Log management has become an increasingly important part of managing information technology across the enterprise. This E-Book will look at how compliance has changed IT's requirements for log management tools in general, and how the tools continue to evolve to meet security needs as well. 

Solutions for security information and event management (SIEM) are becoming a must-have component of an organization's security infrastructure. Because a SIEM solution reaches into every corner of your enterprise and touches so many pieces of your infrastructure, choosing a vendor solution is a long-term commitment with wide impact. 

A columnar data base is a data base arranged to optimize data analysis, but how? What is a columnar database really? This document presents the basic concepts of columnar databases in a straightforward manner so anyone who is involved with data, business or technical, can understand their purpose and application. 

The CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) is in the process of updating their standards and suggested practices. They are going to be more strict with medical device developers. The purpose of this paper is to present the medical device developer guidelines for complying with the "suggestions" of the CDRH. 

Organizations are constantly challenged to understand what network threats exist and how they can effect their organization. It is also extremely important to understand how past and present events can effect the overall picture of the IT infrastructure. Understanding their security, compliance and operational status in real time is critical. 

In this Lumension Security audiocast Paul Henry explains why removable media devices are the top security threat, why insiders pose the greatest risk to your information and 5 key steps to safeguarding vital information from loss or theft. 

From desktop vulnerabilities to the impact open proxies, JavaScript, universal access to HTTP and the adoption of embedded HTML in email, this white paper presents the top ten scenarios hackers use the web to attack your infrastructure. 

The Manufacturing 2008 Executive Summary provides a concise view of North American manufacturing production metrics and best practices to help manufacturers benchmark their operations and better understand how to improve. 

Entraction has no reservations about the effectiveness and efficiencies that are possible using device fingerprinting paired with device reputation; this is real data pulled from the user's computer, coupled with fact-based evidence of fraud from that computer's past. Read this case study to learn about how Entraction is fighting fraud. 

Watch this webcast to learn about SugarCRM's out-of-the-box collaboration capabilities and how Asterisk can help companies of all sizes implement a best-in-class telephony system. This webcast will also show how Geeks on the Way is becoming one of the fastest-growing businesses in western Canada due to the combination of SugarCRM and Asterisk apps. 

Use the Sophos Threat Detection Test to quickly perform a scan and find any viruses, spyware, adware or zero-day threats that might have by-passed your existing protection 

Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press) is the definitive 454-page guide for both security pros and DBAs. Chapter 2, presented here, covers topics central to hardening the database.