Firesheep and Sidejacking

The recent release of the Firesheep Wi-Fi attack tool has increased awareness among both users and attackers of the inherent insecurity of unprotected HTTP connections. Users on unprotected networks who connect to websites through plain HTTP connections expose their connections to those sites to open surveillance and full compromise.
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How Extended Validation SSL Brings Confidence to Online Sales and Transactions

As customers increasingly choose to shop, share, bank, and view accounts online, they have become more savvy about security. However, concerns about identity theft and fraud still keep many website visitors from completing, or starting, their transactions online. They need to be reassured that the confidential information that they share will be protected from malicious activity.
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Internet Trust Marks: Building Confidence and Profit Online

The fear of fraud, spoofing, phishing, identity theft, and lax website security have a sizeable percentage of consumers wary of using credit cards online. According to the 2011 Norton Cybercrime Report, cyber fears are on the rise – nearly three quarters of adults (74 percent) say that the possibility of cybercrime is something they are always aware of when online and nearly 9 in 10 adults say it’s important their security software protects their computer 100 percent of the time.
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How Extended Validation SSL Can Help Increase Online Transactions and Improve Customer Confidence

Phishing scams and online fraud have created an environment of fear and doubt among online consumers. Phishing is a form of “man-in-the-middle” attack that uses emails and websites that appear legitimate to trick visitors into sharing personal information. These types of attacks were developed by hackers to circumvent SSL’s end-to-end capabilities. The phishing threat continues to grow, and up to 35,000 new phishing sites are detected every month. Even if you are not a target, phishing casts its net far and wide and it has a detrimental effect on consumer confidence.
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Grow Your Business by Building Customer Trust

Building a successful small business website is a huge challenge. Whether the site is merely promotional or a full-service e-commerce enterprise, you – the small business owner – have to create an attractive and functional place with compelling content that is frequently updated. If you are new to online retailing or have only recently launched your company’s online presence, some of the questions you may have asked yourself probably include:

• How can I improve incoming traffic from search engines?

• I don’t have a big name brand, how can I get people to trust my website and do business with me?

• Should I really worry about my website getting attached by malware?

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Fraud Alert: Phishing — The Latest Tactics and Potential Business Impacts – Phishing White Paper

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. In fact, the cumulative number of phishing attacks recorded in 2011 represented a 37 percent increase over 2010. You no longer need to be a sophisticated hacker to commit fraud on the Internet. Anyone who is motivated can join in, thanks to the off-the-shelf phishing kits provided by a thriving cyber crime ecosystem.
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The Big Data Mystique: Analytics for Every Business

Everyone has heard of Big Data. Business analytics offers companies of all types and sizes the opportunity to make decisions faster, get a leg up on the competition and even increase efficiency of their operations. But what are the stumbling blocks that users fear, and what gains are they expecting by implementing advanced analytics into the enterprise? This SlashGuide looks into those questions, which were posed in a Slashdot Media Pulse poll on Big Data Analytics conducted in August 2014. This resultant white paper provides a combination of IT practitioner and expert insights gathered from that survey.
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Choosing the Right Security Solution

The online world can be a scary place as the integration of the Internet into everyone’s lives has also brought with it an ever-increasing trend towards malicious activity. Consumers are understandably concerned. This angst leads to diminished trust in e-commerce and sub-optimal results for online businesses. Consumers and businesses, alike, need protection from online security threats in order to thrive on the Internet and take full advantage of the many benefits of e-commerce.
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Securing Microsoft Exchange 2010 with Symantec™ SSL Certificates

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 Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010 requires SSL certificates to ensure the security of all connections to the email server. This guide from Symantec™ will help you 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).
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Becoming a Mobile Enterprise: Business Imperatives that Drive Mobile Strategy

More than ever, businesses today need to be responsive to changing conditions, act quickly on new business opportunities, and improve customer service. To accomplish these objectives, many organizations are turning to the benefits offered by increased mobility. However, taking a “mobile first” approach requires new thinking to address the challenges mobility can introduce. Specifically, it brings new platform, application development, access, data protection, and security challenges.

A recent survey of IT professionals conducted by Slashdot Media asked four key questions about businesses’ plans for mobility and the key factors when undertaking a mobile strategy. Register now to see the results of that survey.

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Beginner’s Guide to SSL Certificates

Whether you are an individual or a company, you should approach online security in the same way that you would approach physical security for your home or business. Not only does it make you feel safer but it also protects people who visit your home, place of business, or website. It is important to understand the potential risks and then make sure you are fully protected against them. In the fast-paced world of technology, it is not always easy to stay abreast of the latest advancements. For this reason it is wise to partner with a reputable Internet security company.
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Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve

Compliance is a fast-moving target, and it’s getting harder to keep up. In a survey by IT Policy Compliance Group, a consortium dedicated to helping IT security professionals meet policy and compliance goals, 70 percent of all respondents reported being subject to multiple regulatory compliance mandates, as well as contractual obligations and industry standards.
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Simplify SSL Certificate Management Across the Enterprise

The need for SSL certificates has moved well beyond the “Buy” page to core functions of the enterprise. SSL certificates are used to protect remote employee and partner communications via webmail, chat and IM. Browser-to-server communications for cloud-based services require SSL certificates when used to display customer account information, business partner transactions and for employee productivity tools. Finally, SSL certificates are used to secure server-to server communications for applications and data exchange.
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The Heartbleed Bug: How To Protect Your Business with Symantec

On April 7, 2014, a team of security researchers announced the discovery of a critical vulnerability found in certain versions of the widely used Open SSL cryptographic software library. This bug would become known as “Heartbleed,” and its arrival exposed a serious vulnerability in OpenSSL, allowing attackers to access and read the memory of web servers running vulnerable versions of the library.
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