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- PwC Integrates AppScan Into Threat and Vulnerability Practice Enabling Rapid Application Security
- PwC had growing demand from its clients to expand their risk assessment practice into web application vulnerability assessments and wanted an automated solution that would enable them to deliver its service efficiently. PwC adopted AppScan software shortly after its commercial release in mid-2000. AppScan enables quick, accurate, flexible and efficient...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Web Application, Watchfire, Vulnerability Assessment, Application Security, AppScan, Security
- Case studies
- Homeland Security: Risk Assessment - Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment
- In 2000, the University of Washington UW was invited by FEMA to participate in the Disaster Resistant University Project DRU, along with the University of California, Berkeley, Tulane University, Miami University, University of North Carolina/Wilmington, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The overall goal after identifying risks, and assessing vulnerabilities...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, University Of California At Berkeley, Vulnerability Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Security, Strategy, Government, Management
- Case studies
- Telecommunications Leader Forges a Tight Alliance With Internet Security Systems
- IMPSAT was created in Argentina 14 years ago, with the goal of offering telecommunications services to the corporate market. The company needed a powerful security solution infrastructure on which to base its offerings. IMPSAT relied on many ISS products, including the Proventia M50, M30 and M10 integrated security appliances, the...
- Tags: Alliance, Internet Security Systems Inc., Vulnerability Assessment, Telecommunications Leader, Intrusion Prevention, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Testing Methodologies for Automated Web Application Vulnerability Scanners (Level 200)
- There is more to conducting an automated Web application vulnerability assessment than "point and shoot". Automated Web application vulnerability scanners are not as automated as their vendors would lead us to believe. This webcast will examine various strategies to get the most out of a vulnerability assessment tool. The topics...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Vulnerability, Web Application, Vulnerability Assessment, Scanners, Security, Hardware, Peripherals
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Results Interpretation of Automated Web Attacking: Tips and Tricks (Level 200)
- While automated Web application vulnerability assessment tools are excellent productivity tools for developers and security professionals, these tools often yield some false-positive results. Would you like to know what you're looking at? This webcast will examine how to interpret the results of the following types of Web attacks: Cross-site scripting,...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Web, Webcast, Vulnerability Assessment, SQL, SQL Injection, Tool, Productivity, Security
- Webcasts
- Securing the Deployment and Operations Phases of the Application Development Lifecycle
- The webcast will cover best practices for the following: secure builds, secure upgrade procedures, ongoing testing programs, patch management programs, application and infrastructure log management, network vulnerability assessments, and privacy compliance. In this webcast each phase of the development lifecycle is broken down to focus on what security items can...
- Tags: Application Development, Webcast, Vulnerability Assessment, Security, Patches, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Deltanet Bites Down on Security of Dental Patients' Personal Online Information With Appscan
- Deltanet Delta Dental Plans Association Delta Dental is the oldest, largest, most experienced dental benefits system in the United States, offering a nationwide system of dental health benefits for a wide range of employers. The challenge was to ensure confidentiality and prevent unauthorized access to subscribers' personal information, in accordance...
- Tags: Patient, Watchfire, Vulnerability Assessment, Deltanet, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Benefits, Security, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Case studies
- Vulnerability Assessment: The Right Tools to Protect Your Critical Data
- Vulnerability Assessment VA has become one of the hottest fields within the computer security market. VA tools are designed to detect and report on security holes within various software applications, allowing organizations to take corrective actions before a devastating attack occurs. Due to the reduction in "time to exploit" once...
- Tags: Vulnerability Assessment, Tool, Vulnerability Assessment Tool, Security
- White papers 2007-10-18
- Improving Vulnerability Management with Penetration Testing
- Vulnerability management consists of a combination of technologies and processes that can be used to improve an organization's security posture and to support regulatory compliance initiatives. Security managers commonly use vulnerability assessments to determine the security state of their IT systems. However, changing processes and technologies present a challenge to...
- Tags: Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Security
- Webcasts 2006-09-20
- Automated Vulnerability Detection System
- Vulnerability assessments have been recently identified, by independent market research, as one of the most sought after managed security outsourcing services. As with the outsourcing of any business function, the final decision is based on whether or not a trusted partner can do the job more efficiently, cheaper, and perhaps...
