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The New Business Imperative for DDoS Protection

As an IT manager or security professional, you know that getting executive decision-makers to fully appreciate the material dangers posed by DDoS and prioritize strong DDoS protection can be challenging. In fact, sponsoring strong DDoS protection must be an enterprise-wide commitment—not just an IT problem. Unfortunately it often takes a significant negative event or headline to get attention. Even if you have an advocate in the C-suite, it can be difficult to clearly communicate to all stakeholders the potential business impact and generate a real sense of urgency for prioritizing DDoS defense.

This white paper will walk you through four steps essential to building a business case for better DDoS protection—one that’s compelling to your business as a whole.

Reliable Data Protection Designed for Virtualized Environments

Organizations are modernizing their data centers so that they can provision IT services faster, strengthen security and control, and lower operating costs. While building modern data centers, organizations invest in server virtualization, modern storage applications, and cloud-based services. However, businesses are facing new demands from end users, including access to data and applications at all times and systems with no downtime or data loss. In addition, they are facing exponential data growth annually.

5 Reasons Cloud Increases the Importance of Identity and Strong Authentication

As cloud computing has permeated the enterprise, the entire complexion of IT services and user interaction with technology has been transformed. The business benefits of cloud are obvious, but many organizations are still trying to find ways to cope with the security implications of increased cloud usage.

While there are a number of security considerations to take into account, perhaps none is more important than identity and strong authentication. As cloud muddles an already crumbling moat-and-castle perimeter security model, identity becomes the front line of defense for securing cloud applications and infrastructure, along with the data residing in them. Here are five reasons why identity is so crucial in this still-evolving cloud era.

SANS Protection from the Inside

Applications are a primary target for cyber-attacks. Historically, Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) have been a popular choice for protecting production applications from attack. But they have limitations, and advice on how to bypass a WAF is readily available.

See how context from within the application allows Runtime Application Self-protection (RASP) to provide additional protection using visibility into application configuration, logic and data flows. In this paper, the SANS Institute captures the relative capabilities and efficiencies of RASP and WAF technologies using a representative product in each category. Learn how your defense-in-depth strategy could benefit from the additional visibility of runtime protection.

Security First Strategies

Download this custom research report to learn why massive data breaches drive home the point that a security plan is actually a work in progress and it is only finished until the next project begins.

Tech Spotlight: Thawte in Education

With the ever-changing advances in technology and the internet, it is imperative that you stay on top of the latest security measures at your institution to protect sensitive data. Download this comprehensive eBook highlighting recent security trends in education to learn more about what you need to do to protect your institution from potential threats.

Understanding Validation: the art and science of SSL Certificate validation

SSL certificates don’t range from ‘insecure’ to ‘secure’, but they do differ in the level of confidence they inspire in online visitors. This white paper helps you choose the level of validation that works for you.

Top 10 Website Security Myths Revealed

When it comes to protecting your website and customers from attack, knowledge is your best weapon. But with ever-changing threats and ever-evolving defenses comes ever-growing potential for common misconception. To help you cut through the confusion, view our essential guide now and separate website security myth from reality.

Securing your Apache Web Server with a Thawte Digital Certificate

In this guide we examine the importance of Apache-SSL and who needs an SSL certificate. We look at how SSL works, how it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure.

Step Up Encryption with Thawte SGC SuperCerts

Learn about how digital certificates with SGC technology are able to step-up encryption levels for certain browsers to 128-bits. A discussion of the business benefits of deploying SGC certificates is also included.

Fraud Alert: New Phishing Tactics—and How They Impact Your Business

In this fraud alert paper, we’ll highlight the current trends in today’s phishing schemes, with a particular focus on the latest threats emerging from China. Then we’ll offer some ideas and best practices for applying technology to protect both yourself and your customers.

History of Cryptography

This white paper presents a brief history of cryptography and how encryption-related technologies have evolved and will continue to evolve as well as the measures Internet users should consider when implementing modern encryptions.

10 Best Practices for Microsoft SharePoint Security

SharePoint is a valuable collaboration tool. But your organization could be vulnerable if you don't take the right steps. There’s no silver bullet for securing SharePoint because each deployment is unique. However, there are 10 best practices that everyone should follow when using this collaboration tool.

Securing Microsoft Exchange 2010

There are many reasons why now is the right time to make the move to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, including a host of administration and security improvements. However, as with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Exchange 2010 requires SSL certificates to ensure the security of all connections to the email server.

This guide from Thawte is designed to take the guesswork out of implementing SSL for Exchange 2010, making it easier than ever to get the SSL certificate you need for a successful and secure Exchange implementation, and to take advantage of powerful capabilities such as Subject Alternative Names (SANs).

Top 5 Reasons to Choose User-Friendly Strong Authentication

This executive brief asserts that easy and secure authentication is possible, and offers five reasons an organization should adopt such a solution. Insights are provided into how to choose the right two-factor authentication (2FA) solution, including integration with complimentary solutions like single sign-on, to ensure you are prepared for the challenges of today and tomorrow.