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Mail-SeCure – A Complete Perimeter Security Solution

Protecting ones network from hostile attacks has become a full time job. Especially today, when networks have become an easy target for hackers, intruders, abusers, Email Viruses, Worms, Trojan-horses, Phishing, Spam and DoES (Denial of Email Service).

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Two-Factor Authentication Without Tokens: PhoneFactor ™

For most companies, information security is a top priority. Demand for protecting data and employee confidentiality is only continuing to grow, especially in industries that require a regulatory-compliant environment. However, applying usernames and passwords for authentication is insufficient. While two-factor authentication is an effective security solution, traditional token-based systems have been difficult to implement and administer, leading to limited adoption.

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Building Enterprise Secure File Transfer Processes that Improve Your Security and Compliance

Virtually all businesses today have work processes that dictate the need to share critical business information with people outside as well as inside the organization. The information may be highly confidential intellectual property, patient health records, sensitive customer data, financial information or the like. This presents a challenge.

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SSO Over the Internet: The CISO’s Misperceptions and Realities

Ping Identity conducted anonymous interviews of seventeen Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and Information Security Officers across financial services, healthcare, education, insurance and business services. What we learned was surprising: many of the survey participants share three common misperceptions about secure Internet single sign-on (SSO).

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Federated Provisioning: The Synergy of Identity Federation and User Provisioning

This paper provides a background of federation and provisioning concepts, functional operations, and standards. A complex provisioning use case is presented to demonstrate the potential combination of SPML and SAML in a federated environment.

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Achieving Universal Secure Identity Verification with Convenience and Personal Privacy: Privaris

The modern world has an unprecedented need for security. More than ever before, sensitive information, ranging from personal account numbers to government intelligence, is stored in databases that can be accessed via the Internet, cellular phones, and other networks. This information is a target for those who wish to exploit it for illegal purposes.

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A Practical Approach to Managing Phishing: Paypal

Surely only a few individuals, who have been living a life of seclusion on the French Riviera for the last few years, won’t know what the crime of “phishing” is. At least that’s what we tend to think in the security industry. Yet, according to Gartner estimates, 3.3% of the 124 million consumers who received phishing email last year were victimized and lost money because of the attacks.

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Identity Theft: The Business Timebomb

Most everyone has heard of identity theft; yet unless you have been a victim, few people and businesses believe they are at risk. The false sense of immunity to identity theft is indicative of a general misunderstanding of what identity theft is. It points to the need for education among businesses and consumers alike. The clever and amusing advertising by financial institutions, designed to maintain consumer confidence in banking and credit transactions, as well as the frequent coverage in the media of credit card and bank account fraud, together create a dangerous misconception about what identity theft is.

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Physical Security in Mission Critical Facilities: APC

Physical security — controlling personnel access to facilities — is critical to achieving data center availability goals. As new technologies such as biometric identification and remote management of security data become more widely available, traditional card-and-guard security is being supplanted by security systems that can provide positive identification and tracking of human activity in and around the data center.

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Total Cost of Ownership: Axis Communications

When the question is asked “Is a network camera more expensive than an analog camera” the answer is a resounding “yes”. It should be, since it includes more functionality than its analog counterpart. When the next question asked is “Is a network camera system more expensive than DVR system with analog cameras?” the answer will depend on who is in the room. Some say “absolutely” while others “maybe” and some “no”. Why is this?

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