- Tags: Vulnerability Assessment, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-08-16
- Managing WLAN Risks With Vulnerability Assessment
- Many options are available to safeguard wireless LANs, but which security measures a person's company deploys, and how can he tell whether his network is sufficiently hardened against 802.11 and 802.1X attacks? This paper describes an iterative process for business risk analysis, vulnerability identification, and threat remediation. It explains how...
- Tags: AirMagnet Inc., WLAN, Vulnerability Assessment, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Networking
- White papers 2005-10-01
- SecureCentral ScanFi (zip)
- ScanFi is a Web-based vulnerability assessment scanner for detecting and assessing network vulnerabilities across heterogeneous networks. ScanFi discovers, scans, reports, and supports vulnerability remediation. It features both scheduled and on-demand vulnerability scanning capabilities, based on comprehensive vulnerability database collated from multiple sources and vendors that is constantly kept up-to-date.
- Tags: Network, Vulnerability, On-demand, Vulnerability Assessment, AdventNet Inc., ScanFi, Scanners, Security, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2005-08-04
- Hired to hack an ERP System
- Based on previous work, our name, Pivot Point Security, cameup when a large government agency sought an independent third party to conducta security assessment of a large scale (100,000 + total end users) ERPEnterprise Resource Planning solution rollout.Working in concert with the PM/QA vendor we were engaged toprovide assurance to...
- Tags: ERP, ERP system, John Verry, server, subnet, vulnerability assessment
- Technical articles 2006-10-24
- Internet Scanner (zip)
- The Internet Scanner vulnerability assessment application provides the foundation for effective network security for your business. Internet Scanner minimizes your risk by identifying the security holes, or vulnerabilities, in your network so you can protect them before an attack occurs.Internet Scanner can identify more than 1,300 types of networked devices...
- Tags: Network, Internet Security Systems Inc., Vulnerability Assessment, Internet Scanner, Internet Scanner Vulnerability Assessment Application, Internet, Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2005-06-20
- Web-Based Vulnerability Assessment - Stronger Network Security Through Automated Audits
- Vulnerability Assessment VA is quickly becoming the "fourth" pillar of security, contributing additional strength to firewalls, antivirus software, and Intrusion Detection. This paper describes the ways in which VA helps fortify network security, discusses the types of VA, including automated security audits, and outlines the strengths and weakness of each...
- Tags: Web, Audit, Network, Network Security, Vulnerability Assessment, WatchGuard Technologies, Security
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Enterprise Vulnerability Assessment Selection Criteria
- Selecting the best security technology to incorporate into an enterprise-wide process is a daunting challenge. In selecting an enterprise vulnerability assessment solution, there are several key criteria that must be properly weighed and considered. This paper identifies the most common technology-related decision criteria for enterprise-wide...
- Tags: Criteria, Vulnerability Assessment, Security
- White papers 2003-04-01
- A holistic approach to vulnerability assessment
- By Ruby BayanThere was a time when fending off hackers and viruses was regarded as mere exception processing. Today, keeping the network safe from rapidly evolving malicious intent is considered critical procedure with top-level priority. Firewalls, intrusion detection devices, antivirus applications, and vulnerability assessment tools are now vital munitions in...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, vulnerability assessment, security
- Technical articles 2004-04-21
Additional Resources
- Database Vulnerability Assessment by IPLocks: A Comprehensive Database Vulnerability Assessment Solution
- Security is a top concern in every enterprise. As companies are continually investing in traditional network, operating system, anti-virus, and anti-spam security solutions, the susceptibility of the database is often overlooked. Typically enterprises use a manual approach to discover and patch vulnerabilities. This process is impractical to do manually as...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Anti-spam, Security Solution, Storage, Security, Databases, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-08-05
- Transformational Vulnerability Management Through Standards
- The Department of Defense's new enterprise licenses for vulnerability assessment and remediation tools call for use of capabilities that conform to both the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE and Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language OVAL standards efforts, as does a new Air Force enterprise-wide software agreement with Microsoft. These contracting...
- Tags: Mitre Corp., Standards, U.S. Department Of Defense, Security
- White papers 2005-04-15
- Vulnerability Management Is Critical to Managing Enterprise Risk
- Vulnerability management is an emerging market that has captured the interest of enterprises concerned with mitigating and managing the threats within their networks. As the vulnerability management market space expands, comprehensive vulnerability management will bring together the assessment and scanning of vulnerabilities within and outside the network perimeter, the remediation...
- Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., Vulnerability Management, Networking
- White papers 2005-05-01
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