As great as the Internet is for adding depths to business applications and enriching relationships through social media, a trade-off exists—intellectual property and personally identifiable information (PII), such as debit …
Years ago, a small business could attract customers online with low prices alone. No longer. Consumers these days are well aware that cyberfraud is a serious danger, and they won’t …
In recent years, Web site administrators have had to deal with threats that have such names as DROWN, BEAST, FREAK, and Heartbleed (also known as OpenSSL). The odds seem stacked against the honest people who make their content and products available to…
Firesheep allows an attacker connected to the local network to monitor the web sessions of other users on that network. As experts proclaimed in reaction to Firesheep, the best solution to the problem is to use TLS/SSL for all connections to web sites,…
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Technology continues to make information more readily available to a larger group of people than ever before. Yet even as the latest technological advances bring a greater wealth of opportunities for sharing and distributing knowledge, each advance also increases the risk that sensitive data will land in the wrong hands. The more sensitive the data, the greater the risk—and few industries handle a larger volume of sensitive data than the healthcare industry. |
In a recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, 90 percent of respondents indicated that they have had two or more breaches in the past 12 months, and nearly two-thirds responded that they have had multiple breaches during the same period of time…
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That’s why Symantec is continuing to innovate with Perfect Forward Secrecy—SSL certificates that feature ECC. Elliptic Curve Cryptography allows increased performance and protection with shorter key lengths to bring greater confidence to you and your customers. |
Not only does it make you feel safer but it also protects people who visit your home, place of business, or website. It is important to understand the potential risks and then make sure you are fully protected against them. In the fast-paced world of t…
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Trust and consumer confidence is the foundation upon which the Internet has been built. Leading commerce and financial services companies worldwide have long used Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) technologies to secure customer communications and transactions.
But with the rise of Web 2.0 and social networking, people are spending more time online and logged in, and they are communicating much more than just their credit card numbers. Unfortunately, Web security practices have not always kept pace with these changes. Many organizations use the SSL/TLS protocol to encrypt the authentication process when users log in to a website, but do not encrypt subsequent pages during the user’s session. This practice is risky because it leaves website visitors vulnerable to malicious online attacks, and can result in millions of users being unknowingly exposed to threats simply by visiting a trusted website. Also included in this white paper, are detailed accounts of four organizations—Facebook, Google, PayPal and Twitter—that are leading the way with Always On SSL in a cooperative effort to make the Internet more secure. |
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A recent survey found that 30 percent of IT and business professionals said their organization was attacked in the last two years, while another 15 percent didn’t know. Some organizations reported they were attacked as many as five or more times in that timeframe. Download this report to learn more about the challenges of website security and discover practical solutions for developing an effective strategy to protect both data and reputation. |
