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White Papers
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9 Essential Requirements for Web 2.0 Security
Get a closer look at today’s business-class web threats and why legacy web security solutions offer limited protection. This paper also outlines nine requirements for a new, proactive security paradigm to help secure Web 2.0 applications, protecting the enterprise and the employees that use these applications on a daily basis.
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A Guide to Deploying Application-enabled Smart Phones in the Enterprise
There is no doubt that mobile devices add to the productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce. There is also no doubt that diversification adds complexity to the corporate infrastructure. Companies must be intelligent about how they specify, deploy, manage and support their mobile users.
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Adware and Spyware: Unraveling the Financial Web
This paper examines the increasing prevalence of adware and spyware. Adware and spyware are used to enhance affiliate-marketing programs, but, are also ideal tools for online criminals. Improved fraud detection and accountability for affiliate-marketing companies are viable solutions for staunching the flow of money to criminals, but there is no substitute for end-user vigilance to protect confidential information.
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Botnets Exposed: Stopping Next-Generation Attacks
The increasing sophistication and dynamism of multi-vectored network attacks, including use of botnets to deliver threats deep inside the enterprise, requires rethinking network security. Network and security architects need to consider a new approach that combines some traditional network defense technologies with a new concept, that of Global Threat Intelligence, in order to stop these new attacks. Read this white paper to learn more about the latest hacker tactics and how Global Threat Intelligence can help protect your network.
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Combating the Insider Risk to Data
Protecting your organization against internal data threats is not just about protecting the sensitive information you know could put your company at risk if exposed. It’s also about discovering those hidden data sources that you don’t even know exist and have not secured. Staying on top of your organization’s changing network and managing your data loss strategy is critical, but it is also time-consuming and costly.
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Case Studies
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HealthSouth Case Study
This case study discusses the success of HealthSouth’s use of McAfee Preventsys security risk management solutions for an enterprise deployment in its corporate data center, spanning across 50,000 nodes. Implementation was completed in a timely manner and immediately HealthSouth was able to complete HIPAA compliance audits on time and within trending windows that supported its overall HIPAA certification.
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Mainova AG Case Study
This case study examines Frankfurt energy supplier Mainova AG’s reliance on McAfee for its network security.
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RPC Case Study
This case study discusses how McAfee technologies give RPC comprehensive visibility into their critical systems with improved operational efficiency and security compliance via a vulnerability management solution.
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State of New York Government Case Study
A common trend with many state governments these days, the State of New York had been experiencing a budget shortfall and needed to find ways to cut costs while still ensuring the utmost protection of their critical assets. Read this case study to find out how McAfee helped the State simplify management of endpoint security and cut costs by 75%.
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Podcasts
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property from Insider Data Theft
Your corporate data is the key to your company's success. Most companies deploy protection for outside threats, but what happens when an inside worker becomes a threat? Listen to this podcast to learn more about how to protect yourself from the growing threat of insider data theft.
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How to Meet the Challenge of Today’s Blended Threats
Cybercrime is increasing rapidly. Hacker's are becoming more sophisticated, using blended threats to steal personal information from employees and customers, and corporate intellectual property. Listen to this podcast to learn more about cyber criminals' changing tactics and how to protect yourself.
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Webcasts
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The Next-Generation Firewall: Proactive, Global Threat Protection
This is a McAfee security webcast featuring Research Vice President Greg Young of leading analyst firm Gartner. During this educational webcast you will learn why the Next-Generation Firewall is quickly becoming a critical component of the security strategy of organizations like yours.
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Product Literature
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15 Minutes to a Secure Business: Daily Practices for IT Security Management
Practical security. That is the goal of every step outlined in McAfee's 15 Minutes to Greater Protection methodology. Following a set of daily practices, IT staff can manage security efficiently by breaking down key responsibilities into manageable tasks. The action plan helps IT departments prioritize activities and stay on top of security management.
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eWeek Podcasts
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Managed Security Services
eWEEK Senior Writer Matt Hines talks with Marc Solomon, director of product management at McAfee. As one of the minds behind McAfee`s new desktop managed security service, dubbed Falcon, Marc Solomon has been eyeing Microsoft`s entry into the same market for some time.
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New Tool Slashes Exploit Writing Time, Pains McAfee
Writing exploits is getting close to automatic now that Immunity has updated its Debugger pen-testing tool.
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Security and the 10G Network
In this eWEEK podcast, Lisa Vaas chats with Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager for McAfee`s Avert Labs, about how higher-bandwidth networks will affect the way IT managers address security.
