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WHITE PAPER: Active Directory security – AD monitoring and proactive security detection combined

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“Active Directory security” generates a few different reactions, depending on who you ask.

Get the new guide from Microsoft 17x MVP Derek Melber to discover:

  • The attacker-shaped holes in common monitoring solutions
  • The 8 key features to proactively secure AD
  • How Alsid can strengthen your security posture

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WHITE PAPER: Future-proofing endpoint management

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By Quest

New devices, platforms, applications, and technologies connecting to the network are overwhelming IT’s ability to manage endpoints across the enterprise. Adding to the complexity, many organizations have disparate systems or processes for managing desktop and mobile devices.

This white paper examines endpoint management issues and reviews best practices for administering, managing and securing all devices with a unified endpoint management (UEM) approach and solution.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Unify the control of all endpoints
  • Reduce the cost and complexity of managing endpoints
  • Enhance end-user experiences
  • Simplify utilization of cloud resources

Click here to download the White Paper.

White Paper: Maximize Your SIEM with Precise Active Directory Security Details

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Filling the Active Directory Security Gaps in Your SIEM

Lateral movement and privilege escalations through Active Directory are the root cause of all breaches. SIEM solutions are not new, and most organizations rely on them to measure the overall security of the network and devices that the SIEM is monitoring. SIEMs can gather log information from computers, firewalls, network devices, printers, and more.

With each device having a different logging format, as well as different levels of events, the SIEM must be configured for each and every device to ensure proper analysis and event gathering. Just looking at Active Directory and domain controllers alone, you’ll find thousands of generated events.

There’s a hacker-shaped hole in your SIEM. Stopping AD compromise begins with weeding out the root causes: lateral movement + privilege escalation. 

Get the Alsid Academy guide by Microsoft MVP Derek Melber at Alsid to help fill the gaps in your SIEM.

Agenda:

  • Where SIEMs succeed (and fail)
  • SIEM customization, correlation, and false positives
  • The risks of agent- and privilege-based solutions

Download the white paper here

WHITE PAPER: Build better endpoint security to protect your entire network

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By Quest

As your IT environment grows, tracking and securing all the endpoints connecting to your network is a monumental task. Managing and deploying security updates is time-consuming and challenging because of the wide range of devices people use to get their work done. Every desktop, laptop, smartphone, tablet and internet-of-things (IoT) device connecting to your network increases the number of threats from malware and viruses.

Before you can rest assured that your endpoints won’t fall victim to cybercrime, you firstly need to build a foundation for securing, managing and protecting your entire endpoint landscape.

Discover how the Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) can help you:

  • Discover every endpoint connecting to your network
  • Automate asset inventory
  • Deploy anti-virus software to targeted endpoints
  • Automate patch management and vulnerability scanning

Click here to download the White Paper.

WHITE PAPER: 5 Steps to Battle Endpoint Cybercrime with KACE

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By Quest

Endpoint updates are becoming more complex and challenging than ever with Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies. Each device connecting to your network increases the number of threats from malware and viruses.

Read this white paper to learn five steps for building a unified endpoint security strategy that will give you:

  • Clear visibility into all the devices connecting to your network
  • Automated patching and software deployment
  • Protection from threats such as unpatched operating systems and applications
  • Peace of mind that security compliance regulations are being met

Click here to download the White Paper.

WHITE PAPER: Get total endpoint security with KACE

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As an IT professional, you’re likely under pressure to manage an increasingly complex environment, while also protecting your network and devices from cyberthreats.

Read this white paper to discover how the KACE Unified Endpoint Manager by Quest enables you to streamline complex endpoint management tasks and gain greater control of both traditional and modern managed devices — all from one easy-to-use interface.

  • Track all connected devices and software throughout your IT environment.
  • Provision, manage and secure assets across a variety of platforms, from Windows, Macintosh, Chromebook and Linux to iOS, Android and others.
  • Be proactive with patch management and vulnerability scanning.

