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Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security

2008-03-10 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...Outbound email poses a data loss and leakage risk. Mitigating risk is becoming important and complex with new information privacy and data protection regulations for internally and externally exchanged information. Regulations like Personally Identifiable Information Guidelines place additional constraints on how data is stored, processed,...
 
Tags: data protection regulations, data, regulations, information, identifiable information guidelines, personal data, data loss, leakage risk, regulation compliance involves
 
 
 
 
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Windows Live OneCare Firewall and Software

2008-01-10 07:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...outbound firewall If your software is signed with a code signing cert issued by an authority that is trusted on the machine (e.g., Thawte, Verisign, etc.) you're good, because the firewall will automatically allow your software to access the Internet. But if you don't want to shell out the hundreds of $$$ it takes to get one of these certs,...
 
Tags: firewall, onecare firewall, software, outbound firewall, firewall outputs, windows live onecare, homebrew software, people, highly technical people
 
 
 
 
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Storm-Bot stripshow analysis

2007-12-23 22:06:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...outbound to merrychristmasdude.com, you have to consider if you really need outbound UDP traffic above 1024. I'm a firm believer in deny all and make exceptions only via legitimate business case. If you can achieve such lockdown, even though your hosts may suffer infection, they won't be communicating with their friends and neighbors From API...
 
Tags: 40d9f1 connect, w32tm config syncfromflags, config, time, quick time check, w32tm config, exe, src78, dst192
 
 
 
 
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Symantec + Vontu: A Marriage Made In Heaven?

2007-11-13 08:55:35 by Thomas Raschke in Security & Risk Management
 
...Outbound Content Compliance a.k.a. Extrusion Prevention a.k.a. you get the picture) space saw this acquisition coming for what seemed liked an eternity. Since last year, Forrester has been forecasting consolidation frenzy and McAfee (Onigma and SafeBoot), Websense (PortAuthority), RSA/EMC (Tablus), Trend Micro (Provilla), Raytheon (Oakley...
 
Tags: ilp, ilp awareness, ilp wave, ilp vendors compare, ilp leader, ilp functionality, loss, data loss prevention, blown ilp functionality
 
 
 
 
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Security Policy Considerations for the Junk FAX Prevention Act

2007-12-27 08:56:05 by Editor in Information Security Policy Whitepapers
 
New FCC rules for the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 have changed the way organizations must handle outbound customer communications via FAX technology. In this article we look at the main provisions of the recent ruling and suggest some audits of your information security policies that may help reduce the risk of violating the new FAX...
 
Tags: information security policies, fax requirements, fcc rules, main provisions, fax technology, audits, organizations, article, recent
 
 
 
 
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Whats next in Data Leakage Prevention - Keeping your barrels out of the water

2008-01-07 00:35:00 by Hugh Docherty in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...outbound traffic, many DLP products are good at finding unstructured data much like a search engine and then classifying it as sensitive or top secret based on the criteria that your business outlines. While this requires various amounts of tuning and configuration, you will get a better understanding of where your sensitive data resides and...
 
Tags: data leakage prevention, data leakage, data, sensitive data resides, sensitive, data-centric approach, dlp, dlp vendors, electronic data
 
 
 
 
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A Guide to Evaluating E-mail Security Solutions

2008-03-13 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: SonicWALL) New e-mail protections are now available to ensure the safety, privacy and security of corporate networks, data and personnel. The increased sophistication, versatility and effectiveness of e-mail security solutions have been paired with improved ease-of- use, providing a transparent, simply managed barrier against spam,...
 
Tags: e-mail security solutions, security, e-mail protections, outbound compliance, source, attacks, ensure, barrier, safety
 
 
 
 
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12 Signs that Your Company is Already in the Cloud

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2008-04-25 19:14:19 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...outbound network traffic via the perimeter firewall, before being routed back to the internal server room (for performance reasons You walk into the Data Center and it feels cooler than usual When the builders next door accidentally saw through the company Internet connection, people complain there must be a DoS attack going on as they cant...
 
Tags: company, company car park, signs, cloud, company internet connection, telltale signs, credit card, credit card charges, security
 
 
 
 
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Layered Security: Solving the Cube

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2008-05-04 01:06:31 by JJ in Security Uncorked
...outbound application control. We need data leakage prevention. We need email security. We SSL-VPNs for secure remote access the list goes on So, whats the problem? Were living in a world of security buzzwords and hot topic solutions. But the problem is 2-fold Problem 1- We forget to KISS IT . In the frenzy to understand and implement these...
 
Tags: security, email security, security products, security solutions, solution, solution does-, security fundamentals, security solution, basic security functions