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Spyware
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ALSO CALLED: Spy Software, Spyware Viruses, Tracking Software, Internet Spyware, Computer Monitoring Spy Software, and Spybot
DEFINITION: Spyware is any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet (where it is sometimes called a spybot or tracking software), spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about
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Symantec™ Endpoint Protection: A Unified, Proactive Approach to Endpoint Security
| sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper describes how Symantec Endpoint Protection enables organizations to leverage these technologies in a holistic manner to protect against endpoint threats at all levels.
Posted: 20 Dec 2008 | Published: 20 Dec 2008
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McAfee Security Journal
| sponsored by McAfee, Inc.
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This edition of the McAfee Security Journal focuses on social engineering, the psychology of decision making, and elementary social psychology to analyze why people fall for social engineering without perceiving the deception.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008
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McAfee Initiative to Fight Cybercrime
| sponsored by McAfee, Inc.
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Fighting Cybercrime requires a three-pronged approach: technology & innovation, education, and legal frameworks.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008
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Case Study: Bellevue School District
| sponsored by Websense, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Read this case study to learn how the Bellevue School District dramatically improved their web security and productivity by extending their security policy management and administrator controls to additional IT staff members.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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The Bad, the Good, and the Unsure: Setting a New Standard for Internet Security
| sponsored by Kaspersky Lab
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The need for consumers to secure the computers they own is more pressing than many realize. This paper explains how leading security solutions may not offer the advanced protection you need.
Posted: 05 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Five Ways to Improve Your Wireless Security
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
A wireless network can help your employees stay productive as they move around your company, but to take advantage of the benefits of wireless networking, you need to be sure that your network is safe from hackers and unauthorized users.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Best Practices for Measuring and Managing Today's Complex Messaging Environment
| sponsored by Quest Software
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This white paper describes the components of a typical messaging environment and the recommended reporting, analysis, and diagnostic practices you should use to maintain the health of this complex environment.
Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Effectively Securing Your Network
| sponsored by CDW Corporation
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This white paper shows you how to effectively protect your company's network perimeter from threats like spam, malware, bots, viruses and other attacks.
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 20 Mar 2008
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Secure Desktop and Laptop Client Systems across the Enterprise
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
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Read this report to learn more about security solutions that cut response time to threats by 90 percent, while addressing enterprise needs for rapid software installation, scalability, reliability, and reporting.
Posted: 20 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2006
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Locking down Your Web Applications
| sponsored by thawte Inc.
WEBCAST:
In this final Web Security School webcast, Mike Cobb, Managing Director of Cobweb Applications Ltd. and author of IIS Security, looks at how the actual content of your Web site can open holes in its defenses.
Posted: 15 Sep 2005 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Spyware: Counterintelligence
| sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WEBCAST:
Learn how to focus on proactively protecting your enterprise from spyware, bots and increasing security risks, as well as uncovering the hidden costs associated with allowing spyware to run rampant in IT organizations.
Posted: 13 Sep 2005 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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SPYWARE DEFINITION (continued): … the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program. Data collecting programs that are installed with the user's knowledge are not, properly speaking, spyware, if the user fully understands what data is being collected and with whom it is being shared. However, spyware is often installed without the user's consent, as a drive-by download, or as the result of …
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