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2015 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report

Understand the business impact of DDoS attack trends from the Imperva Incapsula Q2 2015 DDoS Trends Report. DDoS attacks against network infrastructures continue to grow in size and duration (over 20 percent of attacks last more than five days). Those aimed at applications are both lengthy (up to eight days) and likely to repeat.

Download the report and learn what to expect and how you can protect your website from such attacks.

Computer Manufacturer Swaps Out Guardium to Save 70% in Operating Costs

One of the largest computer technology companies in the world replaced their IBM Guardium deployment with Imperva SecureSphere, to audit and protect their database environment. This case study explains how this organization switched to SecureSphere and reduced operating costs by over 70%, saving the company $1.9M a year in recurring labor and support costs.

Fuzz Testing Maturity Model

Fuzz testing is an industry-standard technique for locating unknown vulnerabilities in software. Fuzz testing is mandatory portion of many modern secure software development life cycles (SDLCs), such as those used at Adobe, Cisco Systems and Microsoft. This document provides a framework to assess the maturity of your processes, software, systems and devices. At the heart of this document is a vendor-agnostic maturity model for fuzz testing that maps metrics and procedures of effective fuzz testing to maturity levels. The maturity model is a lingua franca for talking about fuzzing, allowing different organizations to communicate effectively about fuzzing without being tied to specific tools.

The Fuzz Testing Maturity Model (FTMM) gives builders and buyers a set of standard levels for communicating about fuzz testing.

Synopsys solutions help deliver a more comprehensive security offering for the SDLC by adding black box testing capabilities, including the Codenomicon Defensics® tool for file and protocol fuzz testing, and the Codenomicon AppCheck™ tool for software composition analysis and vulnerability assessment.

Understanding Verification, Validation and Certification

Cybersecurity and communication robustness have become increasingly bigger concerns as technology has continued to improve and systems have become more complex. Each attempt to expand the networking and communication capabilities of devices have brought new features and convenient solutions for end users, along with new security and robustness challenges.

Synopsys solutions help deliver a more comprehensive security offering for the SDLC by adding black box testing capabilities, including the Codenomicon Defensics® tool for file and protocol fuzz testing, and the Codenomicon AppCheck™ tool for software composition analysis and vulnerability assessment.

What is Fuzzing: The Poet, the Courier, and The Oracle

Fuzzing is well established as an excellent technique for locating vulnerabilities in software. The basic premise is to deliver intentionally malformed input to target software and detect failure. A complete fuzzer has three components. A poet creates the malformed inputs or test cases. A courier delivers test cases to the target software. Finally, an oracle detects if a failure has occurred in the target. Fuzzing is a crucial tool in software vulnerability management, both for organizations that build software as well as organizations that use software.

Synopsys solutions help deliver a more comprehensive security offering for the SDLC by adding black box testing capabilities, including the Codenomicon Defensics® tool for file and protocol fuzz testing, and the Codenomicon AppCheck™ tool for software composition analysis and vulnerability assessment.

Website Security Threat Report Part 3

We hope you enjoyed parts 1 and 2 of the Symantec WSTR 2015. Now download part 3 to discover how the public made criminal's lives easier in falling for the latest social media attacks and online scams.

Plus, take an invaluable look ahead and benefit from our security recommendations and best practices.

Website Security Threat Report Part 2

We hope you enjoyed part 1 of the Symantec WSTR 2015. Now download part 2 for the latest on the fast-evolving world of targeted attacks - from cyber espionage tactics to denial of service, spear-phishing and watering hole attacks.

Website Security Threat Report Part 1

Stay up-to-date with Symantec's WSTR 2015: Your 3-Part report to the world's current and emerging website security threats. Packed with valuable insights and statistics, it's all you need to know about the threats that impact your online business world.

The Top 10 TLS/SSL Client, Server, and Application Best Practices

Ensure that you are using TLS/SSL certificates in the most secure manner. Read this whitepaper for an in-depth breakdown of the top 10 TLS/SSL client, server and application best practices.

This whitepaper covers how to ensure that:
• Security software and settings on your web server are up-to-date.
• Your Internet browser and client are up-to-date.
• Your client computers are free of malware.
• You keep an eye on the expiry date of your TLS/SSL certificates and replace them quickly.

Hidden Dangers Lurking in E-Commerce: Reducing Fraud with the Right SSL Certificate

E-commerce has grown at exponential rates in the past decade, with consumers quickly recognizing the convenience of purchasing goods online. This growth in online purchases rests upon a foundation of trust. People trust that the websites they use to track finances and make online purchases are secure and legitimate largely because of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates.

SSL certificates verify that the provider is who they claim to be and also indicate secure connections between personal devices and company websites. There are three types of SSL certificates, each requiring a different level of authentication: DV, OV and EV.

Understanding the differences among each SSL certificate type is important to help prevent falling victim to scammers. For example, DV certificates are quick and easy to procure and don't require any type of information indicating the person trying to get the DV certificate actually represents a legitimate business. Fraudsters often use DV certificates to lure consumers to phishing websites that look authentic but are designed to steal sensitive information. For this reason, doing any type of ecommerce transaction on a DV-only site poses risk.

Online shopping isn't going away. Until the industry requires an OV or EV certificate for e-commerce sites or an easier way to identify the types of certificates, consumers will have to bear some of the burden of combating cyber risks. Knowing the risks ahead of time, however, is half the battle.

Six Golden Rules for Selecting an SSL or TLS Certificate

The foundation of trusted Internet communications are Secure Socket Link (SSL) certificates, an encryption technology installed on Web servers that permits transmission of sensitive data through an encrypted connection.

Using a public-key infrastructure (PKI), SSL certificates authenticate the end-use Website and the endpoint server, making it difficult for those sites to be imitated or forged.The acquisition of SSL certificates should always be a relatively easy experience; however, the purchasing decision should never be regarded lightly.

When businesses consider SSL certificates; there six Golden Rules a purchaser should keep in mind. This whitepaper provides an overview of the SSL certificated market, the six golden rules of purchasing SSL certificates and how Symantec addresses each of the golden rules.

At the end of the day, people want to make sure their Web sites are secured with as little friction as possible - Symantec gives businesses every opportunity to achieve that goal.

Raise Your Google Ranking

To help create a more secure web, Google now gives HTTPS-secured sites an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) boost to help safer sites become popular sites.

Learn more about this and other ways to boost your ranking in this white paper.

Website Security For Dummies

This 'Website Security for Dummies' Guide offers an insight and an unique understanding of the threats that impact the online business and helps answer the below questions and more:

How does SSL work?
What makes EV SSL worth it?
Why use the Always On SSL approach?
What are the most common threats?

Memorial Hermann Health System delivers outstanding patient care

Memorial Hermann Health System deployed IBM FlashSystem storage, which provides physicians with ultra-fast access to the information they need to make the best treatment decisions. A 96 percent reduction in power consumption also unlocks cost savings for this not-for-profit organization.

Paddy Power – Accommodating unprecedented levels of growth with scalable technology

Bookmaker Paddy Power supports annual growth rates of up to 45 percent by enabling near-linear scalability of its storage infrastructure with the IBM FlashSystem 840. The solution improves application performance by 1,200 percent in some cases, and will deliver an 18-month ROI.