-based IP accounts drive 10 percent of attacks, most of which target port 445.

• Changing the Ways Data Centers Are Built

  Faster, denser and greener has been the mantra for data center design for years, but collocation and virtualization are among the new must-watch strategies.

• The Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Problem

  Lost data and the risk of a data breach have exceedingly serious financial implications for companies.