Whitepapers


The Road to Enterprise PaaS

Cloud Computing Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, such as OpenShift by Red Hat, leverage automation technologies and a cloud architecture to make developers more productive by helping them focus on creating applications rather than dealing with infrastructures. Download this informative whitepaper to learn about the many benefits of PaaS for the enterprise.


GameChanger: Continuous Monitoring

Organizations all over the world are struggling with how to guard their systems against new, targeted cyber threats and federal agencies are no exception. The goal is to stop attacks as early as possible, or cut short their ability to inflict widespread damage. With continuous monitoring, agencies constantly assess the state of their information security controls across their entire enterprise. The hope is that with constant review, greater security will follow. Download this informative whitepaper for more on how continuous monitoring needs a measured approach.


Filling Your Cybersecurity Gaps is Just Good Business

The traditional cybersecurity infrastructure contains several detection, analysis and remediation gaps. Today, organizations need to focus on two main things: detecting unknown threats and reducing response time. Download this informative whitepaper to read more on the weaknesses of the traditional cybersecurity model and how agencies are filling the gaps.


Integrating Security into Development, No Pain Required

In this whitepaper, senior SANS Analyst Dave Shackleford duscusses new ways developers and security teams can work together to create more efficient quality control processes to improve application functionality and security while minimizing bugs.


Identity and Access Intelligence:Transforming the Nature of Enterprise Security

In this paper, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) analysts describe the nature of identity and access intelligence and the factors that are driving this important aspect of security evolution. Learn how Identity and Access Intelligence helps organizations rethink thier defense against a wide range of threats, cope with mobile and cloud security challenges and proactively protect sensitive IT assets.


Ensuring Application Security in Mobile Device Environments

As a result of the increase in wireless devices in the workforce, organizations are becoming more concerned with mobile security. Many, in fact, see this area as a primary technology challenge to address and a main focus for security initiatives.


Stay Ahead of Insider Threats with Predictive, Intelligent Security

It has become more important to secure critical information and related assets from insider threats. IBM has the ability to identify and protect against internal threats through a distinctive combination of robust foundational controls and intelligent reporting and management tools.


Increase Productivity and Security with Identity and Access Management

Managing user identities and user-access privileges is a cornerstone of effective security for organizations. To meet the needs of a changing user population while simultaneously maintaining a security-rich environment, organizations need identity management solutions that can define, grant and remove access privileges to match the user’s job role and actual access requirements.


Beyond the Next Generation:Putting Advanced Network Security to Work

As the network has evolved, so has network security. Firewalls retain their role of first-line filtration based on policy, but have grown to embrace a wider range of capability. In this report, EMA highlights specific examples of the ways in which converged security systems put today’s more advanced capabilities to work in practical application.


2012 IBM X-Force Annual Trend and Risk Report

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.


Secure By Design: Building Identity-based Security into Today’s Information Systems

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


Delivering Success that Scales with the Largest Enterprises

IBM Security QRadar solutions power some of the world’s largest, most successful security intelligence deployments. The award-winning IBM® QRadar® Security Intelligence Platform collects, correlates and monitors even the highest data volumes and supports the rich customization that large organizations require—without the cost and complexity associated with first-generation security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. In order to support the demands of organizations across industries, IBM offers the geographic reach to serve global organizations and the partner ecosystem required to deliver powerful and comprehensive solutions.