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The Need to Expand Beyond Windows OS; Maximizing Malware Analysis

Yes, malware commonly targets the Windows operating system. But if you limit malware analysis to Windows OS, you're leaving gaping vulnerabilities, says Christopher Kruegel of Lastline Inc. Here's how to maximize your analysis. Kruegel, CEO of Lastline, says that one common limitation of malware analysis is that...

How to Defend Against Malware and File-less Attacks

With threat actors increasingly moving to circumvent anti-malware systems by compromising legitimate on-device tools, there is a growing need to address malware, file-less attacks, and in-memory attacks. 53% of successful breaches do not involve malware, with attackers instead leveraging native endpoint tools and...

Enterprise Guide to Hardening Endpoints Against Future Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware variants are implementing new, innovative techniques that employ unknown binaries and non-malware tactics to evade and bypass traditional defenses. Their encryption techniques go beyond simple files and shares to make it even harder to restore using backups; and their targets are increasingly becoming...

Behavioral Biometrics: Improve Security and the Customer Experience

Before the Internet, customers who wanted to perform a bank transaction had only one option - a visit to their local branch for a face-to-face transaction. Now, in the "mobile age," customers expect that their bank provide secure and easy access to the full suite of banking services via their mobile device. The...

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How Does Enterprise Intelligence Work?

Enterprise intelligence combines human-led analysis and computer-driven analytics to provide actionable insights for your enterprise, so you can disrupt and neutralize threats. Download this infographic and learn: How often insider misuse is responsible for security incidents; The average cost of a single data...

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Threat Intelligence Security Services Market Overview

A significant challenge for many organizations has been enabling their analysts to find the "unknown unknown." Whether that unknown is malware lurking within the enterprise or within slight variations in fraudulent transactions, the result has been the same: enterprises continue to fall victim to...

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Insider, Hacktivist or Nation State?

Who is behind the threats that face your organization? To implement security measures that put your attackers on defense, you must know their profile and motivations. Download this infographic and learn about: The motivations of different attackers; The different tactics attackers deploy; How threat intelligence...

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The Shortcomings of Current Fraud Prevention Approaches

Building trust in digital banking is vital as financial fraud can cause customers to easily lose confidence in their financial institutions. Just one cybersecurity incident that results in the compromise of a customer account can drive customers to take their business elsewhere. Download this whitepaper and...

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Protect Transactions with Holistic Fraud Detection

Can your financial institution automatically detect and prevent phishing attacks? Swiftly identifying and taking down these websites is time-consuming - and unfortunately, most users submit their credentials in the first few hours of the attack. As a result, to guard against phishing you need the ability to protect...

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Use Security to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Consumers are demanding new digital banking services that require institutions to raise the bar for speed and intuitive experiences. The ability to accurately confirm that the "customer" logging in to your digital banking system is who they say they are is essential. The solution is no longer about finding the...

GDPR and Vendor Risk Management

As the GDPR enforcement date edges closer, organizations remain unprepared to comply - especially when it comes to vendor risk management. What - beyond contracts - do organizations need? Download this whitepaper that discusses: Why organizations remain unprepared for GDPR What is most misunderstood about vendor...

Simplify the the Federal OPSEC Mission with Security Intelligence

Cyber threats pose a risk to federal agencies accomplishing their designated missions. By following best practices to simplify security intelligence, an agency reduces the burden on its security operations team and allows technology to do the work of surfacing and responding to cybersecurity threats. Download this...

6 Steps to Secure Remote Access

Remote access has been a concern since the dial-up days of the internet's infancy. But ubiquitous connectivity only increases enterprise security concerns. Download this whitepaper that outlines six steps to secure remote access: Surprising vulnerabilities in remote access How to secure the connection How to...

Top 5 Reasons Why Mobile will Transform Enterprise Authentication

There's no denying that the proliferation of mobile devices presents new safety challenges for enterprises and consumers alike. But these potential challenges can be mitigated, paving the way for mobile to become a trusted, convenient and multipurpose enterprise digital ID. Learn why mobile is the future of...

Transforming the Banking Experience with Trusted Identities

Today's FIs face a breadth of consumer demands, competitive threats and security and fraud risks. Acquiring and retaining consumers in a fiercely competitive marketplace flooded with waves of non-traditional players requires a consumer-centric digital strategy. The key enabler for an effective digital strategy is...