We are pleased to present the results of the 2013 State of the Endpoint study sponsored by Lumension and conducted by Ponemon Institute. Since 2010, we have tracked endpoint risk in organizations, the resources to address the risk and the technologies deployed to manage threats.
USB flash drives and other removable storage devices continue to proliferate throughout organizations. This could result in the loss or theft of your sensitive corporate and customer data, or in the propagation of malware like Stuxnet. Fortunately, powerful data protection tools are now available to help mitigate these risks, while still enabling flexible and managed
As IT professionals know, endpoint security needs are evolving: new vulnerabilities are disclosed every day, new malware creation is exploding, and traditional AV signatures cannot keep up. You know that patch management and AV are necessary – but not sufficient – layers of endpoint defense. Intelligent application whitelisting is an important addition to your risk
Network traffic patterns have dramatically changed in the past decade from predictable and point-to-point transaction-oriented activities to bandwidth-hungry, always-on, many-to-many interactions. Virtualization, cloud services, new Web-centric application architectures, video and unstructured data, and big data are the newest entrants to the corporate network. For many organizations, the only way to ensure the stability of the
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is no longer an emerging service on the network. Many production environments have been using it for years, leveraging the greater flexibility and cost savings offered by this technology. Yet as more caller use VOIP for daily use, the expectations for quality and the need for tools and features to
In March 2012, AppSense commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the AppSense Management Suite. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the User Virtualization Platform on organizations having shared
Shawn Bass and Dr Bernhard Tritsch review the different approaches you can take, the advantages and disadvantages of each and which is most suitable for your environment.
The rise of managed hosting and the cloud have sparked much speculation among IT professionals. Do these help or hurt IT job prospects? Are IT departments in danger of being shut down? How can IT cope with these new trends? It’s an emotional debate, with no firm statistics to settle it. For example, figures from
We’ve seen some exciting and significant developments over the last few years as mobile technology and the latest online innovations continue to shape everyday life. According to the latest Ofcom findings (The Communications Market, July 2012), smartphone owners in the UK now represent 40% of the adult population, or almost 20 million people, and tablet
Cloud Computing is a paradigm shift that sees the dawn of a new age of computing driven by distinct benefits. Given the undeniable value to be gained from a move to Cloud Computing, it is hardly surprising that many organizations are contemplating a shift “to the Clouds”. Experience has shown however that organizations are concerned