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Research Reports
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Closing The Gap With Next Generation Web Gateways
A next-generation secure Web gateway is policy enforcement (also known as URL filtering), advanced threat defense (anti-virus and advanced anti-malware), and gateway functionality to the cloud, all rolled into one. In May 2010, McAfee commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate requirements and user demand for such technologies. The results can be found in this research paper.
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Forrester Consulting: Next-Generation Secure Web Gateway Trends and Requirements
Read this research report to understand how various factors and trends — including Web 2.0 usage, changing business requirements on the Web, and the prevalence of remote workers — impact users’ views on and requirements of Web filtering technologies.
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection
Mobile data protection (MDP) systems and procedures are needed to protect data privacy and comply with audit requirements, and every company must include MDP in its IT operations plan. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection is a culmination of research to quickly help you digest how well technology providers are executing against their stated vision. Download this 2010 Gartner Magic Quadrant report now, compliments of McAfee.
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McAfee Q3 Threats Report
This continues to be a fascinating year for online threats, malware of all types, and cybercrime in particular. In this quarter’s McAfee Threats Report, check out new findings, look at continuing trends, and unearth a few surprises.
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McAfee Threats Report: Third Quarter 2009
This continues to be a fascinating year for online threats, malware of all types, and cybercrime in particular. In this quarter’s McAfee Threats Report we will discuss new findings, look at continuing trends, and unearth a few surprises.
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Reviews
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McAfee AntiSpyware
Rather ineffective when hit with an infested system, or when just attacked heavily in real-time. (PC Magazine Review)
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McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006
McAfee Internet Security Suite pulls together the SpamKiller, VirusScan, Privacy Service, and Personal Firewall Plus products. (PC Magazine Review)
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McAfee Secure Web Gateway 3300
McAfee`s SWG 3300 provides the most complete spyware protection we`ve seen to date from a gateway device. (eWEEK Review)
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McAfee VirusScan 2006
VirusScan 2006`s antivirus protection goes beyond simple signature-based scanning, and it also offers excellent protection against spyware. (PC Magazine Review)
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Technology Briefs
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Broad Protection, Swift Response
The best security is something you never notice or think about. It is a cell phone that never buzzes, an absence of emails flagged “HIGH IMPORTANCE,” a chance to leave your laptop in the office. The irony is that when you do a great job with security, it becomes invisible to your users. But effective security can help you lead your business to new successes and keep it out of the data loss news.
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Eight “Must Have” Firewall Rules
With the torrent of new threats resulting from Web 2.0, it’s likely that your existing firewall is leaving you exposed. This checklist should help you understand the advanced features available in next-generation firewalls and guide your evaluation process.
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How to Manage Security: When Less is More
You don’t have the time or budget to worry about rising security attacks and evolving Web 2.0 threats. Read this technology brief to find out how to get around-the-clock protection against web-borne and email-based threats to your data, systems, and networks in just 15 minutes a day.
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Making Security Manageable for the Midsize Organization
If you’re in IT, you understand all too well the challenge of competing priorities. Security is important—but so are all of your other jobs. That’s why McAfee offers a practical approach to managing security and lays out an approach for managing security in just 15 minutes a day. Read more.
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McAfee Data Risk Assessment
Risk does not have to be a four-letter word. What if you could see risks affecting your business before your company was exposed? Read this technology brief to learn how McAfee can help you identify and protect against five potential data security risks.
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Tools
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RRRoSI Calculator
This Excel tool was designed by McAfee Security Evangelists to address business considerations when funding a security initiative, and address the expected reduced risk as a security investment (RRaSI) by way of a risk management approach.
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Tech Analyses
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McAfee Buyer’s Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: Email and Web Security Appliance
Not all security appliances are created equal. Use this Buyer's Checklist to expose security effectiveness and features when evaluating vendors, and to drill into how each solution ranks in improving employee productivity, enabling compliance to industry and government regulations, preventing data leakage, and reducing management and licensing costs.
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Videos
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Executive Roundtable: Optimizing Your Security Architecture
In this video, McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt discusses the release of ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5, a product that can help organizations optimize security in a tough economy. Hear perspectives from McAfee customer Qualcomm and partner Hewlett-Packard as they discuss today’s toughest security challenges.
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State of the Government Case Study
Facing a multibillion dollar budget shortfall, the State of New York needed to find a way to reduce costs while continuing to protect its endpoints from viruses and malware as well as data loss. Watch this video to learn how the State saved millions of dollars, reduced management time and improved compliance by standardizing on McAfee for complete system protection.
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Brochures
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Removable Drive Decision Guide
Today's workforce relies on USB drives all the more to share information - roadmap presentations, contracts, and sensitive or large files that can't be mailed. Find out which McAfee Encrypted USB Drives meet your needs.
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