Security Articles, Whitepapers and Podcasts

Predicts 2010: Infrastructure Protection Is Still Not "One Size Fits All"

In the critical area of infrastructure protection — which Gartner refers to colloquially as "keeping the bad guys out" — we [Gartner] have identified three important trends and clarified and refined our thinking about how those trends will develop in the coming years, how technology product and service providers will respond, and what actions enterprises should take to deal with them. Security professionals and other infrastructure protection stakeholders should use Gartner's predictions in making planning and investment decisions, recognizing that few enterprise-wide or "one size fits all" offerings have yet to take hold in the market.

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Security in a New Era of Threats

Podcast

In this podcast transcript, Jon Ramsey, CTO at SecureWorks, addresses an array of security issues currently facing businesses, including security in the cloud, insider attacks, securing mobile devices and how to manage spam and malware. The story of a CEO whose Gmail account was hacked eventually leading to the loss of $1 million will shock you.

The podcast is available here.

HIPAA Privacy and Security Extensions in the HITECH Act: This Time, We Mean It

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act extends certain HIPAA security and privacy requirements, as well as sets the stage for increased enforcement. Covered entities and business associates should act now to comply in a defensible manner.
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Log Management: How to Develop the Right Strategy for Business and Compliance

This whitepaper will provide the reader with guidance on developing a strategic approach to managing and monitoring logs that enables more efficient compliance with regulatory mandates and more effective defense against security threats.

Utilities: Critical Infrastructure Protection

The purpose of this whitepaper is to provide the reader with an understanding of the security and compliance challenges faced by energy companies and how SecureWorks helps them to protect their critical cyber assets.

SecureWorks Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of MSSP Magic Quadrant

SecureWorks is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America for 2009. The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a graphical portrayal of vendor performance in a market segment, including categories for leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players. Criteria by which the vendors are measured include a company's completeness of vision and ability to execute. 

Essential Series - Security Information Management

In The Essentials Series: Security Information Management, readers will learn about the fundamental processes and technologies that support security information management (SIM) operations, as well as the business justification for SIM. The series includes an examination of different options for implementing SIM and evaluation criteria for selecting the best options for a particular organization. Article 1: The Business Case for Security Information Management, Article 2: Foundations of Security Information Management, Article 3: Making SIM Work for Your Organization

Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of SecureWorks

The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact of SecureWorks' SIEM Service on client organizations. Forrester's aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis. Readers should use this study to better understand and communicate a business case for investing in SecureWorks' SIEM Service.