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Risk management has never been more important for IT managers running online businesses. It's imperative that any IT team be able to quickly identify risks and contain and/or eliminate them on a non-stop 24/7 basis. That's why picking the right SSL solution is imperative. Not all SSLs are created equal. This SlashGuide looks at a variety of existing SSL offerings and gives IT professions the tips and tricks they need to better identify and use SSL to reduce the risk of malware and phishing attacks while building more trust with their users. Learn 10 real-word ways your IT team can make better use of SSL while growing your online business. These tips scale seamlessly from a small online shop with just a few SSL licenses to a major enterprise managing thousands.

The threat of malware and phishing attacks is non-stop for anyone running a major business website. IT must ensure that all online transactions are safe and trustworthy, even as the number of threats escalates every hour. Discover five concrete ways your IT department can better leverage Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates to increase the level of security across all your online properties. This exclusive SlashGuide offers advice on how EV SSL can reduce the risk of phishing attacks and malware, improve trust with your users, and grow your online business.

Threats to online security have grown and evolved considerably in 2012. From the threats of cyberespionage and industrial espionage to the widespread, chronic problems of malware and phishing, we have seen constant innovation from malware authors. We have also seen an expansion of traditional threats into new forums. In particular, social media and mobile devices have come under increasing attack in 2012, even as spam and phishing attacks via traditional routes have fallen. Online criminals are following users onto these new platforms.

This IDC White Paper explores the increased use and adoption patterns of PBBAs, both integrated and targeted, and the utility these appliances provide to customers in their data protection processes. In addition, this White Paper illuminates the customer value that Symantec's Backup Exec and NetBackup appliances bring to the data protection and recovery process.

This whitepaper first discusses what to look for in a virtualization protection solution and then considers the merits of a separate solution for protecting one's virtual environment, compared with using a unified solution that offers comparable virtualization protection capabilities. Near the back of this document is a guide to assessing the total cost of ownership for separate vs. unified solutions for protecting the virtual components of a modern infrastructure. This paper is being released in tandem with an ESG Lab Report that assesses Symantec Backup Exec 2012 and its virtualization protection technologies.

Download this white paper and learn the value of secure code signing practices for building more secure Android apps as well as how these certificates play a key role in helping developers enhance the safety of their applications, their users, and their reputations.

In this business guide, we discuss how the latest code signing technology works to secure software code and content for applications that are directly downloaded to mobile devices from the Internet. These applications can come either from the software publisher's or application reseller's websites, or directly from the mobile service provider's network. We will also show why code signing platforms need to be flexible, scalable, user-friendly, and easily adaptable to different mobile operating platforms.

Code signing is an industry-recommended and widely-used defense against tampering, corruption, or malware infection in software code. As a powerful method to both identify code and assure the identity of the code signer, it builds trust with anyone using the software. This white paper discusses the malware threat, the potential impact on your business, and how to protect your company and your customers by using code signing.

This paper describes recent security breaches and why they may have happened. It discusses best practices, especially for the Windows platform, which can help to safeguard the private keys associated with code signing certificates.

The emergence of mobile applications has fundamentally changed the way that millions of people around the world work, play, and communicate. Though the market for mobile apps is still relatively young, it has grown exponentially over the past several years and will continue to expand rapidly. This explosive growth presents a tremendous opportunity for software developers looking to create - and monetize - the next hit app. But developers aren't the only ones looking to profit from the surge in apps - cybercriminals want to infect and exploit as many mobile devices as they can to steal confidential information. Fortunately, developers can protect their code - and their customers - with a straightforward and easy-to-manage technology: code signing certificates. This white paper will detail the rise of mobile applications and why code signing certificates are essential to protecting the entire mobile apps ecosystem.

Data suggests that American companies can expect to suffer an online security breach once every four years. Yet a substantial number of companies and organizations appear unprepared yet confident. How prepared are you and your company? Despite confidence, the data also points to a degree of baseless optimism. Find out how you rank among other IT managers testing your website's vulnerabilities.

Each year, Symantec publishes a larger Internet Security Threat Report - this is a subset of that report which focuses on the threats that impact your website and online business. Looking back at the past calendar year it provides an insight into the state of the online world.

Business owners and IT managers need a simpler way to detect critical Web vulnerabilities, prevent data security breaches, and protect their customers from identity theft. Learn how using vulnerability assessments to identify exploitable weaknesses and take corrective action can reduce the risk of hackers finding your site and attacking it.

Over the past decade, businesses have had to adapt to an array of technical changes, including an increasingly hostile cyber environment. In this guide, we will examine major types of threats to information security that businesses face today as well as techniques for mitigating those threats. One of the most important tools available to us is SSL technology.

As one of the top cyber crime ploys impacting both consumers and businesses, phishing has remained a consistently potent threat over the past several years. This fraud alert highlights the current growth and trends in today's phishing schemes, the potential impact on companies, and insight into how businesses can apply technology to protect themselves and their customers.