The X-Force Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report containing the latest information on computer security threats and trends from the first half of 2009. More than just a "report," the X-Force Trend and Risk Report provides important information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, Web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity.

The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity. They are intended to help customers, fellow researchers, and the public at large understand the changing nature of the threat landscape and what might be done to mitigate it.

The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity. They are intended to help customers, fellow researchers, and the public at large understand the changing nature of the threat landscape and what might be done to mitigate it.

White paper. An IBM publication featuring analysis from Gartner. A look at cloud computing and its security issues. Organizations potentially can gain a competitive or cost advantage through selective adoption of cloud computing, but not without first taking a comprehensive look at the associated risks, ensuring that they are consistent with business goals, along with the expectations of regulators, auditors, shareholders and partners. Assessing the risks associated with cloud computing and how they can impact critical applications and services in the organization is a critical factor in this decision-making process. Organizations can also consider options to mitigate and manage these IT security risks.

The IBM X-Force® Threat Insight Quarterly is designed to highlight some of the most significant threats and challenges facing security professionals today. This report is a product of IBM Managed Security Services and the IBM X-Force research and development team. Each issue focuses on specific challenges and provides a recap of the most significant recent online threats.

This white paper explores the major access management scenarios that organizations face and shows how the IBM Tivoli access management portfolio can help organizations address these scenarios by applying industry-leading identity, data, and application security capabilities.

"With all the attention given to the increasing sophistication of threats, and the security implications of technology trends such as Virtualization and Cloud Computing, is your enterprise ready for tomorrow’s security risks? Download this informative white paper from Enterprise Management Associates® (EMATM) to learn about the broad domains of controls enterprises must consider in order to build a solid foundation for IT security management, and how IBM offers solutions that combine breadth as well as depth in security expertise backed by primary research and development that only IBM can deliver."

In this paper, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) analysts examine today’s security challenges in light of the opportunity to build security directly into information systems, and the role of today’s finely grained technologies for identity and access management that make this more proactive approach possible.

Security managers may work for midsize or large organizations; they may operate from anywhere on the globe. But inevitably, they share a common goal: to better manage the risks associated with their business infrastructure. Increasingly, Web application security plays a significant role in achieving that goal.

The IBM X-Force® Threat Insight Quarterly is designed to highlight some of the most significant threats and challenges facing security professionals today. This report is a product of IBM Managed Security Services and the IBM X-Force research and development team. Each issue focuses on specific challenges and provides a recap of the most significant recent online threats.

At a time when the global business community struggles to enhance internal controls and maintain long-term viability, improvements in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) programs can be well worth the investment. But as software vendors target the growing GRC market, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish what they offer. Forrester’s GRC TechnologyEcosystem provides a foundation for identifying how various GRC technologies fit into existing programs and the important roles they can play.

Authors: University of Michigan, IBM (PDF 740 KB) Abstract: For many centuries military lines of battle and clearly identified national borders defined the frontiers of security. In WWI and WWII the battlefront in effect served to define the borderline of national sovereignty. But more recently in wars of insurrection, insurgency and global terrorism, potential threats to security are no longer clearly defined by borders. In today's world, border security, homeland security and national security are inherently intertwined. This white paper addresses a very pressing question for public officials, policy and budget planners and security professionals — how do we assess security in a globalised and interpenetrated world? How do we know if investment of scarce resources in security systems results in the mere appearance of security or the real thing? It is a difficult question. To answer this question, we start with the issue that motivates our concern in the first place - the deman

Although the benefits of cloud computing are clear, so is the need to develop proper security for cloud implementations. The following whitepaper provides an overview of key security issues related to cloud computing, concluding with the IBM Point of View on a secure cloud architecture and environment.

This white paper focuses on the security aspects of protecting the electric grid, including providing end-to-end security and meeting industry standards. It also shows how IBM hardware, software and services can help you meet security regulations for the utility industry.

This white paper describes how security that is built into a dynamic infrastructure can mitigate risks, enabling agility, secure collaboration, and business transformation. The IBM Security Framework and lifecycle approach can help address changing business requirements.

The X-Force Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report containing the latest information on computer security threats and trends from the first half of 2009. More than just a "report," the X-Force Trend and Risk Report provides important information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, Web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity.

This white paper shows how organizations can manage data and application security risks cost-effectively by using IBM Tivoli Data and Application Security to reduce costs and improve ROI. It provides examples of IBM customers who have realized the benefits of the solution.

This IBM Redguide explores some of the concerns that characterize security requirements or threats of business and information technology systems. It then identifies a number of business drivers that illustrate these concerns, including: managing risk and cost, and compliance to business policies and external regulations. It describes how security is a major consideration in the way that business and information technology systems are designed, built, operated, and managed.

This report summarizes the results from over 1,500 individual tests and over 5GB of test results collected in our real-world test lab while testing the GX6116. NSS Labs test reports are designed to address the challenges faced by IT professionals in selecting security products. This NSS Labs report provides readers with empirically validated evidence about a product’s features and capabilities. Testing and analysis covers several aspects of the security product

By 2011, one-third of the world's population will be Web users. Borders are becoming less important. The world is getting flatter, because barriers to global competition are being lowered. And it can become smarter because we have unprecedented access to information and tools for collaboration.Powering these changes are the Web and Web-enabled applications. The risks are enormous. Because an organization is only as secure as the applications that support it, this IBM white paper outlines the risks surrounding Web applications and reviews four layers of security needed in a strategy for end-to end Web protection.