Click here to download the white paper:- https://www.quest.com/whitepaper/get-total-endpoint-security-with-kace-8146293/

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Cisco White Paper: Organisations must disrupt cyber attacks

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Cisco and Dimension Data have published a white paper that provides organisations with a framework for ransomware defence.

Called Ransomware: The Pervasive Business Disruptor, the paper looks at ransomware trends and impacts, and how to respond before a threat becomes a business disruptor.

According to a Cisco 2017 Mid-Year Cyber Security Report, ransomware is one of the main threats to digital business. Globally, around 49 per cent of businesses experienced at least one cyber ransom attack in 2016, and of those, 39 per cent were ransomware attacks.

In the US alone, the number of attacks rose 300% from 2015 to 2016.

The whitepaper says this trend can be attributed to the growth of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) in the first half of 2017, where cyber criminals pay the operators of RaaS platforms to launch attacks.

“The escalation in ransomware attacks in the digital economy makes every organisation a target,” said Matthew Gyde, Group Executive – Security. “This risk escalated when cryptocurrency and bitcoin became a common avenue for ransom payment. That’s because cybercriminals cannot be traced. And as more employees work remotely on personal devices, the risk is further compounded.”

Deep threat Intelligence and research are key to outsmarting cybercriminals, and a critical success factor is to disrupt the attack before it becomes the business disruptor,” Gyde explained. “But security controls alone are not sufficient to address a ransomware threat, and organisations need to adopt a multi-layered approach to stop the cyber kill chain. This means identifying emerging threats before an attack, quick detection, a swift response to an attack, all the way through to the backup and recovery process.”

The ransomware white paper includes a five-point framework for organisations to adopt to defend against a ransomware attack:

  • Predict and be informed before the attack occurs: Proactively research what’s discussed on the dark web, new exploits that will be used, and industries or companies that will be targeted.
  • Protect: Identity and access management (IAM) tools are essential to protecting enterprise devices and computing assets. Network access control (NAC) ensures that only devices that have the adequate security settings and adhere to IT security policies are able to access corporate systems.
  • Detect: Technologies should be in place to detect anomalies in the infrastructure, in the event that malware has infiltrated the endpoints or network. The network must be monitored to check for indicators of compromise. Turning on AI-enabled malicious traffic detection, can also help automate detection swiftly before the attack worsens.
  • Respond: When a ransomware incident has been detected, security experts must work fast to block malicious communication channels at the firewall or IPS, and quarantine infected machines.
  • Recover: Backup is a critical part of the strategy for fast recovery. In addition, the backup system needs to prevent the replication of files that were maliciously encrypted by ransomware. This can be achieved with dynamic segmentation and inherent security features.

Click here to read Ransomware: The Pervasive Business Disruptor white paper.

Apprenticeship Levy spurs HR strategies

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New research from talent and acquisition firm Alexander Mann Solutions has revealed that the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy offers companies the opportunity to embrace new opportunities.

The White Paper was based on in-depth interviews with organisations including BAE Systems, Barclays, BT, CapGemini, GE, HSBC, Jaguar Land Rover and Santander, amongst others.

It found that the introduction of the Levy presents a rare opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations with both finance and general management teams about what is needed in terms of future talent, sourcing, and development.

The research also revealed further opportunities around improving the inclusion of individuals from under-represented groups; the majority of contributors agree that the new round of apprenticeships has the potential to tap into under-utilised pools of talent and consequently generate significant workplace diversity benefits.

“What I find really encouraging about the interviews we conducted for this White Paper, and the wider discussions I’ve had with other senior HR figures since, is the fact that major employers in the UK are embracing opportunities offered by the introduction of the Levy,” commented Tim Campbell, head of client services, Emerging Talent, Alexander Mann Solutions.

“Its introduction seems to have galvanised thinking around the sourcing and the development of talent and how it can be more closely aligned with the real needs of organisations, both now and in the foreseeable future. And the result has already been a set of innovative and imaginative strategies, which, while still in their early stages, seem set to revolutionise the way we recruit, train and retain our people – not only with regards to emerging talent, but also wider workforces.”